Cláudio Ramos: After Casa Pia loss, we agreed not to panic | OneFootball

Cláudio Ramos gave an interview to FC Porto's information channels, in which he reflected on his career and discussed the current state of the team. The 34-year-old goalkeeper highlighted a significant episode: the collective conversation that took place on the bus after the defeat to Casa Pia, the only one so far in the championship.

“What happened after the defeat to Casa Pia was incredible, in the sense that we got on the bus and gathered together, which wasn't very common, like it used to be, where the guys would finish the game and all gather for a chat, play some cards, etc. Nowadays, it's more about everyone with their tablet, each with their headphones, etc. But in that game, I really felt that the guys came up, we sat down, and started talking about the game. And the word we kept saying was ‘we can't panic because we lost a game, we are the same team that hasn't lost in so many games, that has so many clean sheets, that is in first place. We had a seven-point lead and now it's four, so we can't panic. Tomorrow is another day, tomorrow we will start working and preparing for the next game.’ We didn't want it, but we know it happens. It's over. We didn't dwell on it, we didn't get stuck there. And I think that's often it, if we dwell too much on the defeat, it creates anxiety, it creates nervousness. And, honestly, I felt that in the next game we would give a good response. Just from those few minutes on the bus, where the guys talked about it and said ‘really, we can't be like this.’ It's those small insights that give you good indicators that we have a great team and that we will continue to have, despite the bad results we had,” the Porto goalkeeper noted.

Francesco Farioli also received a special mention from Cláudio Ramos. The usual backup to Diogo Costa in FC Porto's goal assures that the Italian coach is completely aligned with the club's spirit.

“I didn't know him. But I feel, I look at him, and I say he is a Porto-style coach. By the way he works every day, by the way he dedicates himself, by the intensity he puts in when he talks to us, when he prepares the games. And I think he identifies a lot with the club. He also surrounded himself with people like Castro and Lucho himself, who know better than I do what it means to be FC Porto. I believe they talk internally among themselves and Lucho, with all his experience and everything he has lived here, can convey to him what FC Porto is. The other day, we went to play in Madeira and the coach didn't ask us, but he knew everything. He knew it was going to be a difficult game, he knew about the weather, he knew about the travels, etc. They are prepared for the Portuguese league and for what we are going to face,” he observed.

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