Farioli dedicates win to Luuk de Jong: leader, not player | OneFootball

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·8 December 2025

Farioli dedicates win to Luuk de Jong: leader, not player

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Samu returned to scoring in the Primeira Liga after a month. With Luuk de Jong absent for so long, could this goal be decisive for his confidence? “It is certainly important for Samu to find the back of the net. You can see how much he works for the team and for himself it’s good to have numbers and finish well. You could see Samu’s shirt with a

There was a sense that FC Porto was not very incisive in attack in the first half: “I totally agree, but in this type of match, against a very closed and organized team that shuts down all passing lanes very well, you have to break the balance and today I think we had less than 30% [success] in dribble rate. That’s one of the factors that explains why we had so many difficulties in the first half. And then I also felt that we weren’t as aggressive as we should have been, that we arrived late to some plays. Then in the second half we came out at full speed and the two goals helped put the game in the right direction.”


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