Manuel Prata: “The level of difficulty keeps rising” | OneFootball

The match against Rio Ave FC, corresponding to the 10th round, will only take place in December. Thus, the FC Porto under-15 team now travels to the home of FC Paços de Ferreira for the 11th round of the Northern Series in the 1st phase of the National Under-15 Championship (Sunday, 11:00 am). Facing an opponent that “will challenge us and make our lives difficult,” coach Manuel Prata asked the Dragons to maintain their “personality” and “way of being on the pitch.” Defender Simão Ochoa assured that the Porto team will go “all in” in search of another victory against “a good team.” FC Porto leads with 25 points, seven more than Vitória SC, while FC Paços de Ferreira sits in fifth place with 14.

Manuel Prata

The victory over SC Braga and strengthening the lead“Regarding the last game, we have to mainly look at what we did in the first half. The very good things we did and the way we reacted to the opponent’s goal. We were able to turn the game around, but we have to look at the second half and realize that we must impose ourselves at all times. Our personality and our way of being on the pitch must always be the same, with our eyes set on the opponent’s goal.”

The second round kicks off in Paços de Ferreira“We are starting the second round and we must quickly realize that the level of difficulty will keep increasing. We have to look at ourselves and understand that every day we have to step up, because our Club demands it. That’s what we challenge our players to do, knowing that we have many good things and many things to improve. FC Paços de Ferreira is a team we know well, they will challenge us and make our lives difficult, so we have to be able to give a good response.”

Simão Ochoa

Confident, strong, and ready Dragons“I feel the team is prepared for the game in Paços de Ferreira. The match against SC Braga was very tough, but we managed to win and we want to keep winning. We’re going all in. The team is confident and strong.”

FC Paços de Ferreira“FC Paços de Ferreira made things difficult for us in the first round, but we are working to neutralize them in the next game, knowing that they have a good team.”

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