Gonçalo Alves previews Reus trip: “We want to win and take three points” | OneFootball

Gonçalo Alves looks ahead to the clash between Reus and FC Porto in the 9th round of the Champions League hockey competition.

The ninth round of the group stage of the roller hockey Champions League pits FC Porto against Reus Deportiu in Catalonia at 8pm this Thursday (Porto Canal). Gonçalo Alves believes it will be “a very difficult match” against an opponent that “also wants to win” and that “caused us a lot of problems last year”. Aware that “winning is important to remain in first place”, the captain says he is “confident that the group will get a good result” and assures that “the objective is to go there, win and bring the three points home”.

A worthy opponent“We have been having a good Champions League campaign. The team has been doing very well. This match is going to be very difficult because Reus also wants to win, and we know how hard it is to play in their arena, but we are confident that we will get a good result, especially after winning in Oliveira de Azeméis. Victory is important for us to remain in first place.”

Team on the rise“We have been improving since the start of the season, especially after the defeat and the draw against Benfica. We have been working very well during the week, and I think that has been showing in the matches. Now we have to keep going. We know this is the last match before the break for the national teams, so we want to finish in the best possible way and then come back strong to complete the work we have to do. There is still a long way to go until the end of the season, and we want to finish in the best possible way.”

With the lead in sight“We know Reus has an excellent team, and we know the difficulties we are going to face in their arena, especially since last year they caused us a lot of problems and we had a very difficult match there, which we do not want to repeat. We have to step onto the rink in a different way, and it depends only on us to leave there with the three points. Our objective is to go there, win and bring the three points home. We need these three points to stay in first place, and that is what we are going to do.”

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