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The quality of Benfica’s game dominated Jorge Jesus’ press conference in the previous Tuesday (6pm) against Portimonense, at Estádio da Luz.
“Benfica had an artistic note in some games at the start of the championship, so we managed to win several in a row, even without reaching very high levels because the team is capable of developing quality football. In Portugal it is more difficult for everyone because, today, the rivals do their job, they worry about closing and taking time out of the game. But we have to adapt and present arguments for this opponent’s game idea. This is not a negative note, it is a fact. And we have to find arguments to overcome that, “he explained.
«Benfica has been given negative marks, but I’m not interested in comparisons. What I can say is that we want to play better than we have played in the last few games. We are in second place, there is only one club ahead and we have a lot of time to be able to return to the football that I think Benfica will practice. Artistic note we will have more in some games and less in others. Now the artistic note is not important because we do not have fans. It is for them that we work, they are the ones who deserve the show and everything has more value in a stadium with 60 thousand fans. We are working for that, “he added.
Invited to take stock of the first ten rounds: «We were better, we were in first, now we are in second. We know what we want and where we are going. We are after the first place and for that we have to win. If we are better than two months ago? At that time we were undefeated. This less good phase started a month ago, it was the last three games. We want to return to first place and, for that, we have to beat Portimonense. There is no other answer. “
“Motivation is always at its best, regardless of the competition. The championship is our main objective, so is that of our rivals. This victory is very important for us to stay close to first place, there is no other way of thinking. We saw a loss in a different competition [0-2 frente ao FC Porto, para a Supertaça], which cost us a lot and we are sorry. But this is football, now we have the game with the importance of Portimonense and the team needs to play at a higher level in order to win the game.
