Vitoria: “Proud of my players, I saw a fighter team that never gave up”

The blockade of the Conference League suffered on Thursday night (13/03) by Panathinaikosafter the away defeat with 3-1 score from Fiorentina.

After the end of the race, the coach of the “Greens”, Rui Vitoriahe said he was proud of his players and the militant spirit they showed in the second half, stressing that the “clover” paid the bad first 45 minutes.

In detail the statements of Rui Vittoria:

For the match: “Indeed, the picture in the first part was not what we wanted, we gave the opponent. We could be more aggressive in our defense, the goals were a product of passivity. Although we were compact, we wanted to have the possession and create opportunities but we did not succeed.

But in the second part we pushed, we had many opportunities to score. Even at 3-0 my players believed it and fought to score. The opponent scored his opportunities, we didn’t. I’m proud of my team, I saw a fighter team that never gave up. “

For the Trinity in the defense: “It was something we had prepared based on the opponent and the game. Ioannidis went well, helped a lot on the track. With the trio in the defense the backs were high and they were pushing to score. “