All the secrets behind Tondela's Sporting preparations | OneFootball

The match between Sporting and Tondela will finally be played this Wednesday at 8:15 pm, in a game counting for the 26th round. The clash is expected to be extremely difficult for Gonçalo Feio’s team, as the battle to stay in the Primeira Liga is heating up.

With just 21 points won in 30 league matches, the yellow-and-greens are in second-to-last place and are trying to cling on to the points still left to play for. The first three points in that “race to the finish” are precisely those from the postponed game against the Lions. Although he has yet to secure a win, the 36-year-old coach has played a key role in lifting the squad’s morale and, to that end, has pushed for an improvement in attacking output.

According to Record, Gonçalo Feio’s work, with only three days of preparation for the trip to Alvalade, was focused on analyzing the green-and-whites and on his own team’s strengths, as the coach himself ended up revealing between the lines in his preview of the match. In fact, even before the press conference, the coach handed out a sheet around the room listing Tondela’s main improvements against Nacional.

And indeed, the statistics reflect Tondela’s better use of their attacking flow. Despite the 2-0 home defeat to Nacional, the yellow-and-greens had 22 shots, an all-time team record in this edition of the league, and were also the side with the most shots in the 31st round. In addition, Tondela recorded 62% possession against the Madeirans, also their best mark of the season.

This improvement was also pointed out by Rui Borges in his press conference: “With the new coach, Tondela have been much bolder, they press more and expose themselves more, which is also worth highlighting, that boldness. So, everyone has their own goals, but we also need the points. Tondela will give their lives for the points, but so will we, because we need them,” he said.

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