Sérgio Ferreira: “The other side has quality, but we’re FC Porto” | OneFootball

FC Porto’s under-19 team hosts Benfica at the Estádio de Pedroso this Saturday at 5pm, in a Matchday 11 fixture of the National Under-19 Championship title phase, with live coverage on Porto Canal. Sérgio Ferreira wants to see a group that is “very competent and consistent, focused on its own principles and values” and capable of “claiming another three points” to extend “this good run.” Echoing the coach, defender Salvador Gomes stresses that “positive results are the consequence of hard work” and assures that the team will “represent FC Porto as always.”

Sérgio Ferreira

Good spell“It is a good moment because we have been winning, and it is much easier to start the week after a victory. Above all, what drives us and fulfills us is the continuous growth of all the players and their ability to respond to different contexts and problems. That is also what gives us direction for the future. It is always very good to win, especially with the numbers we have achieved, but we want to win without conceding goals, because we are perfectly capable defensively and that will also allow us to be more attacking, effective and aggressive.”

Next up, Benfica“We are expecting another challenging game, with a new story, one that will require a new version of ourselves. We are going to face a team with quality, but we are focused on ourselves and on what we can control, which is our game and our unwavering belief in our game plan, without reducing it to something too narrow that would not allow us to respond to what may happen in the match. We know perfectly well that we have to be a very competent and consistent team, focused on our principles and values. We are focused and highly ambitious about taking another three points.”

Still on the win against Gil Vicente“There is always carryover from one game to the next, because above all our idea is always present. We are fully intent on putting our game idea into practice, but we know that on the other side there is also a team that wants to win. All coaches prepare teams to win. In the last game we were a dominant team, but one that did not always manage to create or get dangerously close to the opponent’s goal. In the second half we were much more aggressive and incisive in attacking the opposition goal. We were more assertive and purposeful, and that gave us space to move the ball more quickly toward the opposition goal. The team stopped being reactive and became much more proactive, imposing itself and creating chances. Once again, what stands out is the team’s intensity: after scoring one goal, it kept pushing for more. The picture is very positive, especially because of the way the team tried to play and attack at the highest level.”

Key to success“We cannot move away from our identity and the mentality this Club has taught us for so many years. We have to approach every game in the same way, with the same values, the same passion, the same rigor and the same high standards. We look at every game in the same way we look at every training session, because the process is built every day. This is a good moment for the team to grow and evolve, in a spirit of pushing beyond limits, self-improvement and rigor. We want to continue being a very consistent team both defensively and offensively, in a coordinated way. Consistency is the key word, and regularity too.”

Salvador Gomes

Result of hard work“The team is going through a very positive spell, but I think this is only a consequence of what we have been doing during the week. We have been working very well and the results are a consequence of our work.”

The clássico“It is always a very challenging game, like all the others, so we have to do what we have done in the other matches and what we have worked on during the week. We know the other team has quality, but we are FC Porto and we have to go into this game the same way we go into every other one.”

Home factor“Playing at home always gives us extra strength. Having our fans with us always gives us that extra boost and I think that is very important, but we have to play the way we do in every other game, whether we are at home or not. We will be FC Porto, as we always are.”

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