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

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

“Once I got a telling-off because at the time that guy, Rémi Gaillard, was in fashion—a comedian who would take a ball and kick it at things, stuff like that… And, at Olival, there was a time I grabbed the ball, kicked it against the three walls of the locker room, and the ball landed straight into the trash can. We posted it online and back then it showed up in all 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 in the end, it all blew over,” he began by saying.

He also added: “It’s a bit ungrateful to choose [the coach I most enjoyed working with]. Rui Gomes gave me total freedom, he 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, get on the ball and do different things—trivelas, backheels, nutmegs—he gave me a lot of freedom for that. He even encouraged me. I remember once, in a game, I got the ball on the wing, it was one-on-one, then a covering defender arrived, and he came running down the line behind me shouting, ‘Go at him, go at him,’ but I chose to stop the ball and pass it back, and he said: ‘Chicken’ [laughs].”

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