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Celta Vigo coach Benitez delighted with rout of Al-Nassr

Celta Vigo coach Rafa Benitez was delighted with their preseason friendly win against Al-Nassr.

Jorgen Strand Larsen hit a hat-trick in the 5-0 win, with Cristiano Ronaldo featuring for Al-Nassr.

Benitez said: "Logically it is positive. It is always good to start winning, to start doing well. I think the team in the first half, eleven against eleven against a very good team, we showed our faces.

"They had a couple of chances and we had two more. In the second half, when they fell behind, the team showed ambition, intensity and the desire to do well.

"I imagine that everyone will be satisfied and now we have to analyze it carefully so as not to throw the bells on the fly too soon.

"We have shown order, I think ambition, and the intensity that we are looking for. It is early because it was the first friendly and against a good rival. We had to give anyone on the squad a chance to show the quality and desire they can have."

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