Rodrigo Mora: even a genius needs to grow

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·23 mai 2026

Rodrigo Mora: even a genius needs to grow

With the dream of wearing FC Porto’s number 10 shirt postponed, Rodrigo Mora began the season surrounded by more doubts than certainties. The talent that had dazzled the previous season was never in question, but the circumstances changed early and unexpectedly. First, the multimillion transfer to Al Ittihad fell through after promises that never reached the desired figures. Later, at the very start of the competition, a new setback emerged: beginning on the substitutes’ bench, in contrast to the prominent role he had recently taken on. Even so, amid the frustrations, one assurance remained from Francesco Farioli: Mora would get opportunities and would finish the season as a more complete player. And that is exactly what happened.

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