Bruno Moreira shares his thoughts on EHF second-leg against Team Tvis Holstebro

Sporting may have lost out in the EHF Cup second round first-leg against Team Tvis Holstebro, but the 36-31 scoreline leaves the fixture open for the return leg in Lisbon.

“We have to be a lot more aggressive in defence and to not miss so many chances on goal, because that lets our opponent go on the counter-attack where they are strongest”, said captain Bruno Moreira in the build up to the second-leg, continuing: “We have to do everything to make sure that they don’t do the same thing again. We want the fans to believe we can turn it around, because we believe we can. Of course it won’t be easy against a good team, but we have a lot of quality and we want to get into the next round.”

Montero and Paulo Oliveira on Sporting's Europa League opener

Fredy Montero spoke with radio journalists after his side’s loss in their Europa League opener this Thursday. “It wasn’t the start that we wanted and things didn’t go how we wanted them to. Now we have to pick up away the points that we have dropped at home”, affirmed the Colombian at the final whistle.

In parallel, Paulo Oliveira highlighted that there are still plenty of games to tally up points: “We conceded on the break, but we didn’t let it get to us and we went looking for the result. We still have five games and nothing is decided yet.”