Analysis of the 2-0 defeat at FC Porto, made by AVS coach, João Henriques, at the Estádio do Dragão press conference: Good performance despite the defeat «Playing like this, with this competence and commitment, we are increasingly closer to the team's first major objective, which is to win three points in a game. We were competitive. We outlined a strategy to make it difficult for FC Porto to have great scoring opportunities. We deliberately lowered the lines to have space behind FC Porto. We managed some transitions and, with more discretion, we could have hurt FC Porto. With just a few days of work, the players were extraordinary in the way they assimilated what needed to be done in this game. We played a very worthy game, with a very good first half. In the second, with the goal we conceded, you could have thought that AVS would shake like it happened in the previous game, but today we managed to maintain stability and take the game to where we wanted. The second goal, as it was, meant that we stayed away from discussing the result.” Arbitration «I don't really have 200 thousand euros available and I'm afraid there will be retroactive payments. I prefer not to talk about these things. I have my opinion, I stick with it. 200 thousand euros is a lot of money. Mistakes we all make. Today we made one that gave FC Porto the first goal, and then there are other mistakes that happen. We respect that.” Second part entry «Suffering at the start of the second has two analyses, because we have time to recover, but we wanted to delay the goal to be able to make the opponent more nervous. We had the ability to react, we tried to reach the opponent's goal, we made some shots and we could have decided better. We're talking about a move, it's not that the start in the second half was bad. We knew that FC Porto wanted to resolve the situation as soon as possible, the public was getting impatient, but what decided the game was 2-0.” Guarantees that the team gives for the future “We played two games, we have one point. We lost at FC Porto, which is in our league but it's a normal defeat at this stage, in a very worthy game. Since my arrival, we will build up, with great confidence in the next games. We will have time to work after the game with Moreirense. The team is increasingly confident in its abilities, the players have quality and played a fantastic game. I believe we are very close to our first victory and then several will naturally appear.” What asked players for the game «Not letting the ball pass within our structure, it started from there. Letting the ball be played down the side aisles, and at that moment we applied some pressure. When we won it, we wanted to try to explore FC Porto's side corridors. We didn't change for the second half, it was a lost ball in transition that led to the first goal. We lacked some discernment in the moments when we were one on one, two on two, trying to score. Perfection would also involve not conceding goals, but we did.”
