Wolves manager Vitor Pereira praises players - 2nd half we were better than them
08/03/2025
Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton, UK
08/03/2025
Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton, UK
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00:00Was that a hard-fought and important point for Wolves this time?
00:04I don't know. We'll see in the end if it's important or not.
00:11But as I promised in the pre-conference, I said it will be seen on the pitch.
00:25The team spirit. We will compete.
00:30What I saw from my team was a consistent performance.
00:38I'm not happy with the result, of course.
00:42Three points were better than one.
00:47But in the end we faced a strong team.
00:51Very physical team.
00:55First half 50-50.
00:58Second half, in my opinion, we were better than them.
01:03But in the end they have a chance to score in a counter-attack.
01:08We create another situation to score.
01:11And the result we must accept.
01:16I'm proud of my players.
01:19I'm proud of my team.
01:22The team spirit, the quality, the confidence.
01:26And I'm proud of our supporters.
01:32That's all.
01:34Just how important was the midfield battle?
01:37It felt like Andrei and Djalko were able to control the game,
01:40which gave Wolves, in particular, that second half a lot of control.
01:43They play a lot.
01:45And Andrei, in my opinion, was...
01:48João loses a lot the position.
01:52Because he wants to go everywhere.
01:55And Andrei plays as a sixth.
02:01Switching the play with quality.
02:04Strong in the duels. João, strong in the duels.
02:07Belegarde, Monezzi.
02:10We were on the over-defensive line.
02:13I'm very happy with my team.
02:16And very confident in the future.
02:19Can I check on Monezzi?
02:22Yes, because he complained about...
02:25Not serious, I think.
02:28But all the injury, he felt something.
02:34He asked me if it was better to stay out
02:37or better not to take risks.
02:40And for him to score that first goal after so many previous chances
02:44was important for him?
02:46Yes, of course. But he deserved it.
02:49Because this is a player that never gives up.
02:56He fights for every ball.
02:59He appears on the box to score.
03:02We come to defend.
03:05We try to press everyone on the pitch.
03:08Sometimes we need to control a little bit.
03:11But today was not about tactics.
03:17Because football is not only tactics.
03:21We used to speak about tactics.
03:24But in my opinion, of course, we need to have identity.
03:30We need to have ideas.
03:33We need to have intentionalities in the way that we play.
03:38In the way that we attack.
03:40In the way that we balance the team.
03:42In the way that we defend.
03:44In the way that we press.
03:46How to press.
03:49But in the end of the day,
03:52the most important for me today was the spirit of the team.
03:57And I'm very, very happy with them.
04:00With my players.
04:03And we'll achieve our target for sure.
04:09Just finally for me.
04:11When you have a player like Kunja out,
04:13you need other players to step up.
04:15Belega starts the game and seems confident in himself again.
04:19And then you have an experienced player like Padre Sarabia
04:22coming on and making an impact as well.
04:24That's going to be essential for you going forward?
04:26Of course. I don't believe...
04:28I look for football.
04:30As I said before, I think I said this before.
04:33I don't believe that we can build a team around a player.
04:37I don't believe in this kind of...
04:40Because I believe that Kunja is very important for us
04:45because he can have special things.
04:50Special things.
04:52In the moment he can decide a game.
04:55But the most important is the team.
04:59And we showed today that we have a team.
05:03We have a team.
05:05We have a team.
05:07And we try...
05:12The team shows the confidence to try until the last minute
05:17trying to win the game.
05:19With this spirit.
05:21Of course, in the last two minutes
05:23it's better to stay with one point than...
05:27But I'm happy.
05:30OK? Thank you.
05:32Vito, you said that Wolves shaded the second half
05:35and David Moyes said the same,
05:36that Wolves were the better side in the second half.
05:38But at the same time, how important is that to say
05:41from Jose Sarabia and from Beto?
05:43Of course. This is football.
05:45This is why the Premier League is the best league in the world.
05:49Because you can be there in the offensive midfield
05:53and one ball, one long ball, second ball...
05:58And they can score.
06:00Because of the quality of the players, they can score alone.
06:04Beto is a strong player.
06:07Very strong player.
06:08He can score alone.
06:10Ball in the deep.
06:12Going in the space.
06:14And Sar, today, was very, very focused in the game.
06:22What we asked him to be today,
06:25not because...
06:27One mistake is one goal.
06:30I asked them for a clean sheet.
06:32It was not possible.
06:34But we were very consistent today.
06:39OK?
06:41Thank you very much.
06:43Good work.