The 11 youngsters stay with Farioli until the Aston Villa match | OneFootball

The young players have risen to the challenge. Francesco Farioli began preparations for the new season with 11 players from the B team and the under-19s and, three weeks later, all of them are still working under his orders. There were no departures either before the trip to the training camp in England or after the return, even though some were expected. The overall assessment has been positive, and Gonçalo Ribeiro, Gabriel Brás, Luís Gomes, Yoan Pereira, Tiago Silva, João Teixeira, Bernardo Lima, Mateus Mide, André Miranda, Duarte Cunha and Eduardo Ferreira will remain with the first-team squad at least until Saturday, the day of the official presentation to the fans.

It is quite likely that all of these players will be assessed individually before the match against Aston Villa, with the squad “trim-down” postponed until afterwards. At that stage, FC Porto will enter the final week of preparation for the Super Cup, and Farioli is unlikely to want to work with such a large group. At present, the coach has 35 players at his disposal, but Hwang is set to make his first appearance this Tuesday, and at least the arrivals of Diogo Costa and Eustáquio are still expected.

The team returned to work on Monday after having Sunday off. Samu, who travelled to the United States to watch his national team’s World Cup victory, has already returned to Olival, where he is continuing his recovery plan from injury. Vasco Sousa, still on a modified training programme, and André Miranda, receiving treatment, remain under the care of the medical department. Martim Fernandes, meanwhile, remains on a workload management plan.

FC Porto return to training at Olival this Tuesday. The following day, two friendly matches are scheduled: in the morning, against Penafiel at 10:00 a.m., behind closed doors, and at night, at 8:00 p.m., against Gil Vicente in Barcelos, with live television coverage. On Saturday, at 8:00 p.m., the clash with Aston Villa will take place as the official presentation match. Meanwhile, a behind-closed-doors friendly against São João de Ver was also confirmed for Sunday at 10:00 a.m.

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