“Expectations, ambition and responsibility are even greater” | OneFootball

With 26 players under the orders of Francesco Farioli, FC Porto’s pre-season officially began this Wednesday, split between the CTFD Jorge Costa and the Clínica do Dragão. Cláudio Ramos was the first to speak at the start of day one of the new season and assured that everyone has returned “very eager to work and to start at full strength.”

The Dragons’ goalkeeper admitted that pre-season is crucial to gain “the necessary physical condition” for “the challenges we will face throughout this season,” especially because “we are a team of intensity and a lot of running.” Ready to “honour the privilege of representing this Club,” the Dragons want to “be Champions again” and are counting on the fans’ “support” and “energy.”

Ready to start at full strength“I think we all arrive with even greater expectations, ambition and responsibility than last season because that is what this Club has accustomed us to, that is its history. We are back very eager to work and to start at full strength.”

The physical demands of pre-season“The goal of pre-season is to give us the necessary physical condition. We are a team of intensity and a lot of running, so these training sessions are very important. We know it will be difficult, but we have already prepared ourselves, because there is a time during the holidays to get ready for this. Pre-season is there to give us that condition which will be necessary for all the challenges we will have throughout this season.”

The same desire and the same spirit“Being Champions is difficult, but working with the ambition we had last year, with the intensity and responsibility with which we work, is even harder than actually being Champions. It is with that desire and that spirit that we return, and we want to be Champions again, but we respect and want to honour the privilege of representing this Club. We are here for that again.”

The support of the fans“Feeling their energy is very important and we hope that this year they will be with us as they were last year, because their support is essential, both in away matches and home matches. We are counting on their support and we hope they continue to believe in us and support us as they always have until now.”

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