Godinho, González & Pintado: FC Porto’s set-piece masters | OneFootball

Out of FC Porto's 15 goals in the championship, five came from corner kicks. The effect was evident in the team's records and particularly in Vila do Conde, where the dragons opened the scoreboard with two goals coming from this type of play. At the end of the game, Farioli shared the laurels: "There's no secret, it's work. But credit must be given to those who are most responsible for this aspect of the game, Lino, Lucho and Carlos. Of course, it's a job for the entire staff, with ideas, proposals, but yes, they are the ones who invest more time."

According to the reports collected, Lino Godinho, FC Porto's assistant and former Torino, has a particular and innate taste for this type of play, a sentiment also shared by the Argentine and former captain of the dragons. What is the behavior of the opponents in defensive set-pieces? What are the offensive trends? These and other questions guide the diagnosis made for each game and opponent, always in a technical meeting.

After the data collection upstream by Carlos Pintado, FC Porto's analyst, the process moves to the field and to the training sessions. This is a phase that involves all elements of the technical team and in which another trait of this squad is highlighted: the constant communication between the players, both in training context and during the matches.

Note that, last season, FC Porto scored six goals, in 34 rounds, after corner kicks and that, in the previous season (2023/24), this total was only seven.

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