Statements by Bruno Lage, Benfica coach, and Kerem Akturkoglu, Reds forward, after the 5-0 win over Rio Ave.
Game analysis: “We were convinced that this would be the team’s response, so we are satisfied. We started the game very well, once again with a lot of ambition to have a great offensive dynamic, to create goal opportunities, with low pressure. We are satisfied with that, for the goals and results.”
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Team changes: “It ends up being our job, to envision the strategy, understand how the opponent plays, see our level of evolution. Coaching Benfica means having enormous talent at our disposal and helping the players to have the positioning that I think is ideal for us to play the football we want. we want.
Benfica without rest, plays in the 4th with Santa Clara: “It’s a sign that we are in all competitions. It’s always facing the game with this dynamic, that’s what we work for. Our conviction is to make the team grow and pass the stage [ da Taça da Liga].”
Thank you Akturkoglu
Hat-trick: “I have achieved all my dreams and I feel happy to do this step by step. We played very well and we had to react like that after the defeat in the Champions League.”
Always mark in the Light: “I love this stadium because it makes me lucky. I’ve scored in every game and I hope it continues like that.”
Turkish Kerem Aktürkoglu scored three goals today as Benfica defeated Rio Ave, 5-0, in a game in the ninth round of the Portuguese First Football League.
Aktürkoglu scored a hat-trick in the first half of the match, at 12, 16 and 45+2 minutes, while Schjelderup, at 79, and Amdouni, at 81, gave the contours of a rout to the Reds’ fourth consecutive victory, maintaining the full of victories in the championship of coach Bruno Lage.
Benfica maintains third place, with 19 points, and with the visit to Nacional still delayed, two behind FC Porto, second placed, which visits AVS on Monday, and eight behind leader Sporting, while Rio Ave, which added the fifth game without winning, remains in 13th place, with eight.
