“If you see how Benfica play, we don’t play a different style every week, but rather adapt. This season we are playing the same way as last season. We just made some adjustments,” said Roger Schmidt this Saturday before receiving the award for the best manager of the League 2022/23. The German emphasizes that the best path to success is to “keep it simple.” “We have changed some things in training, but there shouldn’t be too many changes. We have to work very closely on the weekend assignment. This is important for player development. Pre-season training should provide a good base tactically and physically. If something goes wrong in pre-season, it is very difficult to recover when the international games come after that.” During the Thinking Football summit, the manager said he is an apologist for teams where everyone defends, like Manchester City: “Their strikers are not lazy.” As for the Super Bowl, Schmidt admits he had doubts about the eleven. The bet on the attacking front was placed on Rafa, but for coach Orsnes it was “decisive” in the 2-0 victory over Porto.