Porter on Sporting defeat, Dowman and Monaco

Porter InterMax Porter discussed our UEFA Youth League experiences after Tuesday’s 3-0 defeat away to Sporting Lisbon.

The result saw us fall to 29th in the competition with three points from five games.

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“It’s a very similar situation and feeling which means we’ve got a lot of learnings to help the players with,” he said. “It’s something we’e spoken a lot about, even before the tournament started. We had a lot of reflection and tried to prepare as best as possible. We understand momentum is very in these games and spoke about the importance of the first goal.

“If you look at Atalanta, we started very well and they scored from the first corner…