Champions League
Klopp: ‘Dias tried to tell me about Benfica but I didn’t understand a word’
When asked if Luis Dias had given him any information about the Benfica game, Jurgen Klopp jokingly replied that he didn’t understand a word of what he was telling him.
On Tuesday (April 5, 10 p.m., COSMOTE SPORT 3HD, LIVE Sportish), Liverpool will meet Benfica away from home in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. At the press conference on Monday (April 4th), Jürgen Klopp presented his opinion on the game.
“I’m not thinking about improving, but about getting at the top of our game. That’s the plan for all games. They’re trying to improve in general. Benfica might not be where they want to be in the league , but they are.” tough opponent.” expressly mentioned.
As for whether he got any information about the Eagles from the former Porto player, Luis Dias jokingly replied: “He tried ten minutes ago but I didn’t understand a word. We have several experts from the Portuguese league in Vitor Matos, Pep Laideres and Diogo and Luiz. But we analyze, as always, we don’t need internal history.” . We had some meetings with the children”.
Regarding the outcome of the case of extending Salah’s contract, he replied: “The parties are discussing and that’s what I need.”
Finally, for the four events his team attends, he mentioned: “We all know that a failure, a little twist and at least one event can be lost. This is not a problem for you, we are ready for the next challenge.”
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