Filipe Sousa: We must treat the match with full respect and focus | OneFootball

On the 13th matchday of the Northern Series of the National Under-19 Championship, the isolated leaders host Rio Ave in Pedroso (Sunday, 11:00 AM, Porto Canal). Sérgio Ferreira anticipates “a good team with a good style of play” that, like all others, will “play to their limits” against FC Porto, asking his players to have “enough confidence to impose the pace of the game” and to “be humble enough to understand that they must respond to what the game brings.” In agreement, Filipe Sousa assures a squad that will “fight on equal terms and give everything on the pitch”: “We must always approach every match with the utmost respect and seriousness to secure the result we want.” Entry is free for members, upon ticket activation.

Rio Ave“They are a good team with a good style of play. As is the case with us, time passes and both the players and the team grow. I think it’s important to highlight that this will be a completely different game due to the position Rio Ave occupies and the position they want to occupy when this championship ends. We have to be prepared for that and stay focused on imposing our game for as long as possible, having enough confidence to realize that we are capable of setting the pace, of dominating the game, but also being humble enough to understand that we must respond to what the game brings us and what we can’t control as much.”

Constant evolution“The team is focused, very ambitious, passionate about training and about individual and collective development, and with a huge boldness to want to play better and better, always more dominant, a team that is increasingly collective in all phases of the game.”

Unbeaten run“It brings us responsibility, but above all, I think it gives us strength and extra energy to be the only team that has not yet lost. We really want to keep it that way, that is our ambition, but we know perfectly well that, on the other side, there will be a team that will surpass themselves just because they are playing against FC Porto. Teams play to their limits and it’s also important that we play to our own limits, the ones we know and also those we don’t, meaning we are always looking for our best version.”

Filipe Sousa

The opponent“I think it’s going to be a tough match, because every game is different, but I think we are prepared and we will face Rio Ave on equal terms and give everything on the pitch.”

Undefeated leaders“That always makes us more confident, but as I said, every game is different, so we must always approach every match with the utmost respect and seriousness to secure the result we want.”

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