Oporto was doing their best to get their way back into the game, but against an opposition like Vitoria de Guimares who were the underdogs with a two-goal lead, it was not going to be an easy battle.
After being lucky to get two past a strong opponent in the first half, it would be very stupid and unbecoming of an underdog team to play attacking football in the second half.
That much could be easily predicted and even the manager had made plans for it in the gameplan adjustments during the half-time break, but what the manager hadn't made plans for was his player's performance.
No matter how much one adjusted and tweaked a plan, if the people who were to perform failed to show up, then there was not going to be a change in the results.
