Luis Freire praised his players entering the field in the draw (2-2) with Arouca, who currently occupy last place in the Betclic League. Speaking at the end of the match, the Rio Ave coach said that the rival had “a team of great quality, built for Europe and with players for this project”. “There was a wonderful entry by my team on the field, intense pressure, winning balls, and enhancing Aruka’s mistakes in creating the attack. We ended up scoring the first goal early, from a set piece, and the team continued searching for the second.” “He did not calm down, he managed to continue to have the ability to press and adapt a team that has great quality, is built for Europe and has players for this project. This does not justify the position he is in, but we entered the field with a lot of character and confidence,” said Villa Condense coach.
Aruka’s reaction
“Arouca reacted and ended up having more of the ball in the attacking midfield and forced us back a bit and struggled more without the ball. However, we could have scored the third goal in two transition periods. In the second half, we asked the team ‘We looked for the third goal without exposing ourselves at risk. “We started very well, and we were able to hit the post for Boateng.”
2-1 effect on the team
“On the dead ball, the first time Arouca was able to come out and level the game a little bit, they made it 2-1. Since then, the team that was winning 2-0 is feeling the impact, especially being teams. “They are at the bottom,” he concluded. table and feel more responsible. “I feel like we weren’t as mature as we could have been to keep score otherwise and play our game longer.”
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