Cláudio Ramos: After Casa Pia loss, we agreed not to panic | OneFootball

Cláudio Ramos gave an interview to FC Porto’s information channels, in which he reflected on his career and discussed the team’s current situation. The 34-year-old goalkeeper highlighted a significant episode: the group conversation that took place on the bus after the defeat to Casa Pia, the only loss so far in the league.

“What happened after the defeat to Casa Pia was incredible, in the sense that we got on the bus and gathered together, which isn’t very common anymore. In the past, after a game, everyone would get together to talk, play some cards, etc. Now it’s not like that; everyone is on their tablet, each with their own headphones, and so on. But in that game, I really felt that the guys came up, we sat down, and started talking about the match. And the word we kept saying was, ‘We can’t panic just because we lost a game. We’re the same team that’s gone I don’t know how many games unbeaten, with I don’t know how many clean sheets, and we’re in first place. We had a seven-point lead and now it’s four, so there’s no reason to panic. Tomorrow is another day, tomorrow we’ll start working and preparing for the next match.’ We didn’t want it to happen, but we know these things do. It’s over. We didn’t dwell on it, we didn’t get stuck there. And I think that’s often the key—if you dwell too much on a defeat, it creates anxiety, it creates nervousness. And honestly, I felt that in the next game we would give a good response. Just from those few minutes on the bus, when the guys talked about it and said, ‘Really, we can’t be like this.’ It’s those little moments that give you good signs that we have a great team and that we’ll continue to have one, despite the bad results we’ve had,” said the Porto goalkeeper.

Francesco Farioli also received a special mention from Cláudio Ramos. The usual backup to Diogo Costa in FC Porto’s goal assures that the Italian coach is completely in tune with the club’s spirit.

“I didn’t know him. But I feel, I look at him, and I say he’s a Porto-style coach. By the way he works every day, by the way he dedicates himself, by the intensity he brings when he talks to us, when he prepares the games. And I think he really identifies with the club. He’s also surrounded himself with people like Castro and Lucho himself, who know better than I do what it means to be FC Porto. I believe they talk among themselves internally, and Lucho, with all his experience and everything he’s lived through here, manages to convey to him what FC Porto is. The other day, we went to play in Madeira and the coach didn’t ask us, but he knew everything. He knew it would be a tough game, he knew about the weather, he knew about the trips, etc. They are prepared for the Portuguese league and for what we’re going to face,” he observed.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.