“We want to defend the title and show who FC Porto are” | OneFootball

FC Porto’s under-19 team begins its national title defense this Saturday against CD Feirense at the Estádio de Pedroso at 5pm, with live coverage on Porto Canal. After “a short pre-season that served to expose the players to a variety of opportunities and objectives,” coach José João stressed that “expectations are good” for “a year of transcendence,” in which the mission is to “develop winning players, with a very specific mentality and DNA, linked to the Club’s values.”

“Very motivated to return to competition,” centre-back Salvador Gomes believes the National Champions will “go all in” to “defend the title” and “show the Club’s values, as always”: “We want to show that we are FC Porto.”

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José João

The return to competition and the objectives “Expectations are good. Above all, it will be a chance to assess what our pre-season was like, while also helping us understand how the team has taken on our ideas and how the players carry out what we ask of them in the game. We have focused a lot on our idea, our way of approaching things and our values, on what we want as the identity of our team. We want that to be very clear this weekend as we get this season underway.”

The assessment of preparation “The assessment was positive. It was a short pre-season in which we exposed our players to a variety of opportunities, objectives and things that were important to us. Above all, we want our players to understand that we are getting closer and closer to the level of the A and B teams and what daily habits are important for us. This is a year of transcendence and transformation after a season of many achievements.”

Developing players with a winning mentality “The objective remains the same. Of course, our first objective is always to develop players for the professional teams, but at FC Porto we mainly seek to develop winning players, with a very specific mentality and DNA, linked to the Club’s values. This year we will have to rise above ourselves; it will be the year of transcendence if we are to achieve more success, but above all to honor FC Porto every day.”

The importance of earning points with quality “We always want to win. Week after week, we will prepare to win, but the most important thing of all is to become more and more competent and capable, because the more competent and capable we are, the closer we will be to victory. The most important thing is for our players to clearly identify with the game plan, with the spaces that may appear this weekend, and to always think about how we can defend better against the opponent to stop them from reaching our goal so often. That is our main objective at this stage of the season, and we believe that by being very competent, a positive result will be much closer.”

Salvador Gomes

The return to the league “We are all very motivated for the match. We want to return to competition and we are really eager to play. We had already missed competing. We have worked very well during the week and prepared very well for this match. We are going all in.”

The mission of defending the title “We want to show FC Porto’s values, as we always do. We also want to defend the national title, which was ours, and show that we are FC Porto.”

The message to the fans “I’d like to ask Porto fans to come and support us. It is always very important. It always gives us extra energy. Having the fans with us is extra help for us.”

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