Farioli misses out on Martim Fernandes to Forest - FC Porto | OneFootball

FC Porto’s first team wrapped up preparations late Wednesday morning for the second leg of the Europa League quarter-final against Nottingham Forest, in a session whose first 15 minutes were open to the media, as required by UEFA regulations.

In a session where Francesco Farioli had few reasons to smile, not least because he was unable to count on Martim Fernandes, who is still recovering from a sprain to his right ankle, suffered precisely against the English side, moments after scoring the own goal that sealed the 1-1 draw at the Estádio do Dragão.

The Portugal under-21 international also missed last weekend’s match against Estoril at the Estádio António Coimbra da Mota, where the Dragons won 1-3, and everything suggests he will once again be left out of the Italian coach’s options for the match at the City Ground.

Also still unavailable to the Italian manager are Argentina’s Nehuén Pérez, Spain’s Samu Aghehowa and Dutchman Luuk de Jong, in this case with more serious injuries that are expected to keep them off the pitch until the end of the 2025/26 season.

To complete the training group, the coach once again turned to the B team, this time ‘promoting’ Luís Gomes, Tiago Silva and Gonçalo Sousa, who were again given the chance to work closely with the senior squad.

Training without restrictions, but outside the plans of the blue-and-white side, was Oskar Pietuszewski, who was not even registered with UEFA after being signed from Jagiellonia Bialystok in the last winter transfer window for a fee that could reach ten million euros.

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