FC Porto U19s can seal title on Saturday: “All in, united as ever” | OneFootball

FC Porto’s Under-19 team faces FC Famalicão in the 13th round of the Championship Qualification tournament (Saturday, 5pm, Porto Canal). With two rounds left in the final phase, the Dragons lead with 27 points, four more than Benfica, who have 23, and they can already secure the title if they win. Previewing “a challenging game against an extremely competitive team,” Sérgio Ferreira stressed that “the preparation is always the same” and that “the team is doing well and has an unshakable belief in what it is capable of making happen.”

In line with the coach, defender Salvador Gomes says the group is “very united and confident” and promises to go into the match “with the same spirit and the same unity as always,” because “the first-leg game is in the past” and it is necessary to “always give our best” with “the extra strength” from the stands at Estádio de Pedroso, where FC Porto members have free entry.

Sérgio Ferreira

Strong with and without the ball“This is a challenging game against an extremely competitive team that will demand our best. We are focused on what we can control, which is our game, and we will try to impose our way of playing, which is an aggressive one, as it has been so far. It will be a challenging game in which we will have to stay together and be a very strong and aggressive team with and without the ball.”

The title calculations“The preparation is always the same. The focus is on the game plan and on what may work between two different ideas. The team has to be able to adapt quickly to the opponent’s style and has to be able to impose our principles and our values, but we truly have to stay focused on the game, minute by minute, play by play, step by step, run by run, duel by duel. Everyone has to be fully committed for that to happen, but the most important thing is to feel that the team is doing well and has an unshakable belief in what it is capable of making happen.”

The comfort of home“Playing at home brings a different kind of comfort; we always play to win and with the utmost ambition to earn three more points. That is achieved every day. With the support of our fans, the demands rise, because we know perfectly well that FC Porto supporters are very demanding. But that is good for us, because we like playing at the limit and even going beyond it. We are grateful for the support in any circumstance, because this group deserves it for everything it has done. That is already in the past, it is already history, and we are very focused on the present so that the future can be better.”

Salvador Gomes

The atmosphere in the dressing room“We are all very united and confident for the game and we have worked well during the week. We know what we have to do on Saturday, so we are going all in for the game, all together, with the same fighting spirit and the same unity as always.”

3-2 in Famalicão“The first-leg game is in the past, each game is its own game. This time we are playing at home, with our fans, who are an extra strength, and we will always give our best, as we do in every game. The first-leg game is in the past, we know what we have to do on Saturday and we are going all in.”

The 12th player“We want them to be there, because they will help us a lot and they are always an extra strength at home. Having our families and our fans in the stands is something that will help us.”

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