Nacional suffered a heavy 1-3 defeat against Alverca in a match that marked Alexandre Santos's debut as the team's head coach. The game represents a difficult start for the new coach in charge of the black-and-white side.
Alexandre Santos chose to downplay his personal debut and preferred to focus the analysis on the team's performance during the first half. The coach acknowledged that the team "lost its way" during that period and paid dearly for some minutes of lack of concentration that determined the negative result.
Despite the adverse result, the coach valued the team's reaction after the interval, suggesting there was an improvement in performance in the second half. This partial recovery was highlighted as a positive takeaway from the match.
Alexandre Santos left a clear message for the future: "Nothing, nothing is lost," conveying confidence that the situation can still be reversed and that the team should not be discouraged by this result.
