Roger Schmidt: "Maccabi Haifa plays brave football, we expect a tough game" | Israel today

A cycle of decisions. 

Benfica Lisbon will take to the grass tomorrow at Sami Ofer knowing that in addition to the fact that Maccabi Haifa will fight for the third place in Group 8 in the Champions League, it itself can also finish in the top of the house, if PSG stumbles against Juventus.

Today (Tuesday) the coach of the Portuguese, Roger Schmidt, held a press conference and addressed the critical match tomorrow against the Greens.

"Maccabi Haifa already played a good game here," said Schmidt, who of course was referring to the victory of the Greens over Juventus.

"In the rest of the games they showed the same football - brave, very active and intense. The game against them at home was difficult for us and we also expect a difficult game in their stadium. Their fans are very passionate. They have a clear goal - they can still qualify for the Europa League. We have to be ready It will be a difficult game for us and we will have to play well and win."

Schmidt added: "We are happy that we have already qualified for the next stage. The situation is very clear - we have the same points as PSG and we both have a tough game away. This is the Champions League, so we always give our best. First we will do our job and then We'll see what happens in Turin. We have suitable conditions to play another good game."

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