“It’s the work that defines us” | OneFootball

Ema Gonçalves marked her return to work with renewed ambition and made one thing clear: “It’s always good to be back”. The FC Porto right-back revealed that she is “very focused” on “working every day” to “prove that FC Porto deserves to be in the First Division”. On her first day alongside her new teammates, the number 2 stressed the importance of “making them understand that working every day is not an obligation, but a great privilege and an even greater responsibility”, especially because “playing for FC Porto is not the same as playing for another club”. “We want to win and that’s what we have to work for. Work is what defines us”, she concluded.

A special return “It’s always good to be back. Of course I’d rather be training, but it’s always nice to arrive here on the first day with new feelings, new teammates, new coaches, everything new, except for the badge on our chest, which is always there.”

Focused on recovery “I didn’t have a holiday this summer. I came here every day to work because I want to come back and help the team, as I’ve done so far. I’m very focused on recovering so I can contribute.”

An even greater responsibility “We have a lot of new people, so we’ll need to help them through the adaptation period. It’s important that everyone understands that working every day, in training, in matches and even outside them, is not an obligation, it’s a great privilege and an even greater responsibility.”

Objectives for the pre-season training camp “It’s a time for us to get to know each other better, especially since it’s happening in the very first week. It will be good for us to get to know one another and build better chemistry, as well as understand each person’s routines on and off the pitch. It’s an opportunity to create a more welcoming environment for everyone and to make sure we’re all on the same page.”

Work as the priority “I hope everyone understands what it means to be here, because playing for FC Porto is not the same as playing for another club. Things are different here, and everyone has to understand that quickly. We want to win, and that’s what we have to work for every day. Work is what defines us.”

Eyes on the future “The past is very beautiful and it’s part of history, but the past is the past, and we want the future to be even more beautiful.”

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