Cláudio Ramos: “The emotion late in games has made us slip a bit” | OneFootball

Cláudio Ramos previewed the Europa League quarter-final clash against Nottingham Forest shortly before kick-off. Speaking to Sport TV+, the FC Porto goalkeeper said that the team’s emotion and ambition at this stage of the season have led the Dragons to play “more with their heart than with their head”: “The emotion with which we are living the final minutes of matches has led us to ease off a little. That emotion and the desire to win, at this stage, all of that comes to the surface, and maybe that’s why.”

As for tonight’s match, the 34-year-old keeper acknowledges that the blue and whites will face “a difficult game”, but assures that they are “prepared”, even though the league-phase meeting took place “in a different context”. Regarding their European ambitions, Cláudio Ramos once again highlighted the goal of “reaching the final”, although he believes FC Porto were “unlucky” to have three title contenders on the same side of the draw.

On Vitor Pereira’s return to the Dragão, the goalkeeper praised the quality of Portuguese coaches and said that the Nottingham manager “knows the club very well”.

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