Braga's first defeat under new manager

They are very, very good going forward. There’s a Brazilian spine in their team but we will get chances in the second leg - their defence is suspect at times. How we set up will be critical. We’ve succeeded in counterattacking in the past.
 
The manager’s thoughts after the game:
t was a great football game between two great teams with different styles. We did an excellent first half. We could still have made it 3-0, but we couldn't. Rangers had a good reaction, but everything is still open and we are confident. It was natural for Rangers, a team losing 2-0 at home has to take risks and that's what they did. Matheus was very well. ”

“Collectively the Braga team was very well, very organized, but of course the individualities end up standing out. Abel did well, scored a goal, but the team in general had a very good performance. We also had a situation with Palhinha isolated and Trincão as well. We had several situations where we could have increased the advantage, but this is football. Wednesday we will have the second part. ”

“I think that the change that Rúben made worked perfectly. Esgaio was very well, the team remained very organized, it was not there. We suffered and we were not expecting. ”

“We are ready. This is part of football. We can't always win, we have that notion. We have a set of players who are very mentally strong and will not be affected by this defeat, just as they are not affected by victories and maintain humility. We will now prepare the game with Setúbal and then with Rangers again.
 
Braga played some beautiful stuff and made some of our better players look really poor in the first half due to their high press. Definitely a level above us in terms of technical ability and fluidity going forward, but we made enough chances there to score 5 ourselves. Their keeper has made 4 great saves minimum. They’re the better footballing side but we can hurt them on the break over there as they leave huge spaces at the back. We can definitely win the tie with the right game plan.
 
No bones about it, best team we’ve played all season.
On par or maybe better than bremen in 08. It would have been a joy to watch v anyone else, the fluidity they showed in players rotating positions and confidence speed and strength, testament to our players that we came back from that
 
Braga played some beautiful stuff and made some of our better players look really poor in the first half due to their high press. Definitely a level above us in terms of technical ability and fluidity going forward, but we made enough chances there to score 5 ourselves. Their keeper has made 4 great saves minimum. They’re the better footballing side but we can hurt them on the break over there as they leave huge spaces at the back. We can definitely win the tie with the right game plan.
It was incredible to watch , at one point in the space of 5 minutes they had 3 different players filling in at centre half. The new coach certainly knows his stuff
 
They were a right good team, everyone of them comfortable on the ball and very quick. At one point it looked like they had a couple of extra men on the park and we couldn't get near them. To fight back against a team like this who were 2-0 up is a massive achievement, Rangers were tremendous for the last 30 mins and we showed that we have character after all. No excuses to the end of the season now, so as Stevie G said "Let's go"
 
Glad we are playing them Wednseday and not a two week break - hopefully there still hurting and we pump them again
 
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