Sporting man down after Cup final disaster: Torreense wanted it more | OneFootball

Sporting’s defeat in the Portuguese Cup final, losing 2-1 to Torreense, left Morten Hjulmand particularly critical of the team’s performance at Jamor. The Sporting captain mainly pointed to the attitude shown on the pitch.

“It’s very hard for us not to win this game. I have no words... We need to analyse the match. I think we lacked some attitude on our side, especially when we missed some passes and chances. That cannot happen. It’s part of football, but I think our body language could have been better today. That was my feeling during the game,” the Danish midfielder told RTP.

Assessing the way the match unfolded and how Sporting approached it, he said: “It’s difficult for me to say, because we wanted to win as much as Torreense did, but in the end the way they approached the game, in a mature way… and they scored. Now we’re not playing another final, the Super Cup… This is not good enough. Torreense wanted to win more than we did.”

The midfielder also reinforced the idea that the team was not at its usual level, stressing that it lacked personality and intensity throughout the 120 minutes: “Sporting’s body language today was not ideal. We have to show more courage and personality, because we had chances to win, but they defended very well.”

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