"All to play for": the players' reaction

On Wednesday night, February 23, Estádio da Luz was the stage of another European night. In the home game against Ajax, in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16, Benfica drew 2-2.

Vertonghen: "We have confidence in our team"

"We have confidence in our team, especially at home, and we have shown it against great teams. We have a team with pace and power against teams like Ajax, who give a lot of space for the counter-attack, which allowed us to create many chances, especially in the second half. We have all to play for in the 2nd leg, 50/50, and we are confident." 

Gonçalo Ramos: "We appreciate the support of the fans"

"[Celebrating alone in front of the fans] It was to show that we also appreciate the support of the fans and that they were important today, in the result and in the match." 

"They have a lot of quality. Maybe the most difficult to stop, who is stronger in the one-on-one and who is more unpredictable, is Antony, but they are all good players and Ajax is a good team."

Yaremchuk: "My job is to score goals"

"I felt satisfied [when I scored the equalizer, in the rebound, after the goalkeeper saved a shot from Gonçalo Ramos]. My job is to score goals. We had chances and worked hard for results. We were thinking about winning, but a draw is not bad."

"Ajax is a good team, with a good game philosophy, and the next game will be complicated. It's all even for the 2nd leg [of the round of 16]. They are very good, they have quality players, but so do we."