Froholdt uses Porto’s free week to recover and regain fitness | OneFootball

Few players would have been as grateful for a week without games as Victor Froholdt. The Danish midfielder hasn't played the full 90 minutes in any of the last three matches, something unprecedented and indicative of an unlucky period for the number 8 jersey. It all started in Plzen, when, at the end of the match, he suffered a severe blow to his right foot. He recovered for the next game against Gil Vicente but left at the 82nd minute, and in the match against Rangers, three days later, he was rested at the 68th minute. During the away game at Casa Pia – which turned out to be fateful for FC Porto – Froholdt, however, had a fever and tried his best to recover, without reaching 100%, and came off the bench for the last half hour.

In the 11 games prior to the trip to Plzen, starting from the match against Estoril on November 30, Froholdt stayed on the field from start to finish, as he did in 23 of the 31 matches he has played so far. Francesco Farioli has repeatedly praised the midfielder's resilience, viewing him as “an engine” and the owner of “a bigger tank than the others,” as these numbers attest. Nevertheless, it became evident that the past few weeks have not been the easiest for the Nordic player, who relies heavily on that intensity to make a difference. Recovered and with a full week of training – something that hasn't happened since the training camp at the beginning of the year – Froholdt has regained his momentum.

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