Manuel Prata: "The level of difficulty keeps rising" | OneFootball

The match against Rio Ave FC, corresponding to the 10th round, will only take place in December. Thus, the FC Porto under-15 team now travels to the home of FC Paços de Ferreira for the 11th round of the Northern Series of the 1st phase of the National Junior C Championship (Sunday, 11:00 am). Facing an opponent that "will challenge us and make our life difficult," coach Manuel Prata asked the Dragons to maintain their "personality" and "way of being on the field." Defender Simão Ochoa assured that the Porto team will go "all out" in search of another victory against "a good team." FC Porto leads with 25 points, seven more than Vitória SC, while FC Paços de Ferreira is in fifth place with 14.

Manuel Prata

The victory over SC Braga and strengthening the lead“Regarding the last game, we have to focus mainly on what we did in the first half. The very good things we did and how we reacted to the opponent's goal. We were able to turn the game around, but we need to look at the second half and understand that we have to impose ourselves at all times. Our personality and our way of being on the field must always be the same, with our eyes set on the opponent's goal.”

Second round starts in Paços de Ferreira“We are starting the second round and we must quickly realize that the level of difficulty is increasing more and more. We have to look at ourselves, understand that every day we have to step up a level, as our Club demands. This is what we challenge our players to do, knowing that we have many good things and many things to improve. FC Paços de Ferreira is a team we know well, it will challenge us and make our life difficult, so we have to be able to give a good response.”

Simão Ochoa

Confident, strong, and ready Dragons“I feel the team is prepared for the game in Paços de Ferreira. The game with SC Braga was very difficult, but we managed to win and we want to keep winning. We are going all out. The team is confident and strong.”

FC Paços de Ferreira“FC Paços de Ferreira gave us difficulties in the first round, but we are working to nullify them in the next game, knowing that they have a good team.”

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