Paulo Sousa “proud” of Basel players

Basel boss Paulo Sousa declared himself proud of his Basel players despite the 1-0 Champions League defeat to Real Madrid.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s goal on 35 minutes gave the European champions a hard-fought win over the Swiss outfit and Portuguese Coach Sousa was full of praise afterwards.

“I’m proud of the players, the team and the fans,” he told reporters at the post-match Press conference.

“It was fantastic how we were supported this evening, with such enthusiasm, and I’d like it to always be like that.

“We deserved more and the players are increasingly taking on board my ideas. You can see that we are competing better and better against the bigger teams.

“The players’ belief in our ideas is growing and you saw that in the second half.”

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