FC Porto B beat CD Feirense for first win of 2026/27 | OneFootball

After leading the B team to their first win of 2026/27 at the Marcolino Castro Stadium, against CD Feirense (1-0), João Brandão highlighted his players’ performance, saying they had “a first half full of quality, dominance and control of the game”, “managed the game well in the second half” and showed “competitive maturity”. The coach also stressed that “That sacrifice and that willingness from the team deserve to be highlighted, and that is the great growth the team showed today”, although he acknowledges that “the demands are high and the road is long” for these young players, whose development “Their growth, and that of these young teams, is not always continuous and upward; sometimes there are moments when it seems we are not managing to develop, but it is that discomfort that we sometimes have to create in them so that they can be better prepared for the future”.

Match analysis “We started the game very strongly and I’m pleased with my players, above all because it is always important to win at home and because this victory validates the growth they have been showing. In football, we do not always have the composure and the ability to distance ourselves from the more emotional view and understand in a more accurate way what the players’ growth is, regardless of the fact that we did not win the first two matches. Above all, today we had that: a first half of quality, dominance and control of the game through our attacking phase, our defensive transition and our ability to find our free men behind CD Feirense’s first line of pressure. That was also reflected in the way we combined out wide and how we created many chances with runs into the CD Feirense penalty area. In the second half, the way we managed the game was equally important. It is very important for these young players to have that competitive maturity in such a competitive league as the Segunda Liga. Settling the game from a set piece, not conceding from set pieces, being very organized and very cohesive at the end of the match, when teams that are behind usually look for more crosses and more shots from distance. That sacrifice and that willingness from the team deserve to be highlighted, and that is the great growth the team showed today.”

The sacrifices needed to succeed “We knew how to manage the incidents of the game and the circumstances of the game, from duels to sometimes even a certain intimidation that arises in those duels. We also knew how to manage spaces, play with spaces, not bring all the plans into the game, because the game also has plans for us, and to have that adaptive ability to communicate and adjust as the game unfolds. That was important, and it is important for them, for the team and for their future. The demands are high and the road is long; they know that they really have to go through this path in a very consistent way. Their growth, and that of these young teams, is not always continuous and upward; sometimes there are moments when it seems we are not managing to develop, but it is that discomfort that we sometimes have to create in them so that they can be better prepared for the future. There were many changes in the starting eleven, which also shows that everyone is very committed and that we count on everyone. We put five juniors on the pitch; Cardoso Varela’s last-minute inclusion in the starting eleven was due to the need to manage Tiago Andrade’s playing time, on the instructions of the first team. All of this is part of the B team’s context, and it is to all of this that they also have to adapt. These players are young, from a new generation in which the emotional side is very important, and this emotional stability, this ability to be ready regardless of the noise around me, regardless of the moment, is very important for them to grow and very important for their performance to be as it was today, very good.”

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