Fernando Sá rues ‘lack of energy’ and ‘waste’ in FC Porto defeat | OneFootball

Following FC Porto’s 88-73 defeat to Sporting in the second game of the basketball league semi-finals, Fernando Sá pointed to a «lack of energy» and «poor three-point shooting» as the main reasons for the loss.

The coach of the blue and whites said this match was the «opposite of the first game», stressing that this time it was his team that felt the effects of the loss of confidence caused by low shooting efficiency. «The day before yesterday, Sporting showed some inefficiency in outside shooting and gradually lost some confidence, and today it was our turn to feel that», he said.

Fernando Sá also highlighted Sporting’s high shooting percentage, especially in the first half. «I haven’t seen the final stats, but at half-time Sporting had an extremely high shooting percentage, partly due to their own merit, but also because of the lack of energy we showed at certain moments. We ended up collapsing emotionally», he admitted, before already turning to the next clash: «We’re going into game three».

Even with this negative result, the coach recalled that the series now moves to Dragão Arena, where Porto will have the benefit of playing in front of their own fans. «We only lose home-court advantage if Sporting wins a game at Dragão Arena. At this moment, we are the ones benefiting from home-court advantage», he concluded.

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