Roger Schmidt: "We have to look ahead"

In his analysis of the 0-0 draw between Benfica and Moreirense, on matchday 12 of the Liga Betclic, in Minho, Roger Schmidt praised the fact that the Eagles created more chances than their opponents and deserved to take all three points.

GAME PROBLEM

"If we draw 0-0, then the problem is very clear... You have to score if you want to win a game. The match started with a very incisive opponent, and we needed 10/12 minutes to get into the game. After that, we were better, we created some good chances. Moreirense has shown that it can defend very well all season and also in recent games. We had a few chances to score, but in the end we didn't. That was the problem today [Sunday]."

FAIRNESS OF THE RESULT

"Fair or unfair, it doesn't matter. We wanted to win. In the end, we had more chances to score. We could have won the game, but we also had to be careful. Our opponents are very good in transition, they were looking for that. In the second half, they had almost nothing, a few shots from distance, but no chances. We had a few, so we could have won the game. In fact, in the end, it should have been 0-1."

HALF-TIME SUBSTITUTIONS

"Florentino and João Neves had two very demanding games this week, so I wanted to have some fresh energy in midfield because they were a bit tired. With Orkun [Kökcü] and Chiquinho, we had two very good players on the bench."

"THE SEASON IS A LONG RACE"

"We had it in our hands to win today [Sunday] and stay in 1st [in the Liga Betclic], but the season is a long race, it's not a sprint, so sometimes, in weeks like these, if you don't score, you have to accept that it's just a draw. We have to look ahead, learn from today [Sunday], and, on Friday [against Farense, on matchday 13 of the Liga Betclic], we have the next chance to win a game."