FC Porto B lose to CD Tondela, Bernardo Lima demands more | OneFootball

After the defeat to Tondela (3-0) in the fifth round of the Segunda Liga, Bernardo Lima admitted that FC Porto B has “several things to improve” and “has to give more”, also stressing that “the league has 34 rounds, there are many games ahead and the work will not stop.”

The 18-year-old midfielder was shown a yellow card early in the match, a situation that affected him and prevented him from “being as aggressive in duels”. In his analysis of the game, he felt that the team “lacked aggression in the final third” to trouble CD Tondela: “From the back, we are able to break down other teams well, but then we lack the aggression that we still do not have.”

A long road ahead “We have several things to improve. Above all, we know we can give more and we have to give more. Last season, at the same stage, we had fewer points than we do now and we ended up in fifth place. There are 34 rounds and we have many games ahead of us, many competitions as well, and the work will not stop. At this Club, we know that nobody likes to lose. We feel the responsibility, we know we have to give more, and that is what we are going to do.”

The aspects to improve “In the first half, we were managing to break down CD Tondela well, but we lacked aggression in the final third. I felt that we could have had more shots on goal. That is what we are missing. From the back, we are able to break down other teams well, but then we lack the aggression that we still do not have.”

The yellow cards “Of course they affected things. I did not want to dive, but that is how the referee saw it. It affects the game even more; I felt that I could not be as aggressive in the duels, but I have to know how to deal with that. That is football.”

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