João Brandão: Same woes as first team, “Don’t score, you concede” | OneFootball

After five wins and one draw in the previous six matches, FC Porto B was defeated this Sunday by the leader CS Marítimo, 2-1, in the 25th round of the Segunda Liga.

“If you don’t score, you concede. This is said so often in football and today it applied perfectly,” began João Brandão, who, despite the result, showed himself to be “very proud” of his players’ performance on the field. “In the final stretch, we saw a daring team that risked everything in search of the equalizer and that can only make me proud,” added the coach of the blue and white “B” team, who lacked “efficiency” when it came to targeting the Madeiran goal.

A summary of the match“If you don’t score, you concede. This is said so often in football and today it applied perfectly. We started strong at the leader’s home in the opening minutes and had the first great chance to score, but then we conceded on a CS Marítimo counterattack. We felt that goal, but the second half was ours, we were always looking at the opponent’s goal. Once again, if you don’t score, you concede. Almost in the same minute we could have equalized and right after that we conceded the 2-0. I challenged the players that we had to play, trust each other, and try to show our value no matter who we were up against. I am very proud of my players. In the final stretch, we saw a daring team that risked everything in search of the equalizer and that can only make me proud.”

A matter of efficiency“We missed scoring first or making it 1-1 and avoiding the 2-0. Our goal came already in a late stage of the game, but at that point the fourth official told me there were four minutes left and only two more were played. I didn’t understand. We lacked efficiency, but what we showed here at many moments leaves me pleased, even though we didn’t win. The journey is made step by step, daily at Olival. Today it was once again demonstrated that everyone counts and that we have a very strong and united family. Only in this way is it possible for whoever comes in to bring this energy to try to change the game.”

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.