Gabri Veiga shrugs off Sporting and any advantage | OneFootball

Gabri Veiga opened the scoring in FC Porto’s 3-0 home win over Moreirense, a result that, for the time being, put the Porto side seven points ahead of Sporting – whose match this round was postponed. Speaking to Sport TV, the midfielder downplayed the importance of that lead, dedicated the victory to Thiago Silva (absent due to the passing of his mother), and stated that he has yet to show his best version.

Was the goal that opened the scoring decisive for this important victory?

“Before that, I want to dedicate this win to our teammate Thiago Silva, who is going through a tough time. We’re sending him a lot of strength, this victory is for him. As for the game, we started very well against a team without much pressure in the standings, we managed to impose our style of play, didn’t give them many chances to get into the game, with three important goals and without conceding.”

Does having that bigger lead over your pursuers in the coming weeks give you more comfort?

“No, I don’t care about Sporting or about advantages, we have to focus on ourselves. We have eight finals, it’s all in our hands. If they wanted to postpone the game or not, it doesn’t matter to us. We have eight games ahead, eight wins we can achieve. That’s it. We have to focus on ourselves.”

Is this the best Gabri of your career, with five goals and nine assists?

“No, not even close, I have a lot of room to improve. I need to help more, because I trust myself a lot and I’m demanding. Happy for the goal, but I can give more.”

Was this your first goal since becoming a father?

“Yes, since I got a new ankle in that play against V. Guimarães. But now the goal came, I hope I can score more goals, help the team more, because now the last games of the season are coming.”

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