Farioli dedicates win to Luuk de Jong: leader off the pitch | OneFootball

Samu returned to scoring in the Primeira Liga after a month. With Luuk de Jong absent for so long, could this goal be decisive for his confidence? “It’s certainly important for Samu to find the net; you can see how much he works for the team and for himself it’s good to have numbers and finish well. You saw Samu’s shirt with a

There was a sense that FC Porto was not very incisive in attack in the first half: “I totally agree, but in this type of match, against a very closed and organized team that closes all passing lanes very well, you have to break the balance and today I think we had less than 30% [success] in dribble rate, that’s one of the factors that explains why we had so many difficulties in the first half. And then I also felt that we weren’t as aggressive as we should have been, that we arrived late to some plays. Then in the second half we came out at full throttle and the two goals helped put the game in the right direction.”

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