FC Porto eye FIBA Europe Cup return with real ambition | OneFootball

After failing to secure qualification for the Champions League, FC Porto makes its debut this Tuesday (8:00 PM) in the FIBA Europe Cup, hosting the Belgian team Antwerp Giants in the first round of Group B.

Following the defeat against Oliveirense in the second round of the Betclic League, captain Miguel Queiroz took on the team's discourse. “It's a team with many good players, very physical, different from Oliveirense, and they will pose other challenges for us. We know their strengths, where we can attack them, and we want to put all that into practice. We are looking for that consistency that has been slow to appear, but we strongly believe in the work we are developing,” he began by saying, in statements reproduced by the dragons' website.

Regarding the return to the FIBA Europe Cup, a competition in which FC Porto has participated in recent seasons, Miguel Queiroz expressed ambition. “The last three years have been very good, we managed to get past the group stage three times, reach the playoffs twice, and it's a competition we approach with great ambition. For us, elevating FC Porto's name in Europe means a lot. We want to win games, advance through groups, bring joy to our fans, and see FC Porto's name written on the biggest European stages. That gives us great pride, and we want to look at this competition as we have been doing, with great ambition and the mission to advance through the group, which is our goal,” he emphasized.

Miguel Queiroz

Captain of FC Porto

With several new signings still integrating, the captain asks for patience for the new members to adapt to the dragons' collective. “There have been some arrivals, departures of important players, and it's a process that has been ongoing since the start of the preseason. It's necessary to integrate the new players, make them feel what FC Porto is, integrate them into the club's values and the city's people. We believe that chemistry will come, that consistency will come, and that these values will be visible on the field and that the fans will look at us and believe that we are defending their values,” he highlighted.

It should be noted that Portugal will have another representative in the competition: Sporting. The lions will take action on Wednesday, hosting the Italian team Dínamo Sassari in Group G.

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