Benfica starter frustrated after Madrid stumble: Today wasn’t enough | OneFootball

Andreas Schjelderup did not hide his disappointment over Benfica’s elimination against Real Madrid in the Champions League play-off. The Norwegian winger highlighted the lack of efficiency and the mistakes made, which proved costly for José Mourinho’s team during their visit to the Santiago Bernabéu stadium.

“It was a disappointing result, of course. We wanted to stay in the competition, just like our fans. We had several chances to score, but we weren’t efficient enough, unlike them,” said the 21-year-old player in a flash interview with Sport TV.

Asked about the moment after Rafa’s goal, which ended up giving the equalizer to the Merengues, the winger took the opportunity to lament the team’s lack of efficiency, admitting that they could have come away with qualification in hand. “After the first minute when we scored, and after that, we were controlling the game well and thought we could hurt them and score even more goals to go through. But they have players of great quality and punished us for the mistakes we made. We still created a lot, but today it wasn’t enough.”

And it ended up being Rafa who had the goal for the Eagles at his feet the most times, especially in the second half. If just one of those chances had gone in, the story could have been different, according to the winger. “Yes, of course, if we had scored we would have gone through, but we have to keep learning and growing. And hopefully next time we come here, we can win, because we have a quality team capable of doing it even against a giant like Real Madrid.”

It should be noted that Benfica will be back on the pitch next Monday, March 2, against Gil Vicente, in a match for the 24th round of Liga Portugal Betclic. The match against the team led by César Peixoto will be played at 8:15 p.m. at Estádio Cidade de Barcelos.

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