Alisson Santos after Paços v Sporting: We didn’t play well | OneFootball

Alisson Santos admitted that the team did not play a good game in the furniture capital. Sporting defeated Paços de Ferreira away from home 3-2, and managed to qualify for the fourth round of the Portuguese Cup, despite being forced into extra time at Mata Real.

"It was a tough match. I believe we didn’t play a good game, but thank God, with a lot of desire, we turned it around. We want to keep going and stay on the path to victory," Alisson Santos began, revealing that the team did not have a positive performance against Paços de Ferreira.

The Sporting player continued: "I believe we started switched on, but we were unfortunate to concede first. But with great desire, we had the strength to equalize twice, and we kept working to score one more goal, and we did, we qualified."

"For me, first match as a starter, I’m happy. When the ball comes to me I always try to take on my man, help the team in the best way possible, and in the end we were happy," added Alisson Santos, expressing his happiness at his first start for Sporting.

To finish, he had a special word for the Paços de Ferreira coach — who brought Alisson Santos to Portuguese football. He also spoke about the desire to reclaim the Portuguese Cup: "We’re here for that, we’re defending a title, and we’ll keep working to give that happiness to the fans".

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