Hélder Nunes: “To finish top, we need to get a good result” | OneFootball

FC Porto’s roller hockey team faces FC Barcelona again in the sixth round of the Champions League group stage, in a clash scheduled for 7:30 pm this Thursday at the Palau Blaugrana (Porto Canal). Two weeks after the home defeat against the Catalans, the only setback in this edition of the competition, Hélder Nunes anticipated “a big game and a tough game” during which it will be necessary to “defend and attack well” in order to “achieve a good result.”

Hélder Nunes, who played for the Blaugrana between 2019 and 2023, said he expects “a spectacular atmosphere” in the stands and recalled that he has many Portuguese friends living in the city, some of whom play other sports: “I have many Portuguese friends who live there and some who play other sports there. I hope to see them all again and leave there happy in the end.” One point separates FC Porto (12) from Barcelona (13) in the Group A standings.

Clear objective“It’s a big game and it’s going to be a tough game. They played a spectacular game here, held the ball well, escaped, took away a lot of our initiative and we’re going there to win the three points, trying to take the initiative, defending and attacking well, because to finish first in the group we need to get a good result there.”

Fifty minutes of maximum focus“Every part is part of the game. Starting well or starting badly… I think we played as much as they allowed us to and now we have to go there and make them taste their own medicine, never letting them get comfortable in the game and trying to show our best version.”

Formula to win“We have to play a very complete team game and be above average individually, because to win a game like this, a big game, we all have to be at our best level.”

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