Frédéric Maciel on FC Porto: “Capucho is amazing but called me a wimp” | OneFootball

Frédéric Maciel wore the FC Porto jersey for seven years and, in an interview with ‘Tribuna’, recalled various stories from his time with the blues and whites, from the ‘scoldings’ he received to the coaches he most enjoyed working with.

“Once I got a telling-off because that guy, Rémi Gaillard, was in fashion, a comedian who would take the ball and kick it against things, things like that... And, at Olival, there was a time I took the ball, kicked it against the three walls of the locker room, and the ball landed perfectly in the trash can. We posted it on the internet and at that time it appeared in the three sports newspapers: ‘The new Rémi Gaillard of Futebol Clube do Porto’. An hour later my phone was full of messages and calls from the director. It was forbidden to film the club's facilities. They wanted to fine me. But it ended up passing smoothly,” he began to say.

He also added: “It's a bit ungrateful to choose [the coach I most enjoyed working with]. Rui Gomes gave me all the freedom, trusted me a lot, we had a good relationship. Capucho is an incredible person and for me, as a technical player who likes to take charge, grab the ball and do different things, rabonas, nutmegs, he gave a lot of freedom for that. He even encouraged me. I remember once, in a game, I received the ball on the line, it was one-on-one, then a cover came, he came running behind me along the line saying ‘go at him, go at him’, I chose to stop the ball and pass it back, and he said: ‘Coward’ [laughs].”

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