The coach of Bayern Munich Pep Guardiola praised his team for presentation in the first leg against Benfica won harder than Bayern 1: 0. The Spaniard praised especially the play of Franck Ribery and Arturo Vidal at the same time acknowledged that the battle could develop in another way.
"It was a tough match, but I'm pleased with our performance. I know very well the class that Benfica have. A big compliment to my team," said Guardiola.
"Ribery was outstanding today. Vidal is also very important - he's a great character, showed it last month."
"In the quarterfinals the more important match is always a rematch, which will play in Lisbon. It all depends on how you play in Lisbon. You can lose this game. I watched many matches of Benfica in the last days - they are very strong, always trying to take the second ball. "
"I was not surprised by their game is not easy to play against them. They are good from set pieces, but we had a very good chance to celebrate more goals."
"Of course we want to win in Lisbon. We have scored one or two goals there. There are no favorites - favorite is usually the team with the better statistics, but that does not mean anything. It all depends on the game in Portugal next week," added Guardiola.
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