Mateus Mane enjoyed his first match under Cesar Peixoto, whose playing style will suit him, he believes.<\/p>\n
The Old Gold drew 0-0 with Portuguese top tier side Estoril on Saturday evening, with Mane playing an hour, predominantly on the left and cutting inside on his right foot.<\/p>\n
He was a key part of the pressing approach the head coach was looking to utilise, and Mane\u2019s endeavour and quality almost unlocked the Estoril defence on a number of occasions, which is a sign of things to come he hopes.<\/p>\n
On a first pre-season run out<\/p>\n
\u201cI loved it, the first game of pre-season. The boys played well and it helps us with our fitness a bit more. I feel like everyone did well, played their part and the role, so it was good.<\/p>\n
\u201cTraining was tough, and I feel like that helped us coming into the game, with our fitness, our running, with our how much running we did during training, and we were ready for the game. I feel like the boys are doing well.\u201d<\/p>\n
“Cesar wants us to press high, be aggressive and is very demanding.”<\/p>\n
Mateus Mane speaks after our first pre-season run out \ud83d\udde3\ufe0f pic.twitter.com\/uWrZR7DGtC<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Wolves (@Wolves) July 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n On the pressing game<\/p>\n \u201cIt’s definitely tough, but I feel that during training, how much we’ve been running, that definitely helped us. I feel like if we didn’t run as much, it would have been a lot tougher, but the front line did really well and helped the defence not get attacked a lot.<\/p>\n \u201cHe wants us to press high, be aggressive, and it’s very demanding. He has high standards, so it’s really good, and that’s how we want to go into the season, showing everyone how aggressive we are.<\/p>\n \u201cIt definitely suits my game. I’m a creative player and I feel like where I’m playing I can do that and express myself. Thank you to the manager for trusting me to play it.\u201d<\/p>\n We played out a goalless draw against Estoril this afternoon in Cesar Peixoto’s first game in charge. pic.twitter.com\/P9rR9m9UR7<\/a><\/p>\n