Rui Borges on Farioli: “Eleven men defending the box? He must mean Porto”

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·14 February 2026

Rui Borges on Farioli: “Eleven men defending the box? He must mean Porto”

«Two great teams, two very competent teams. Some things we could have done differently. But after watching... I think we played a very competent game, we played against the best defense [in the league]. As I said, and I think coach Farioli mentioned this at the end of the game, putting eleven players to defend the area, he must have been referring to FC Porto. And that's why you can tell it's the best defense. Could we have done more? We could, but after watching the footage, you can always see things differently. But never due to a lack of ambition,» he said in a press conference.

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