Sporting boss reflects on defeat, takes a swipe at rivals: very expectant | OneFootball

Filipe Neto analyzed the defeat of Sporting's under-23 team. The lions suffered a 1-0 home defeat against Santa Clara in a match counting for the fourth round of the Liga Revelação, which was played on the morning of Tuesday, August 26.

"It was a very similar game between the first and second half, but with distinct numbers. In the first, Santa Clara managed to have more goal opportunities, even being a very expectant team, behind, waiting to steal balls to attack our defense. They managed to do it and scored the goal from outside the area," said the coach of the Alvalade Club to the Club's media.

Next, Filipe Neto showed that the second half went better for Sporting, even creating some dangerous situations: "The second half was a bit different. We continued to be in the opponent's half, but we had difficulty in the definition and in the criteria of the last pass. We still managed to send two balls to the post, which brought us close to the goal.".

"The game went where we didn't want it to, to the duels, because Santa Clara has a superior morphology to ours. All games are a reason for evolution and this one is no different. We will look at it, analyze it and want to evolve in our processes", he concluded, showing that he is already thinking about the next game of the under-23 Leonine formation.

With 6 points won in Series B of the Liga Revelação, the Sporting led by Filipe Neto returns to the fields on September 16, to face the formation of Estoril. The under-23 lions have a meeting scheduled at 11am, at the Coimbra da Mota Stadium.

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