“FC Porto signed a top-class goalkeeper” | OneFootball

Petit put João Afonso in goal for Santa Clara in the final stretch of the championship, and that gamble ended up attracting the attention of other clubs, with FC Porto winning the race for the goalkeeper. “I got to know him when I arrived, in February. In those moments when the fitness coaches are working with the players, I like to see what the goalkeepers are doing, and I saw that the kid had a lot of quality and wasn’t shy. The composure he had in the under-23 match… FC Porto signed a goalkeeper with a lot of quality,” says the Santa Clara coach, who also recalls the now well-known conversation he had with him — which João Afonso also revealed — about whether he was scared stiff on the eve of being thrown in at the deep end against Nacional. “He told me: no, coach, I’m ready.”

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