Luís Pinto, coach of Vitória de Guimarães, speaking in the press room at Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, after the victory (1-0) over Moreirense. The coach recognizes that the initial idea did not work and the change at half-time ended up being decisive. Game analysis «The idea was to have four men with very vertical characteristics. Nélson ended up being the least vertical of the four, we knew that Moreira would have to play with an adapted central defender, we believed that if we built the three they would fall into a line of five, as they normally do, but that ended up not being the case and it didn't give us the advantage we were hoping for. Samu's entry gave us an advantage because it gave us the ability to find play in a space where we weren't having any. He gave criteria to the game, he made the offensive connection, which was important. Although it wasn't a spectacular game on our part, we dominated the game, Moreirense ended up having the ball, but we felt that we were almost always well positioned to prevent dangerous shots. The team performed relatively well in the game, not being spectacular.” Departure team «It ended up changing because when we were pressing, we were effective in pressing, winning the ball, but when Moreirense, as a result of their quality, managed to find a way to make our pressure more difficult, they had the ball. The wingers on the opposite side were becoming very projected. That leaving the team was a problem, in the second half we were better at it and I don't remember situations in which they managed to vary with danger». Ndoye «In preparing for the games we prepared the way we want to finish. Football is different, we can make five changes, Moreirnense have conceded more goals in the last fifteen minutes than at any other time. We felt it was important to have someone with this belief during this period, who is capable of coming in and making a difference. With Estoril he had an interesting game, his work outside the area was still visible, he has improved, but he was unhappy with his finishing. Today he managed to leave his mark, he didn't score, but he won the penalty. Next week we will see what the plan will be.”
