Jorge Jesus confident after solid showing against Villarreal

A penalty shootout loss to Villarreal did little to take away from the positive's Jorge Jesus saw in his side's performance in the Iberian Trophy this Tuesday night.

"Today you could see some progress in the lads, especially in the younger players who have come through from the youth system. We looked better in attack, although we are still far from what we can do", said the Sporting coach at the final whistle, adding a work on the return of the players who have been away on international duty: "The lads who were at Euro 2016 will be back tomorrow and we will see the squad improve."

The Alvalade boss went on to analyse the match itself: "In the first-half we didn't do as well as we did after the break. Bruno César coming into form really helped the rest of the team organise. The forward's are still lacking a bit of mobility, but that is something we can work on in training."