Paulo Turra awaits Vitoria with intensity and possession away from Luz

Coach Paulo Turra said this Friday that Vitória de Guimarães must be a strong and aggressive side to have the ball away from Benfica in the fourth round of the Portuguese Football League.

Championship leader after winning the first three league games, the Guimarães team wants to play hard at Lisbon’s Estádio da Luz, be aggressive off the ball and show they “know what they want” when they have it. against a “strong opponent.”, the title of national champion.

“As part of the game strategy, rehearsed during the week, I do not give up on our intensity and possession of the ball. There will be moments when we have less ball. But when we don’t have the ball, we have to be aggressive and straightforward to regain possession of the ball,” the coach said, announcing the 8:30 p.m. game on Saturday.

Convinced that wins in the opening of League One gave the team “more energy”, the Victoria coach considered it indifferent to meet the “incarnations” on Saturday or later in the season and emphasized that the result of the game would be the consequences of the performance of his pupils, refusing to specify whether he draw is positive.

“I want Vitoria to play Vitoria intensively and vertically at the right time. We worked very hard to put on a beautiful match,” he added.

The coach also added that defenders Bruno Gaspard and Afonso Freitas have been working with the team for a week after the injuries in the 2-0 home win over Wisela and he is pleased with the “very good” team at his disposal. , on the closing day of the summer transfer period, at 23:59.

Included in the game’s official file with Wisela as a delegate, due to the ongoing process of getting the equivalency of the South American coach qualification and UEFA level IV, Paulo Turra said he already has the necessary documentation to work as an assistant at the Estádio da. Luz and thanked Douglas and Rui Cunha for their work in a fight in which he was unable to get off the bench.

“The club is doing everything possible to give me equivalents to what I have in South America. In the first game, although I was seated, Rui and Douglas were next to me, who were very attentive and organized. Even I managed to talk to the players,” he said.

After a week and a half as coach in Portugal, the former centre-back also praised the intensity he has found in Portuguese football and the organization of the Minho club, which he believes makes his job easier.

Vitoria de Guimarães, leader of the first Portuguese football league with nine points, will visit Benfica, fifth, with six, in the match scheduled for 20:30 on Saturday, at the Estadio da Luz stadium in Lisbon, under the refereeing Nuno Almeida of Futbol association of the Algarve.