FC Porto B lose 3-0 away to CD Tondela in the Segunda Liga | OneFootball

FC Porto B were beaten away at CD Tondela (3-0) in a fifth-round Segunda Liga match. After the game, João Brandão admitted that the team “could and should have committed more fouls, stopped more counter-attacks, been stronger in the duels and more aggressive offensively in the final third”. The coach also pointed to the “two childish goals” conceded and stressed that “defensive transition starts in the attacking moment”, rejecting any suggestion of resting players with the Youth League in mind: “There is no management at all. It’s about playing 90 minutes, 100 minutes, whatever it is, at 100 per cent. That’s what we have to do and that’s what we haven’t been doing.”

Was creating more chances what was missing? “Without a doubt, we could and should have. Just as we could and should have committed more fouls, stopped more counter-attacks, been stronger in the duels and more aggressive offensively in the final third. There’s no point in having the percentage of possession we had, the number of passes we made, if we don’t hurt the opponent afterwards. It’s also of little use for us to manage to get inside the opponent’s block if we then go backwards and don’t create imbalances in the final third, in situations of numerical equality and one-on-one, as happened in the first half.”

Match analysis “We started strongly, we had the first big scoring chance, and then we conceded two childish goals. There’s no other way to put it. A set-piece situation in our favour, we didn’t stop the transition and we conceded. Then, right at the start of the second half, exactly the same: we lost the ball on the flank, we didn’t stop the transition, we weren’t defensively balanced, we didn’t provide defensive cover, and it became very easy for CD Tondela to get in behind and create scoring chances during the second half.”

Impact of the cards on the midfielders “It has been the norm in our matches. In the last game we committed half as many fouls as the opponent and got more yellow cards. Today it was once again clear that playing well is not rewarded and neither is the team that wants to play. Play is stopped, fouls are committed constantly and no yellow cards are shown. Counter-attacks are stopped, as happened in the first half with the CD Tondela team, and no yellow cards are shown. Credit to those who know how to play with that. We have to learn how to play with that. We have to be much more competitive. Defensive transition starts in the attacking moment, in the way we have the ball, the closeness and the courage so that after we lose the ball, together, we are closer to one another and are able to transition more effectively defensively.”

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