Francesco Farioli: “Teams are showing us a lot of respect…” | OneFootball

FC Porto completely controlled the match and delivered a very consistent performance, would you agree? “Yes. That’s the assessment. We had many chances and we were patient in the first half, while Arouca were very well organised. It took us some time to find the rhythm we needed, but we had good spells and good chances in the second half. Before Gabri’s goal, we tried everything and, at any moment, we could have scored. The team showed great maturity. And, once again, the fans gave us the right support.”

At times, the fans point to an excess of pragmatism in the team. This time, was that characteristic not there? “Teams are showing us a lot of respect. We faced a very well-organised opponent who gave away practically nothing. Arouca usually press with a high level of aggression, but today they dropped deeper. We had two options: one was to open up the game and stop controlling certain things; the other was to wait for the right moment to score. I think we showed maturity and patience tonight. We are a team that scored five goals and conceded none. The result gave us a lot: we got the three points and moved ahead.”

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