Paulo Freitas: Scoreboard says 5-3, but it was really 6-3 | OneFootball

Comment on the victory: “This was the third game in the span of a week. We played on Sunday, played again on Wednesday, and got home around three in the morning, trained, and only a great team, with great resilience and a lot of quality, can do this. The result satisfies us, we won 6-3. The scoreboard only says 5-3, but it was actually 6-3. We had to fight against many adversities, against a great team that posed enormous problems and against being behind on the scoreboard, which at this level is always complicated. Throughout the 50 minutes, making some lapses here and there, we were always very focused and the victory perfectly suits FC Porto, for what they worked for, for what they fought for, and for being stronger than Sporting.”

About the disallowed goal: “I admit that these are terrible situations for referees to analyze and it never crossed my mind that it was intentional, but their positioning needs to be different to have visibility. It was an important moment, we were always looking for the goal and these lapses need to be eradicated. Unfortunately, this is not the first time it has happened in our pavilion, in our fortress, so something needs to be done to prevent these situations from happening.”

The support of the fans: “Lastly, I want to leave a word for this volcano. Although the pavilion was not completely full, it wasn’t necessary either, because those who were here played the role of those who didn’t have the opportunity to come. Thank you very much to the fans, they managed to push us and help us, they knew how to be with the team in the most critical moments. The underplay situation could have been very complicated, but I felt that they could do little because they also did the rest of the work. Thank you very much to Dragão Arena, they were very important and we are very grateful. We are satisfied, but we only won three points and we continue on our path.”

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