Vitória SC captain reacts to heavy Sporting defeat: We came to... | OneFootball

Samu, a Vitória de Guimarães player, reacted after the final whistle to the heavy defeat the Vimaranenses ended up suffering against Sporting at Estádio José Alvalade. Speaking to Sport TV, the 30-year-old commented on the team’s performance, which ended in nothing more than a 5-1 defeat, in the matchday 32 game of the Portuguese league.

“It wasn’t because this was a game away to one of the big three, one of the title contenders at the start of the season, that we were going to change the way we play. Obviously, we want to keep our style of play. We came here trying to get a good result, which for us is always the win. Unfortunately, Sporting were very clinical with the first chances they had, and that made the game very difficult for us,” he explained after the match.

As for the tactical system adopted by Gil Lameiras, the Vitória de Guimarães captain reinforced the coach’s idea: “It’s not who we are. We want to be a pressing team, we want to be a team that wins the ball back higher up the pitch. Unfortunately, Sporting managed to exploit that space because of the quality they have, without any doubt. And we have to improve and respond in the next game.”

“The turnaround comes the same way it does in everything: by working day by day and responding, as we’ve already managed to do at other times. We leave here sad, because it’s a result we didn’t want, even more so by such emphatic numbers, but we will definitely work during the week to finish these two remaining league games in the best possible way,” he explained, saying that the team will react to the result.

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