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Geovany Quenda's drop in performance is not a reason for despair, warns Fábio Roque. The Portuguese coach guided the green and white star in the under-15 team of Clube de Alvalade and gave an interview to the newspaper O Jogo, where he spoke about the fact that the player lost his starting position this season to Geny Catamo - who is about to receive good news from the lions.

"We must remember that he is still an 18-year-old kid. Thinking that he will always be at the highest level is wrong. Not even the most experienced players can do that, let alone a young man of his age (...) It's a natural process in professional football. Players always go through these phases. Furthermore, he might still be in the process of adapting to the new system implemented by Rui Borges. The coach might also consider that at this moment Geny Catamo is better, he is performing better," Fábio Roque began to explain, regarding the moment of Quenda.

The former Sporting coach continued with an interesting comparison: "Do you think Yamal is performing the same as last season? I don't think so. Therefore, it seems to me that there is no alarm regarding Geovany Quenda. All these phases are part of the process."

"His mind is still on Sporting, I believe. And if the Sporting directors decided that he should stay, it's because they know that these kinds of things don't affect the player," he added, commenting on the deal that led Quenda to sign with Chelsea during the last 2024/25 season.

To conclude, he spoke again about this topic: "At the same time, they are convinced that he still has the capacity to grow and help the team. I believe it's a matter of time until he returns to the levels shown last season. At the end of last season, he was also not showing previous levels. It's part of the growth process, as I mentioned".

Quenda's goal in Portugal's under-21:

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