Fernando Sá rues “lack of energy” and “wastefulness” in FC Porto loss | OneFootball

Following FC Porto’s 88-73 defeat to Sporting in the second game of the basketball league semi-finals, Fernando Sá identified “lack of energy” and “inefficiency from long range” as the main reasons for the loss.

The coach of the Dragons said this game was the “opposite of the first one,” stressing that this time it was his team that felt the effects of the drop in confidence caused by poor shooting efficiency. “The day before yesterday, Sporting showed some inefficiency from the outside 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 on merit, but also because of the lack of energy we showed at certain moments. In the end, we emotionally collapsed,” he admitted, before already looking ahead to the next clash: “We move on to game three.”

Even with this negative result, the coach reminded that the series now moves to the Dragão Arena, where Porto will have the advantage of playing in front of their own fans. “We only lose home-court advantage if Sporting win a game at the Dragão Arena. Right now, we’re the ones benefiting from home-court advantage,” he concluded.

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