Villas-Boas: “Past trophies don’t win the next game, no room for lapses” | OneFootball

André Villas-Boas, in the editorial of the latest issue of Dragões magazine, looks ahead to FC Porto’s first official match of the season, with the national champions facing Torreense in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. The president of the Dragons stresses that “no previous achievement wins the next game.”

“July is the month when everything begins again. Last season ended with titles, celebrations and moments that will remain forever in our memory. But no previous achievement wins the next game. No trophy gives us an advantage in the first duel. No celebration replaces the work that lies ahead of us once again. We enter the new season with renewed expectations, but with the same commitment as always: to win. A commitment that demands rigor in our processes, intensity in our work, discipline, the ability to overcome challenges and the constant awareness that the whole will always be greater than each of its parts. The unity that defined us last season cannot simply be remembered. It has to be rebuilt every day. In the dressing room, at Olival, at the Dragão, in the Board, in the Administration, in every department and in every stand. It was together that we achieved success, and it will be together that we fight for it again,” he began by writing.

“The Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira marks the first official moment of the season. And it begins straight away with a final. On the other side will be Torreense, a team that surprised the country, but certainly did not surprise itself. It won the Portuguese Cup with courage, organization and a belief that allowed it to achieve an unprecedented feat in Portuguese football. Its journey deserves respect and tells us everything about the difficulty we will face in Coimbra. There is no room for distractions, complacency or confidence built on what we did in the past. We will take to the pitch aware of our responsibility, the quality of the opponent and the demands of a final. We want to win the Super Cup, but we know we can only do so with maximum focus, collective spirit and a level of commitment worthy of the symbol we represent,” he concluded on the subject.

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