FC Porto coach Sergio Conceição announces after close 1-0 home win over Braga in Matchday 14 of the Bwin League.
Did Porto fall too hard in the second half? “I think this is the normal course of the game. Because of our pressure on the altar, we stole the ball and created many dangers. It was a great game, good advertisement for our country, in the first place between two teams fighting for the same goals. As a result, we started very strongly, understanding what Braga was doing, avoiding this dynamic with a very interesting ball flow. We could have gone on a break with a different result. It’s easy, sometimes you have to act differently. We started very strongly again, we created a few chances due to the good organization of the defense. We understood the zone, the moment when to press, and how to do it, cause an error, not allow an opponent to connect, who likes it so much. I modified Eleven a bit because I understand and I have the humility to understand that Braga are a good team and that we needed to counter some of Braga’s strengths, adjust to this or that situation. what went well, it was a good game and I think it was a well-deserved victory. “
Taremi no bank: “We played with two strikers, but differed from each other in terms of the occupied area. Today everything was different, I wanted Matheus to give freedom to our defenders to take the defenders of Braga, in that sense he played amazingly. from a strategic point of view, he perfectly interpreted what we wanted. This allowed the three frontmen to be very pressured and succeed in that pressure. Then with Marco [Grujic] and Vitinha did not allow him to connect, preventing Braga from reaching our defensive third. The players did great, but you can’t do it in 90 minutes. “
