Luís Pinto, coach of Vitória de Guimarães, speaking in the press room at Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, after the victory against Nacional by two balls to one. The coach draws a “positive” assessment of the first round. Game analysis «We started in the best way, winning, the three points was what we wanted, it was an extremely difficult game; Nacional is a very well organized team, from one moment to the next they put us under pressure, they have players with a lot of quality to attack from deep. In that sense, it was a game that forced us to have a lot of patience, and here in our stadium that is not something that is easy for us to have. In the second half, when we managed to make the game faster, we were able to be more dangerous, have more approaches. We ended up being fair winners». Saviolo «It has to do with growth, playing in a context where there is little pressure and moving to a context where there is pressure, expectations, a need to perform. Playing for the main team requires padding, which you need to earn. He has been a player very open to learning. He has done his part. It has to do with the mental part, but also the physical part, getting along with colleagues, knowing the game in the League. These are issues that we have to allow young players to have their space to make mistakes and try to do better.” Replacing Samu with Diogo Sousa «It had to do with the need to be better able to enter the Nacional block. We were not being aggressive in reacting to the loss to create danger in a clean way. Diogo Sousa is a player who runs more forward, it had to do with this need. First round balance «The balance, the justice of the results is dictated by the numbers, it has to be the numbers that speak for themselves. We have the same number of points as in the same round last season, and we are in a year in which we are very aware of what we are doing here, feeding the first team with young players. We managed to have the ability to have young players and have the same number of points as last year. It makes us happy, but that's all, we'll want to add to it in the next championship game. There is always room to do more and better in the process». Reunion with Tiago Margarido «I wanted to beat a friend, he really is my friend. We are fortunate to be in the League, to have worked together, to have played together. Being able to be here, next to each other making our way, we were very happy. I'm very happy for his success, and he for mine, I'm sure. We want to be, in a few years, having this conversation and looking back seeing that we are more established in elite football, playing in European competitions».
