FC Porto draw with Hibernian in pre-season opener | OneFootball

FC Porto began their pre-season preparations with a 1-1 draw against Hibernian, who finished fifth in the latest Scottish Premiership campaign and will take part in the Conference League qualifiers in 2026/27, meaning they are at a more advanced stage of their pre-season.

Borja Sainz scored for the national champions, while Felix Passlack netted for the Scottish side. In the friendly, split into two 45-minute halves, FC Porto also had three goals disallowed — two for Borja Sainz and one for Victor Froholdt — as well as an Alan Varela effort off the crossbar and a direct free-kick from Gabri Veiga that struck the post.

The match was played behind closed doors at the CTFD Jorge Costa, and Francesco Farioli took the opportunity to assess the following players: Cláudio Ramos, João Costa, Alberto Costa, Martim Fernandes, Bednarek, Nehuén Pérez, Jakub Kiwior, Luís Gomes, Francisco Moura, Zaidu, Pablo Rosario, Alan Varela, Victor Froholdt, Rodrigo Mora, Gabri Veiga, Tiago Silva, João Teixeira, Borja Sainz, Oskar Pietuszewski, André Silva, Eduardo Ferreira, Pepê and William Gomes.

The medical report includes Vasco Sousa (training restrictions), André Miranda (treatment) and Samu (training restrictions). João Afonso, Gonçalo Ribeiro, Gabriel Brás, Prpic, Yoan Pereira, Bernardo Lima, Eirik Granaas, Mateus Mide and Duarte Cunha were left out as part of workload management.

The Porto squad have Sunday off and, on Monday afternoon at 2:30pm, will travel to England, where they will remain in training camp until the 18th at St George’s Park, home of the Three Lions national teams.

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