Daniel Bragança after Sporting v Vitória SC: We did ourselves proud | OneFootball

Daniel Bragança was one of the standout performers in Sporting’s thrashing of Vitória de Guimarães (5-1), scoring one of the goals of the night with a superb chip. After the match, the midfielder highlighted the team’s response after a difficult spell.

Asked about what had changed in just a few days, the number 23 was direct: “The mentality. Today we lived up to what it means to be Sporting. We hadn’t done so before, but we showed the strength of this team very well and I’m very proud of them, because we played a great game.”

Daniel Bragança also explained how the team took advantage of the opponent’s approach: “They started very well and tried to play openly, and that gave us more space. With the individual quality of our players, that ends up making things a little easier. And then when we’re on form, as we were today, it naturally becomes easier. We also already know each other well and move in ways where everyone knows what we’re going to do. But Vitória de Guimarães have an excellent team, they came to play openly, and we managed to make the most of the chances we had.”

Asked whether performances at this level could have kept Sporting in the title race, he admitted: “Maybe. But now it’s time to look back and reflect on what we didn’t do so well, and start trying to define another objective, which is second place. We know we still don’t depend on ourselves. We didn’t achieve the main objective, which was to become champions, but we have to look to another goal and we’ll fight until the end.”

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