Philippa Patau after winning the Women’s Super Cup: “The players had a big heart and a big spirit” – Women’s Football

After ACShe won the Women’s Super Cup on penaltiesBenfica coach Filipa Patau highlighted the “tremendous heart and spirit” of the Benfica players for their efforts in extra time and the “efficiency” shown at the 11-metre mark. “The first half from our side, in my opinion, is where we controlled the game. We could have been more effective in the way we explored the space between the lines and the opponent’s back. The space was there, but it took us a long time.” To make the decision and look for players who were free. In a deep attack, for example, we had players do that, but the ball didn’t go in. We got it right in the first half, we started well in the second half and we got the goal, but since then we lost our balance a little bit. The team didn’t know how to be in a little bit less mass. We liked to press and have possession and we had some moments of losing control, too. “Because of the forced substitutions with the yellow card for Andrea Faria and the constant fouls that were given to her and we had to remove them, because we already knew that we could have had less. We had to break up the team a little, we added one more player in an attacking position than 6. It took us some time to find the balance of the team and Sporting took advantage, in a move that was not a mistake in my opinion, but I think it was cheap because the referee is inside and he, like the players, does the analysis. “And they do things a certain way,” he began, referring to Channel 11. “We had difficulty finding ourselves again, we had about 15 minutes where we were less good due to the injury.” The emotional lack of control in the players. We met again in the match, but it was “It was very difficult in extra time, given the number of games we played. We knew it would be difficult to continue the game because of the burden we were carrying and these players had great heart and soul in the way they did their best to get a positive result. He added: “In the penalty shootout “We were qualified again.”

“Will this be a more balanced season? I hope so, it’s good for women’s football, it’s very competitive. This forces us to play games like this, where we have to re-transform ourselves and become better and more competitive. “The growth we want, to know We will play any match and we must give our best. I think we will be a stronger Benfica throughout the season, but I am very happy to know that the competitiveness is high and we can only benefit from that. The more games we struggle, the more we grow and the more we gain from that in Europe.”