Sérgio Ferreira: “The other side have quality, but we’re FC Porto” | OneFootball

FC Porto’s under-19 team hosts Benfica at the Estádio de Pedroso this Saturday at 5pm, in the 11th round of the National U19 Championship title phase, with live coverage on Porto Canal. Sérgio Ferreira wants to see a group that is “very competent and consistent, focused on its own principles and values” and capable of “claiming another three points” to extend “the good run”. In line with the coach, defender Salvador Gomes stresses that “positive results are the consequence of hard work” and assures that the team will “represent FC Porto as always”.

Sérgio Ferreira

Good run“It is a good moment because we have been winning and it is much easier to start the week after a victory. Above all, what drives us and what fulfills us is the continuous growth of all the players and their ability to respond to different contexts and problems. That is also what gives us direction for the future. It is always very good to win, especially with the numbers we have achieved, but we want to win without conceding goals, because we are perfectly capable of being solid defensively and that will also allow us to be more attacking-minded, effective and aggressive.”

Benfica next“We expect another challenging match with a new story, one that will demand a new version of ourselves. We are going up against a team with quality, but we are focused on ourselves and on what we can control, which is our game and our unwavering belief in our game plan, without reducing it to something too restricted that would not allow us to respond to what may happen in the match. We know perfectly well that we have to be a very competent and consistent team, focused on our principles and values. We are focused and have a great ambition to claim another three points.”

Still on the win against Gil Vicente“There is always something carried over from one game to the next, because above all our idea is always present. We have the utmost intention of putting our game idea into practice, but we know that on the other side there is also a team that wants to win. All coaches prepare their teams to win. In the last match we were a dominant team, but one that was not always able to create or get dangerously close to the opposition goal. In the second half we were much more aggressive and incisive in attacking the opposition goal. We were more assertive and direct, and that gave us space to move the ball more quickly towards the opposition goal. The team stopped being reactive and became much more proactive, while imposing itself and creating chances. Once again, what stands out is the team’s intensity after scoring, as it kept pushing for more. The picture is very positive, especially because of the way the team tried to play and attack at the highest level.”

Key to success“We cannot move away from our identity and the mentality that this Club has taught us for so many years. We have to approach every game in the same way, with the same values, the same passion, the same rigor and the same high standards. We look at every game the same way we look at every training session, because the process happens every day. This is a good moment for the team to grow and evolve, in a logic of pushing beyond limits, self-improvement and rigor. We want to continue being a very consistent team both defensively and offensively, in a coordinated way. Consistency is the key word, and regularity as well.”

Salvador Gomes

The result of hard work“The team is in a very positive moment, but I think this is only a consequence of what we have been doing during the week. We have been working very well and the results are a consequence of our work.”

The clássico“It is always a very challenging match, like all the others, so we have to do what we have been doing in the other games and what we have worked on during the week. We know the other team has quality, but we are FC Porto and we have to go into this game the way we go into all the others.”

Home advantage“Playing at home always gives us extra strength. Having our fans with us always gives us that extra boost and I think that is very important, but we have to play the way we do in every other game, whether we are at home or not. We will be FC Porto as we always are.”

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