Farioli: We need the right attitude to get back on track | OneFootball

FC Porto travels to Madeira to face CD Nacional, Sunday at 3:30 PM (Sport TV1), at Choupana, in a match of the 22nd round of the championship.

Recalling the “many difficulties” created by the Madeirans at Estádio do Dragão, Francesco Farioli wants the Porto team “always fully aware of the challenges” ahead that will require “the right responses.” Deprived of some injured players and the suspended Francisco Moura, the Italian coach will be able to count on William Gomes for this match. In the lead-up to this duel, FC Porto is the isolated leader with 56 points, four more than Sporting, while CD Nacional is in 13th position, with 21.

CD Nacional“We are going to play against a team that made our life very difficult in the first leg, they put on an excellent performance at Dragão. Going there to play is an extra difficulty, an extra challenge, so we have to be very strong as always and with a great attitude. They created many difficulties for us at Dragão, including pressure on Diogo Costa and our central defenders. It’s the type of game I expect tomorrow, against a team capable of managing the moments of the game. We have to have the right responses to the scenarios we will encounter. We have to enter with a great attitude to restart our climb. We think game by game and I hope we can get the result we want in this one, always fully aware of the challenges we will encounter. There is the trip, the pitch, and especially the opponent. They can be very dangerous for any opponent.”

The serious injury of Samu“The last few days have been tough for all of us, the news created a big shock in the locker room and I believe among everyone who loves football. We received many messages asking about him, even from people from other clubs, but Samu is a strong man. The next day he was here with us with a big smile on his face and concerned about the team. Our conversations are private, but what he said to me and the team says a lot about him. What we can do now is stay close to him and wish him a good recovery. He will know how to maximize this difficult moment and will come back stronger than he was. We lost a key player for us, no doubt, but I think I have already shown my confidence in Deniz [Gül] and the qualities he has. Now it is an opportunity for him and I have no doubt he will take advantage of it, as he has all the characteristics to assume the role and responsibility. He is very technically advanced and a physical monster, so we need to find the right confidence. Everyone likes him and I hope we can hear his music many times in the coming times.”

Martim Fernandes recovering“He will not be with the team in this game, but he had a good reaction in the days following the injury. We are trying to recover him as quickly as possible, but we still don’t know when he will be able to be with us again.”

Pablo Rosario“He had some problems after the game with Casa Pia. He had a small calf injury. In the last game, we even took him to the bench, but he wasn’t in condition to play. This week he has already trained 100% with the team, so tomorrow he can participate in the game.”

Seko Fofana“He is in good physical condition and the impact he had in the last game was clear to everyone. He is a player with leadership, quality, and physicality and is a player I want here with us to help. It is another example of how the Club did everything possible to make the team stronger. It is a matter of time, but he will have an important role for us.”

Terem Moffi“He has been working very well and just recently we were seeing that he has improved a lot physically in recent days. His body fat is back to that of an elite player and he has been training very well, with a great attitude and the right spirit. Tomorrow he will be part of the game, either starting or coming in. We are at a time when we have two number 9s with serious injuries and we will need his contribution too. Here too the Club did a magnificent job to give us the best solutions. We will finish the season with Deniz [Gül] and Terem [Moffi] and Samu and Luuk [de Jong] will be two fans watching from the outside.”

Still the classic with Sporting“Every time reasons are found to take attention away from the game. The ball rolling on the pitch and football itself are quickly forgotten. The attention has to be there. The truth is that this team has not yet lost against the two biggest rivals and only conceded an own goal and a penalty in the last minute against them. There are several good things that should be talked about more. Some comments make more newspaper headlines than the good news. What happened in the last minute of the last game is a clear mistake, there is no hiding it, but they happen when playing football. Francisco [Moura] didn’t want to commit that penalty, but there’s no need to kill a person because of it. Sometimes limits are exceeded and he always works well. He cannot be with us in the next game because of the suspension, but then he will come back ready to help us as he has done so far.”

The media and social networks“I am the only one who reads all the newspapers, because every week I have to talk to the journalists, but all the noise or pollution does not affect the group’s dynamics. The group is very motivated and we come from a classic in which we put on an excellent performance, even though we didn’t get the result we wanted. I believe we deserved to win and I reinforce that, but we faced a great team, which has done a great job this season. We had a very strong desire to win and conceded little besides the penalty, so it is easy to keep the team with the right mentality. The performance was very positive against Sporting, but the result was not what we wanted.”

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