Vitor Pereira Newcastle United press conference – Speaks on the challenge posed by Isak and NUFC | OneFootball

The Vitor Pereira Newcastle United press conference has taken place.

The Wolves boss talking to journalists ahead of Wednesday night’s match.

Vitor Pereira took over four weeks ago at Molineux and picked up seven points from his first three PL matches.

A 3-0 home defeat to Forest followed, before a 2-1 FA Cup win at Bristol City on Saturday.

Priority though is avoiding relegation and Vitor Pereira has lifted Wolves out of the relegation zone, albeit only on goal difference as things currently stand.

“It is a strong team but I don’t know any perfect team.

“We need to understand very well the key points, the tactical points of this team, the technical points, the individual points of this team and with our game – because we have qualities also, we have players with high quality – we need to explore our key points and to try to cancel them out and try to not allow them to play in the way that they like to play.

“Eddie Howe is a top coach.

“When I look at a coach, I look not at what they say, but at their teams and what they build, and Newcastle is a very strong team.

“Of course, Eddie has been at Newcastle for a long time and it’s easier to build something strong, and this is my intention in Wolverhampton – to build something strong.

“Now, it’s time to connect everybody in the idea.

“For me, a team has one brain. It must have one brain, which means everybody needs to identify on the pitch the moments to press, the moments to wait, the moments to go fast, the moments to slow down, and we must have one intelligence inside the pitch, scanning everything and understanding the game. Our game.”

Vitor Pereira on how Wolves can stop Alexander Isak:

“As a team. We need to play as a team.

“If we play only against Isak, it will be Wolves’ 11 against Isak. But it’s 11 against 11, 11 against a team that have got eight wins in a row.

“When we look at these opponents, we understand why they are in this condition, because they play with identity, they have a high physical level, technical level and tactical level.

“It’s very good work from the coach because they have an identity which is very clear for me – it’s very clear, and they are a very strong team.

“We must look at them but also looking at our game and understanding with our game. How to face this team with our game. This is most important for me.

“I need to look at our game, our players, our qualities, and let’s face them with our identity. This is most important. It is not to change our identity it’s to try to force our identity against a different opponent.”

Vitor Pereira on injury and availability for Wolves ahead of Wednesday night:

“Nelson, Dawson and Cunha will be ready for the match, but they are coming from injury so we need to be careful about the minutes that they can play.

“But we need players and players with this quality.

“The conversations that we have together are very comfortable. He [Cunha] is very happy in this game and in his role in the team. It means that if he’s happy, I’m happy, if he plays at a high level, I’m happy for him.

“Since the beginning, I said that this is Wolves’ game, it’s not Vitor Pereira’s game, it’s something that they need to feel that this is the game that we want to play. This is the game that we work every day to build up to.”

Vitor Pereira on a difficult run of fixtures ahead:

“If I think about the next six games, I think I will not sleep – but I need to sleep and rest!

“We need to think about Newcastle.

“Newcastle is the most important game for us, because it’s the next one.

“We need to have confidence inside of us. I don’t believe in ‘Supermans’, it’s the other side – 11 players – against our side – 11 players – and we always have a chance.

“If we play against the best team in the world, we have our chance. If we play with the right energy, the right commitment, the right team spirit and if we face with courage, we can win.”