João Brandão targets a win at Tondela in Segunda Liga round five | OneFootball

The fifth round of the Segunda Liga takes the team to Tondela, in a match scheduled for 11:00 am on Saturday, live on Sport TV1. João Brandão is targeting victory against an opponent who, he believes, will force the group to raise its levels of competitiveness and aggression.

“We want to be a consistent team, one that knows how to play, keep possession and create scoring chances,” stressed the coach, who wants to “turn the numbers and the chances into goals and results” in order to “take steps forward.”

CD Tondela “We are going to face a promotion contender, a capable, well-coached team full of very experienced players who understand very well the context of professional football and a competition like the Segunda Liga. We want to beat an opponent that will push us to the limit and increase the competitive edge and aggression of the game, especially because of the players’ experience. However, we are preparing this challenge with our focus on ourselves and on what we have to do in the match.”

Game plan “We have to be competitive and consistent throughout the whole game. We cannot allow the opponent into certain areas and we have to know how to defend our goal. Above all, that is the challenge we are taking into this match. We want to be a competitive and consistent team throughout the whole game, one that knows how to play, knows how to keep the ball and is able to create scoring chances as we have been doing. We are one of the teams with the most touches of the ball, passes, shots and scoring chances created during the game, but we have not been clinical, we have not been turning these figures into goals and results, so that is our objective for the next match.”

Ready for anything “Above all, we have to know how to play the game in its entirety, to deal with all its incidents and with the influence of the refereeing team, as happened in the last match, when clearly the referee had a very big influence on the opponent’s aggression and the absence of cards disrupted the game and the counterattack, often holding the team back in duels. We have to know how to manage all of that and know how to play, both in aerial situations and from set pieces. It is important that we know how to play the game in its entirety and be competitive and competent at all times.”

The relationship with the fans “The fans recognize the team’s work. The team has been applying itself and the numbers show that. We are one of the teams that runs the most in the league, but something is still missing. We need to turn the numbers and the chances into goals and results. The fans’ demands have to exist and are part of the environment we want to create for our players. However, the fans understand that we have an extremely young team – the youngest ever – and that these players need time and comfort to take steps forward in the search for new challenges in areas that are less comfortable for them.”

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