Farioli hails subs: “Our bench has shown its importance” | OneFootball

FC Porto's victory in one of the most demanding matches of the season: “We feel good because we played against a very well-coached team, which plays aggressive football, and I said yesterday it would be a very open game, with many situations. I think we had the biggest opportunity and, with the dynamics, we could have taken advantage of something earlier, but the fighting spirit of the team was fantastic. It was another fantastic effort from the bench, with an assist from Gabri [Veiga], a goal from Borja [Sainz], Pablo [Rosario], Martim [Fernandes] helped... I think it was a very important result and we move forward.”

Victory built by the bench: “I think we already have many events that tell us the importance of the players who finish the game, and today was another one.”

Braga created a lot of discomfort for FC Porto and prevented their usual ball dominance. What was your intervention at halftime? “At halftime, the game was very good, it was everything we had prepared. The part where we suffered the most was at the beginning of the second half because they gained a lot of possession, but we didn't concede anything except shots from outside the area and set-piece situations. We controlled the game more without the ball at certain moments, something we are not so used to, but we have to be able to adjust when the opponent plays a different game than what we want. Great mentality and result.”

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