“The match demands a high intensity”

Simeone spoke about his next rival in the Champions League in press conference. "They are used to winning, they won the League last year, reached the final of the Europa League and kept players who remain in the team. It’s a very competitive team with a lot of speed on the wings, Gonçalo Guedes who plays very well, both Mitroglou and Jonas are scoring players, playing backwards very well and are on the counter-attack. I also liked the right-back Nelson very much, a young boy but who attacks very well and everyone knows Eliseu from the Spanish League." 

The Uruguayan began by talking about the fortress which the team has at home in this competition, although he pointed out that you must respect the rival: "The first thing is to respect Benfica, which is a great team. But we know that we are very strong at home and we have all our people in the stadium."

Later, the defender commented on his feelings about the match and the steps to follow to achieve a good result against a rival of Benfica’s level: "We hope to play a very intense match from the beginning to have an advantage in the start. Benfica is a great rival, it will be difficult, but our goal is to win the match."