FC Porto forged by hardship and rivalry with the capital | OneFootball

Diogo Costa gave an extensive interview to the portal The Athletic, published this Thursday, in which he addressed several key topics of his career. The Portuguese goalkeeper spoke about the art of saving penalties and his journey at FC Porto, among other subjects.

The player from the blue and whites also discussed the reduction of his release clause in the new contract with the club, praised the Premier League, and highlighted the attitude of the dragons with the arrival of Farioli, before talking about his ambitions for the 2026 World Cup. Here are the words of Porto’s number ‘99’.

“We are very confident because we have believed in our work from the beginning. The mister has mentioned this several times, when he said that we are a working-class team. That is the most important thing and what can lead us to success. We are confident because we have been doing this work well and we want to do it even better, whether in tactical terms or in the development of each player. That is the path to confidence and success.”

“There has long been this idea at FC Porto that we have always had to run more, work harder, push ourselves further to win. We want to keep that because it is our identity. No one wins anything alone; we always need our teammates. We are running three, four, five, six kilometers more than our opponents.”

“FC Porto was born from suffering, from the rivalry with the capital. We say that talent alone is not enough to achieve success. You have to want it more than everyone else.”

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