FC Porto B visit CD Feirense on matchday three in Segunda Liga | OneFootball

On matchday three of the Segunda Liga, FC Porto B travel to Estádio Marcolino Castro in Santa Maria da Feira to take on CD Feirense (Monday, 8:15pm, Sport TV). Coach João Brandão expects an opponent in transition, with “a change in their playing idea, more attacking”.

Matches for the blue and whites at that stadium have been particularly demanding: in 11 games, the B team have won “only two”. Even so, the coach stresses that “it is essential to focus on ourselves and keep developing our playing idea, keep improving our ability to respond to challenges, while also helping our players grow in such a special context as the Segunda Liga”. To reverse the trend in results, João Brandão believes it is essential to “score goals and concede fewer”.

Preparation during the week “It was a challenging week in the sense that it is important for us to build a team and team dynamics even with the constant movement of players from the under-19s to the B team, from the B team to the under-19s and from the B team to the first team. It is a tremendous challenge for whoever is organising a team and planning a game, but we see it as an opportunity to create strong working dynamics through our ability to adapt. That allows us to prepare for the game with the mindset and objective of anyone representing FC Porto, which is to win.”

The record in Santa Maria da Feira “It is a difficult ground, the numbers do not lie. In 11 games the team have played there, they have won only two. We want to prepare for the game in the best possible way, preparing for it across the different scenarios and structures the opponent may present. We analysed CD Feirense’s two official matches and there has been a change in their playing idea, more attacking, but we are prepared for everything and for every eventuality. It is essential to focus on ourselves and keep developing our playing idea, keep improving our ability to respond to challenges, while also helping our players grow in such a special context as the Segunda Liga.”

The particular traits of the two teams “We have to look at what we want and what we are. The process of developing such a young team as ours, with players as young as ours, is not always as steady and upward as we would like, but that is our objective. We are going to face a team with attacking tendencies, but we are in the top three teams for most passes, we have improved in terms of shots, possession and duels won, but we have to score goals and concede fewer.”

A very young squad “It is practically an under-19 team playing in the Segunda Liga, which is a tremendous challenge for us, but that is FC Porto’s purpose for the B team. I am very proud of the players’ growth, though not as much of the results. We are going in search of results to validate the growth we have shown from game to game. There are players who are growing, and that is connected to the context they were in during pre-season. We remain very confident in the potential of these players and this team, always based on hard work. We know the team will take time to gel and adapt to a different competitive context such as the Segunda Liga, but we strongly believe in our work, our vision and what the players are ready to give.”

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