Farioli: “The coming months will be demanding, especially mentally” | OneFootball

Francesco Farioli stated that the team had chances to win more comfortably. At the end of the match against Rio Ave, the Dragons’ coach told Sport TV that the coming months will be demanding for the group.

Narrow victory on the scoreboard“We attacked very well, if I’m not mistaken, we hit the post three times, had many opportunities and many chances that could have led us to a bigger result. It didn’t happen, but it’s three points and we’ll keep going.”

Would a disallowed 2-0 have changed the course of the game?“Today could have been spectacular, scoring the second goal and having the chance to make the game calmer and less tight. We could have avoided Alberto’s yellow card, Bednarek’s possible injury. It’s part of the game, it was a good job and we’ll keep going.”

FC Porto’s pressure and an open game until the end“We wanted to close out the game. I think that until the last moment, even with the substitutions, we tried to close the game, because it becomes very risky to stay in this situation, even without conceding. It’s happened in recent games, after not conceding goals, a clearance led to a penalty, football is like that. Yesterday, one of your colleagues asked me if I’d like a 1-0, but of course we want to score more. We can convert more, I know, but the important thing tonight was the positive performance. Good rhythm, intensity, and good combinations. As I’ve said, our minds are already on Friday.”

“I wanted to bring Seko [Fofana] onto the pitch because in the middle we needed more legs. Moffi came in well, recovered important balls, but tomorrow we have another training session and I want him to be well. We’re going to play a friendly and I want him to be good on the pitch, we have to manage him in the long term. It’s good to try new things, because, as you know, we’ll have some extra games for the European competitions. We’ve already tried Rodrigo in this position, today it was 10 minutes, it’s something on my mind.”

Keeping up the pace in the league is a warning“Obviously. As I said, we’re entering the final third of the competitions and every game has a special flavor. In the Primeira Liga we already knew it, we’re in a race where the opponents are having a better season than last year. Even so, with our unique season, everything is open in the Europa League and the Cup as well. The next few months will be demanding, especially mentally. I think the team is ready and doing a good job. We’ll prepare for the next challenges, not looking too far ahead, but always aiming to improve in the next step.”

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