FC Porto have suffered nine injuries since the start of the season | OneFootball

The start of the season for FC Porto has clearly proven to be difficult in terms of injuries. The first sign appeared during the pre-season, when, at the end of July, Francisco Moura was sidelined due to an issue with the collateral ligament of his left knee. He only returned to normal training after the championship had already begun, making his debut in the second half of the third matchday. What could have been an isolated case began to take on a pattern when, in the first matchday, Martim Fernandes fell on the Dragão pitch with a collateral ligament injury in his left knee. The day before yesterday, he watched the FC Porto-Nacional match from a box, already accumulating four games of absence.

After five matchdays of the I Liga – not including Moura – Francesco Farioli saw eight players sidelined due to physical problems, a number that almost increased when it was reported that Eustáquio returned from commitments with the Canadian national team with physical complaints during the recent FIFA date. However, it was a false alarm, much to the coach's relief. In the same week, Luuk de Jong and William Gomes left injured from a training match with Lourosa, from the II Liga, with the forward also facing a prolonged break.

After the match with Nacional and given the severity of Nehuén's injury, Farioli spoke of bad luck. “We have had some bad luck with these injuries. Today [the day before yesterday] an Achilles tendon injury, we have three with knee contusion problems… We hope to end this trend […] We will talk to the president and the club to see if we can do something to help the team for the next period,” he said.

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