André Villas-Boas joins team for penultimate Rio Ave training | OneFootball

FC Porto held, this Friday, the penultimate training session in preparation for the match against Rio Ave, scheduled for Sunday at the Estádio do Dragão. The session was attended by president André Villas-Boas, who wanted to be with the team before another important game for the blues and whites.

André Villas-Boas, according to the video released by FC Porto, had an animated conversation on the pitch with coach Francesco Farioli, although at times both observed the session with greater seriousness, during which five absences were noted.

Martim Fernandes (treatment and gym work), Nehuén Pérez (conditioned training), Jakub Kiwior (conditioned training), Luuk de Jong (treatment), and Samu (post-operative monitoring) continued their respective injury recoveries.

In light of these absences, the dragons' coach called up four players from the B team – central defenders António Ribeiro, Gabriel Brás, and Luís Gomes, as well as midfielder André Oliveira and winger Tiago Andrade.

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