After Saturday's draw at the reception to Famalicão, Sérgio Conceição was questioned about the difficult moment that the team is experiencing on a psychological level, emphasizing that "it is very easy to beat FC Porto" and highlighting that he was surprised by the applause after the defeat against Vitória SC on the last day of the championship.

"Nobody stayed, the fans didn't stay, we didn't stay in the work group. I think it's absolutely normal for fans to whistle and criticize, it's part of it. What I didn't find normal is that we lost to Vitória and they applauded. I'm used to criticism, to whistling, it's part of it and they're absolutely right, because we had a first half that wasn't within what was worked on. But this is a bit of a summary of the season. The opponent's first shot [was a goal], against Vitória it was the same thing. A young group, a very difficult environment from the outside, everything contributes. It's usual, I don't know what it's from anymore... penalties that I think are, I've been doing this for 30 years and I see that possibly Taremi's today is not a penalty and in other weeks... we've been unlucky with the third team," said the coach at a press conference.

"The first shot is a goal, we go after it without discernment and losing the strategy defined for the game, which has to do with our youth. It's up to us to get out of this, it's very easy to beat FC Porto, even people within FC Porto. It's very easy and it seems to me that, instead of being an added value and joining together at this moment... We have a title to dispute and an end of the season to finish in accordance with the club's records. And it seems that there are a lot of people here with their own strategy and who seriously harm the club. I'm talking about everyone, including the third team. It's easy. It's a very difficult environment and these situations are not normal. Evanilson is a kid who... well, it's the reflection of what has been happening," continued the coach, who also spoke about his future.

"I'm here until the president decides, my duration and longevity here has nothing to do with my beautiful eyes, but with work. From the moment the president thinks that something more is needed in the team to finish the season well, he is free at all levels. I say this so that the players feel it. The work week was very good on the part of the players, in the preview I was very positive about the game and the environment we were living in within a difficult moment. Then, we go to the game, at the first adversity everything comes up, players afraid to take on and it gets more difficult. At halftime, we changed, we talked, we came with a different attitude in the second half, even not so organized, more with heart, but with a different attitude and determination. We got the draw with five or six goal opportunities. The lack of offensive efficiency has also been recurrent in the season. And the few times that the opponent goes there, they score. It has to do with all that," he concluded-

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