FC Porto under-19s host Moreirense FC on matchday three | OneFootball

After starting the season with a home win against CD Feirense (1-0) and seeing their Matchday 2 fixture postponed, FC Porto’s under-19 team is preparing to return to its home ground in the third round of Series 1 of the National Under-19 Championship. Moreirense FC are the next opponents in a match scheduled for Saturday at 5pm at the Estádio de Pedroso, live on Porto Canal. José João admits there is still room for improvement given the start of the season, but he is confident in the group’s ability to “get another three points this weekend”, reminding everyone that winning is “intrinsic” to FC Porto. Rodrigo Gonçalves also expects a “better and more consistent” performance and highlights the importance of the fans’ support: “We feel their presence in the stadium and they are important to us”. Entry is free for FC Porto members.

José João

Winning the Best Cup “Above all, the importance of playing in tournaments of that scale has to do with the different cultures and the different teams from different countries. That brings us different complexities from those we are used to in the league. In those tournaments we play against internationally renowned teams with a lot of individual quality, so we have to adapt to different contexts and that is hugely important for the development of our players. That way they become more valuable and more capable of solving different problems. It was also important because of what the group built in terms of relationships and connections. We stopped being just a group and started feeling more like a team. I feel it was an important step for us to be successful in the long term.”

Confidence in another three points “At this Club we always want to win, it is intrinsic, and that is what we have to create as a team. We have to build strong foundations so that the team is capable of being strong in 10 or 11 months’ time, namely in its process, its competence and its principles. We want to nurture that and get across to the players that the group is important and that the process is important. That is what, today, will make us stronger and stronger. If we are competent in that sense, we will certainly get another three points this weekend.”

The Dragão in Pedroso “I really want the fans to be there and to be part of our journey. The fans are very important to the Club and to us. Whenever we arrive at Olival, we feel the scale of FC Porto, there are always people at the gate asking for autographs. We want them to stay close to us and to look at our team as a team with Porto values. The Estádio de Pedroso is a small Dragão Stadium to prepare them for the future.”

Rodrigo Gonçalves

The win over CD Feirense in the opener “It is always good to start the league with a win. At this Club we always fight for victory. I think we still have not been the team we can be, so I believe we are going to deliver a better and more consistent performance.”

The Best Cup victory “Besides getting the win, which is always important, it was an experience that contributed a lot to our connection with one another. It made us more of a team and more united, something that will be important going forward.”

The importance of the fans’ support “We feel their presence in the stadium and they are important to us. They make us feel that we are not alone and that we can always count on them.”

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