Alex Telles and Hernâni talked of the victory over Moreirense (4-3), and admitted the Dragons could have done more in the match for the Round of 16 of the Portuguese Cup. The fullback stated the team cannot concede this many goals at home, whereas the winger mentioned the lack of intensity to explain the difficulties felt throughout the match.

Alex Telles
“I’m happy to be in the next round. There are no easy matches nowadays, as our opponents want to do their best against the national champion. We are facing increasingly harder matches, more balanced. But we can’t give our opponents this much space, especially at home. We need to work hard to become stronger at home and not concede this many goals. In the last seven days, we played three matches, with long travels. The group is tired, but that is not an excuse.”

Hernâni
“We lowered our intensity and that made our life harder. We don’t know how to play any other way than high pressure, but today we lowered that a little and this happened, we suffered to win.”