Miguel Coelho pleased: “I expected nothing less from the team” | OneFootball

FC Porto returned to winning ways in the volleyball league, defeating Colégio Efanor 3-0. Miguel Coelho said he was “pleased with the team’s response” just 24 hours after “the worst performance of the season” in Matosinhos.

“The response to the defeat has to be all this and much more,” stated the coach, aware that the team “has the chance to finish first in the regular season” and that “there is still a lot to do, because nobody wins halfway through the season.”

Still on the setback in Matosinhos“This was the response we wanted to give because we won 3-0, but today’s match started yesterday. There was a lot to correct without training, just with video, and it was necessary to recover some things that were missing yesterday. They weren’t present in all possible fundamentals and in all the players we tried to bring in. Leixões played a great match and we played a very poor one. Recovering from one day to the next, wanting to keep the lead and wanting to win 3-0 is a job that had to be done without training and by recovering a lot of people, because it’s tough to come back from a result like yesterday’s. We put in our worst performance of the season against a very tough opponent and, combining the two, it could only have ended badly. I’m happy with the response, yes, but honestly, I didn’t expect any other response from the team.”

Tactical changes“We didn’t do it to surprise, but rather to create superiority over the opponent. Everyone knows the offensive power we have, in all areas, but activating the middle blockers in sideout and in transition was something we failed at. Yesterday we couldn’t get the middles into the game, often because of the first touch, other times due to the setter’s decision, and they are the ones who lead the offensive system. Today there was a greater focus on the middles and the combination of rotations was also different. We are looking for something that can surprise our opponents a little more at the start of matches. So, it’s a path that has to be taken after a good win or after a bad defeat, we have to analyze our team, because yesterday we played very badly. If we don’t bring this inside and out, people won’t believe the message we’re sending, because it has to be genuine and true. We played very badly in many fundamentals and, if we didn’t change, it would mean we weren’t doing our job.”

Focus on leadership“The response to the defeat has to be all this and much more. The team has the chance to finish first in the regular season. Yesterday we played a very poor match, but we still deserve to be in the position we’re in and in the place that is ours if we keep winning. We still have Vitória SC, CD Fiães, and Académica de São Mamede to guarantee first place with full merit. But there’s still a lot to do, because nobody wins halfway through the season, and there’s still a long way to go.”

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