Villas-Boas: Farioli has what it takes to shine at the top level | OneFootball

In response to Frederico Varandas, André Villas-Boas took advantage of the editorial in the magazine ‘Dragões’ to praise Francesco Farioli. The president of the dragons described the coach as “serious, rigorous, and competent,” highlighting that the Italian coach has everything to establish himself at the highest level.

In the text, Villas-Boas argues that the choice of Francesco Farioli is neither a whim nor a symbolic gesture: “The bet on Francesco Farioli is not a whim nor a gesture to say that ‘we do something different’. It is a project of method, demand, and courage. Courage to propose a game idea and assume it; courage to adjust without reneging; courage to work in detail when the temptation is to simplify; and courage not to confuse an episode with an entire biography. Those who live football from the inside know that no advantage is a guarantee and no setback is a sentence. The coach and the players are in the Arena every day, and it is there, in risk and responsibility, that the value of a project is measured. When an analysis turns men who decide and take risks into characters of a pre-written narrative, the essential is lost: the responsibility of those who act and the humility to recognize that the game is chaos and does not fit into a set of metaphors. If an elimination is always ‘convenience’, if a rest is always ‘strategy’ and if a good moment is always ‘external merit’, then we are no longer discussing football, we are disrespecting all the daily work of a team and also the Institution,” wrote André Villas-Boas, highlighting the team's performance in this first half of the season.

“It is with strong and confident conviction that, as President of FC Porto, I distinguish the work of Francesco Farioli. A serious, rigorous, competent, and deeply committed work with the club. I am convinced that Farioli has everything to establish himself at the highest level and that the future will confirm what we already see every day at Olival: demand, coherence, and a clear idea. As for those who prefer to live from the comfort of the stands, Roosevelt left a definition that remains current: ‘cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat’. It is because of the work of this team and the demand of its coach that, in sporting terms, December has been a month of pride and gratitude. Against Alverca, we won 3-0 and reached 43 points: 14 wins and one draw, 43 points out of 45 possible, the best start ever in the history of our Club. We advanced to the quarter-finals of the Portuguese Cup after a clear victory, in Porto style.”

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