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Leões recorded their ninth victory in as many rounds, but the coach of the national champions criticized the slowness of the Madeirans.

Sport beat Marítimo (31-23) in the game that ended the ninth round of National Handball and maintained its unbeaten record at the top of the table, which it shares with FC Porto, the other team that hasn’t lost points yet.

But the coach of the Lions, Ricardo Costa, lamented to the press at Sporting about the attitude of the opponent in Funchal, criticizing how slow it was and the 7×6 technique. «The game was marked by the pace that Maritimo wanted to apply. I wanted to play very slowly, with very long attacks, so it was difficult for us to score more than 30 goals. I feel that Maritimo wanted to lose by a little. By attacking seven men against six in the 60 minutes, he made the game boring, boring and slow”, said the coach of the national champions.

– We came prepared and wanted to play faster, but the most important thing was the three points and that no one was hurt. For me, it was not necessary that we play well, after so many minutes we gathered in our legs and so many times», said Ricardo Costa. “In the first half we could have taken advantage of another situation by finishing with an empty goal, because we missed several shots. Each game has its story and each opponent has weapons. This is Marítimo’s weapon and we know we have to suffer to win”, he concluded.