Farioli: De Jong’s return this season is almost impossible | OneFootball

Francesco Farioli was present at the press conference previewing FC Porto’s trip to Braga, for the 27th round of the Primeira Liga. The Dragons’ coach spoke about the possibility of Luuk de Jong returning from a knee injury in the final stretch of the season:

“I would say it’s almost impossible. At this point, it’s good to face reality. Luuk has played very few games with us and we’ve missed him since the beginning of February. Now, at the end of March, it seems the rest of the team has coped well with his absence, but these are significant absences – along with Samu. We were talking about our number one and number two strikers at the start of the season… But the team has managed this in a way that we haven’t felt these absences as much. Deniz [Gül] and Terem [Moffi] have started to help us and we are still in three competitions we can win. I think that says a lot about the work these boys are doing. But unfortunately, I think it will be difficult to see Luuk on the pitch before the end of the season.”

The Braga-FC Porto match is scheduled to kick off at 8:30 p.m. next Sunday, March 21, at the Estádio Municipal de Braga.

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