BRUGES, Belgium: Club Brugge coach Scott Parker wants his struggling Belgian club to make their mark in the Champions League and seize the opportunity to improve their domestic form when they take on Benfica in Wednesday's first leg of the last-16 tie. The former Fulham and Bournemouth manager took over Br
BRUGES, Belgium: Club Brugge coach Scott Parker wants his struggling Belgian club to make their mark in the Champions League and seize the opportunity to improve their domestic form when they take on Benfica in Wednesday's first leg of the last-16 tie.
Parker has won once in seven games since arriving but with five draws and a single loss and wants to show that they are on the mend. "We have to respect that the level of the opponent is huge, but we have nothing to lose. We will focus on their strengths, but also on their weaknesses. We want to hurt them."
"But this is a different competition, we suddenly go to knockouts and that context is completely different."
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