César Peixoto questions Porto-Gil Vicente result: "Red card changed it" | OneFootball

César Peixoto, coach of Gil Vicente, speaking to Sport TV after the 3-0 defeat against Porto – who are interested in a forward –, a match that counted for the 19th round of the Liga Portugal Betclic, stressed that there was "one game before the 70th minute and another after", praised the attitude of the Roosters and promised to keep "annoying the guys at the top".

"The 0-3 is a consequence of the sending off, it made everything more difficult. The 0-3 means absolutely nothing to me, the fewer goals we concede the better, but it means nothing. What really matters to me is what we did until the 70th minute. Congratulations to Porto, but the team did very well, we created chances, we hit the crossbar. The first goal opportunity was ours, Porto could have scored too. We split the game, we didn’t park the bus, but the result wasn’t what we wanted," said the former Benfica player.

"Martin is there sad in the locker room, he didn’t see the Porto player, I think it even hit his hand, it’s a matter of judgement, it was unintentional [...] I think the team competed until the 70th minute, after the sending off it was a different game, but even so we kept trying, we created a goal chance. [...] I leave here with a bitter taste because I feel the sending off conditioned the game, we were better in the game, but that’s football," he explained.

When asked about the club’s activity in the transfer market, the coach highlighted: "We have options. We have Carlos [Eduardo] who came back from injury and the game wasn’t suited for him, Agustin just returned and we didn’t want to risk it, after the sending off we had to patch up the team to stay competitive until the end. The market is open, we’re going to bring people in and as I always tell my players, we’ll keep annoying the guys at the top, I have no doubt about it."

César Peixoto even paused his analysis of the defeat to send a message of support to Vasco Sousa, Porto’s midfielder: "This is the worst part of football, it hurts when a player can’t do what he loves most, his passion. He has to be very resilient, he has to believe when no one else does because he’s very young, he has a lot of talent, and football will still bring him many joys."

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