Farioli: “We threw away the win, we could have been 3-0 up at half-time” | OneFootball

Francesco Farioli lamented the lack of finishing in the home match against Nottingham Forest (1-1), in the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals. In the press conference, the FC Porto coach had already turned his attention to the second leg, in a week’s time.

“We deserved to win by more than a one-goal margin. Tonight we threw away a victory we would have deserved. We had no moments of panic, we made one mistake. But the reaction from the crowd was fantastic. Martim Fernandes went through two unlucky moments and we needed to readjust. In the first half we had five clear chances without conceding. We could have been more aggressive without the ball. We played against a very good opponent, built to win the Europa League. We produced enough to come away with the win.”

“We all expected a different result. If you have five or six chances in the first half, you can go into the break 3-0 up, and then we would be talking about a different game. But there is no point dwelling on it. The fans were fantastic throughout the whole match, especially after Martim Fernandes’ own goal.”

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