Sousa: It is worth working with this team

Paulo Sousa was pleased with the commitment shown by his players

I am sad for the players, as they showed the type of football in the second half against the best set of players in the country, which I take my hat off to. I very much hope that the players feel this as well. We are now in a period what we can come out of step by step. I was disappointed with the situation leading to Videoton's third goal. I am not sure whether it was offside, but it looked very suspicious to me. Decisions like these never seem to go the way of the small sides. Naturally I am jealous of Videoton, as they have 30 international level players at their disposal. I felt throughout that in Lovrenscics, we had a way to win, and I also felt that he played very well from the 50th to the 75th minute. We have taken the first step today. 

: I was very pleased with what I saw during this match, and it is what I have seen in my dreams and during training, that things go well for the team. I felt that we could have easily won the game in the first half. However, we did not manage to do this, and the match was not an easy one in the end. We turned things around, and the players had the belief, that we were capable of winning. It is Alves' job to score goals, and he is a player who can do that, but he hardly trained during the week. Nikolic and Alves play together all the time, as we are one team together.

Author: David Rechnitzer