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

The fifth round of the Segunda Liga takes the team to Tondela, for a match scheduled for 11:00 a.m. 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 opportunities into goals and results” in order to “take steps forward.”

CD Tondela “We are going to face a candidate for promotion, a capable, well-coached team packed with 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 for this challenge by focusing on ourselves and on what we have to do in the match.”

Game plan “We have to be competitive and consistent throughout the whole match. We cannot allow the opponent into certain spaces and we have to know how to defend our goal. Above all, that is the challenge we are taking into this game. We want to be a competitive and consistent team throughout the match, 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 on the ball, passes, shots and scoring opportunities created during the game, but we have not been efficient, we have not been turning those figures into goals and results, so that is our objective for the next match.”

Prepared for everything “Above all, we have to know how to play the game in its entirety, to deal with the incidents of the match and with the influence of the refereeing team, as happened in the last game, when the referee clearly had a major impact on the opponent’s aggression and the lack 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, whether in aerial situations or from set pieces. It is important that we know how to play the game in its entirety and that we are competitive and capable in every moment.”

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 we are still missing something. 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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