Igor de Jesus: “I haven’t been watching FC Porto…” | OneFootball

Igor Jesus is expected to lead the Nottingham Forest attack in Thursday night’s match against FC Porto at the Estádio do Dragão, in the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals. The Brazilian striker, one of the English side’s standout players and scorer of 13 goals this season — seven of them in the European competition — is anticipating a high-level game against Porto, while not hiding his pride in the form he is currently enjoying.

“I’m happy to be among the top scorers in the Europa League. It’s an important game,” began the Brazil international, who could be involved in an interesting duel with Thiago Silva, the Dragons’ defensive leader. “He’s a top defender, but I’m focused on what I can do. It’s a difficult game, against a good team, but we know what we can do.”

Without losing focus, Igor Jesus highlighted his confidence in the work he has been doing and in the preparation overseen by the Forest coach. “I prepare myself to do a good job and I think I’m doing well. I hope to be among the best players. FC Porto have good players, of course, but I haven’t been watching their matches, and I don’t want to know. The coach has already told us what we need to know, and I’m focused on doing my job.”

With the quarter-finals in sight, the striker acknowledges the added demands of this stage of the competition, but reinforces his confidence in the group and in the manager’s ideas. “It’s a quarter-final match, it’s different, the teams are focused and know they can be eliminated at this stage. As the boss said, we have quality players and we can bring the win over to our side.”

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