Villas-Boas pleased with start: Porto must improve on last season | OneFootball

During the formalization of the cooperation protocol for Inclusion through Sport, André Villas-Boas expressed his satisfaction with the start of FC Porto’s season. The president of the Dragons attributed this encouraging start to a “personal and professional” transformation of each member and stated that the coach has been “excellent,” emphasizing, however, that the main goal remains winning the title and that the team needs to project a different image from last season’s.

How do you view the start of the season?

“I am very satisfied. I must thank the team for their commitment, their hunger for victories; all Porto fans were eager to see a new image from the FC Porto professionals and that has happened, as a result and merit of a personal and professional transformation of each one, where they found themselves as professionals. Now, under the new coach, they are able to put all their talent and abilities into practice. This transformation in each of them has been clearly visible. The new signings have brought more individual quality to the team. The coach has also been excellent at the start of the season. These are all first steps. Our ultimate goal is to win the title and for that, we must continue to be competitive and win on the pitch.”

What are the expectations for the Europa League debut?

“We had high expectations for European competitions, as we do every year. Our main goal is to put FC Porto back at the top and for that, we have to be in the best European competitions, we have to win the title and be in the Champions League. The Europa League has a history closely linked with FC Porto. We have a commitment to victory. The reality is that last season things did not go well for us, not only nationally but also internationally, with the Europa League and the Club World Cup. The image that FC Porto has to project is the opposite of what it was last year. That is a commitment we want to assume. We have shown those signs in national competitions, and we hope to transfer them to international competitions as well, knowing that the great goal and destiny of FC Porto is to be national champion. That is our obligation.”

This season does FC Porto have a better chance of winning the Europa League?

“FC Porto strengthened itself to become national champion. What has become clear is that there is individual quality for us to fight for the title. That is what we aspire to more than ever.”

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