Francesco Farioli: “This match will demand our very best” | OneFootball

Francesco Farioli looks ahead to FC Porto vs Nottingham Forest in an interview with UEFA.

Nottingham Forest are “a very competitive team”, especially “since Vítor Pereira took charge”, and Francesco Farioli believes that the match against the English side “will require the best version” of FC Porto, in a game scheduled for 8pm on Thursday at the Estádio do Dragão (Sport TV5).

“At this stage of the competition, no matter who we face, we know we are going up against difficult opponents,” warns “someone who feels privileged and lucky to be able to coach a Club with so much history.”

“Everyone who works here knows the Club’s DNA, they are all connected to one another, and I identify with them a great deal,” said the FC Porto coach on the eve of the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals.

In conversation with UEFA Magazine, Francesco Farioli also spoke about his personal and professional journey and shared a confession: “When I get home, the television is tuned to YouTube with FC Porto songs, and that creates a very special dynamic.”

At 36, the coach, who has never been afraid to step outside his comfort zone, maintains that “curiosity is one of the main driving forces” of his journey and something he tries to pass on to the players every day: “Hard work is in my blood. That is the first step, a mandatory step, to achieving success.”

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