“I feel like a zero percent champion. There are almost no champions, either we are champions or not. I respect football, the opponent and of course we are in a great situation. We can become champions with another win, but we have a very difficult game against Sporting ahead of us,” said Roger Schmidt. Analyzing the game, the coach enjoyed the performance, but admitted that the team missed a lot of opportunities: “I think the team showed a great attitude and spirit. We were very smart tactically and created many chances, could have scored more and deserved to win. The team shows week after week that they don’t want to stop and they want to be champions.” Yesterday’s exhibition was one of the best for the coach, as was the game against Sp. Braga: “I think we played well in the last matches. With all due respect to Portimonense, but Sp. Braga is having the best season ever. That’s what we want, we want to finish the season with the best performances, because we need it to become champions. The players are still fresh to play quality football.”
“We depend only on ourselves to the end”
“It was a good game, we studied the opponent and put into practice what we learned. We performed very well, and this is what is required of us. Until the end of the championship, we rely only on ourselves,” stressed Joao Neves. As to whether the team already feels like champions, the midfielder was adamant: “We don’t feel like champions. As I said, we depend only on ourselves, we depend only on our work. This is what we are going to do. ”