Farioli: Not sure about energies, but Dragão willed the ball in | OneFootball

Francesco Farioli, FC Porto’s coach, spoke at the press conference held after the draw at Estádio do Dragão against Sporting:

“I asked the team to put in a performance by pressing up front. We played our game with the ball, created good goal-scoring chances. We played without fear against the two-time champions, we played our game and we wanted to win. It’s never good to concede a goal in the last play of the game. With a mistake we could have avoided. But that’s football and mistakes are part of the game. Now we have a game in Madeira [against Nacional] and our focus has to be there now.”

“Title race? Of course. There are three teams competing and the table shows that. The game was very well played. I totally disagree that it was boring. There was one team that wanted to win more than the other and that team was wearing blue and white. We did everything within our possibilities. We were very close to winning an important game. They scored in the last minutes in consecutive games. What more could I ask for? To win? Of course. But it’s part of the game. We have to accept it. We are very focused on winning in Madeira.”

Relationship with the fans

“Every week our connection with the fans is incredible. We are happy to have them with us. We give them a reason to come here once or twice a week. The goal is a good example of that. The whole Dragão put the ball in the net in a play that had three or four rebounds. I don’t know if you believe in energies, but the Dragão pushed the ball in.”

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