Farioli has seven on injury list, six days before Benfica derby | OneFootball

Six days remain until the clássico against Benfica, and FC Porto have seven players listed on the medical report.

After a day off, Francesco Farioli led the first training session on Tuesday in preparation for Sunday’s home clash with the Eagles. The session took place at the Jorge Costa Training and Sporting Development Centre in Olival, with a view to the Matchday 7 fixture in the Liga Portugal Betclic.

João Costa and Zaidu are receiving treatment, with the full-back also doing gym work. Victor Froholdt, Vasco Sousa, André Miranda and Oskar Pietuszewski are following a modified training programme, while Samu is in integrated training with restrictions.

Given these limitations, the coach called on six FC Porto B players to complete the session: goalkeepers Gonçalo Ribeiro and Antoni Nikolov, defender Luís Gomes, midfielders Tiago Silva and Eirik Granaas, and forward Cardoso Varela.

As Record reported on Monday, Victor Froholdt, Oskar Pietuszewski, João Costa and Zaidu gave up their day off to continue their recovery. However, none of the four has yet been cleared by the medical department to train without restrictions with the rest of the squad.

The Porto side return to training on Wednesday morning, once again in Olival.

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