Gabri Veiga in awe of several FC Porto players: “They’re on another level” | OneFootball

Gabri Veiga gave an interview to the newspaper O Jogo, in which he addressed various topics. Among them, FC Porto’s Spanish midfielder was full of praise for Thiago Silva, both from a sporting and a human point of view. Pepê and Oskar Pietuszewski also received words of appreciation.

“It’s a pleasure, because he’s a guy I grew up watching, an incredible guy. Starting with his humility, his leadership — just from the way he walks, you already know the leader he is, the respect everyone has for him. He’s another incredible human being; he could have come here and said, who is this one or who is that one? But from the very first moment it was the opposite, always helping, caring about everyone, laughing. It was a great signing by the president, and hopefully he stays with us for longer. It’s been a real pleasure to share this with him, with a guy I grew up watching, one of the best centre-backs I’ve ever seen,” he said about Thiago Silva.

Gabri Veiga also explained that Pepê is the teammate who has surprised him the most, giving his assessment:

“Pepê. He’s very annoying, but I always tell him: with the quality you have, if you had better numbers... That’s something I’m very critical with him about, because with the quality he has, he should be smashing goals in. For me, he’s a player on another level. I know people are sometimes critical of him, but I’m here every day and I know the quality he has, and when he’s at his best, he’s at a very high level.”

The midfielder also admitted he had been surprised by Oskar Pietuszewski and commented on the arrival of the young Polish winger at the Dragão:

“He also surprised me a lot, because he came from Jagiellonia, nobody knew him. He was a bet by the president, the scouting department, I don’t know, I don’t want to give credit wrongly, but I imagine it was them. Sometimes I joke with him that he’s always going one-on-one, he never gets tired, he’s relentless, and that’s very difficult for opponents, especially in this league, which is perhaps more tactical, not so much about duels and that sort of thing. He came here and shook up a bit of the stability we had; he can make the difference in the blink of an eye, it’s something that gives us a lot, and he has to keep growing. Of course, at 17 years old, what he’s already done is incredible, the way he adapted, because I know it wasn’t easy for him at the start, he was left out of the Europa League squad, but I wish him the best, that he keeps being who he is, on and off the pitch.”

“Yes, that was something incredible, the composure he had. I wasn’t like that at 17, so I only have good things to say about him — may he keep going like this,” Gabri Veiga also said about Oskar Pietuszewski’s goal against Benfica at the Estádio da Luz.

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