Francesco Farioli: “The squad is ready and everyone’s up for the fight” | OneFootball

FC Porto travels to Vila do Conde for the start of the sixth round of the championship, which they lead with victories (Friday, 8:15 pm). In the preview of the visit to Rio Ave, an opponent that “is difficult to beat” and that was studied “in the best possible way,” Francesco Farioli assured that “the group is ready and everyone wants to fight,” especially after a visit to the Museum during which everyone realized that “the Club’s history is made of battles against everyone.”

“We did our job. Of course, that’s only part of it; the main thing is to be ready, to be competitive, and to approach the game with the right mentality,” explained the coach, determined to “ignore all the noise” and for whom “the priority is the present of FC Porto, and the present of FC Porto is Rio Ave.”

In the press room at Olival, Francesco Farioli revealed that the probability of William Gomes being called up is 99%, explained that Martim Fernandes is slightly behind in the recovery process, justified the signing of Yoann Karamoh, defended the choices of André Miranda, Ángel Alarcón, and Gabriel Brás, ruled out any new signings, and spoke about André Castro, “a big Porto heart in the technical staff.”

Rio Ave“They have drawn three games, they are difficult to beat, and they are a club that represents the spirit of their owner, who always wants to improve the teams. They changed coaches, brought in the Greek coach who last year won the Youth League and who used to play with three center-backs. They have the tools to cause us problems, we have already analyzed them and prepared for the game in the best possible way. We studied in detail the games of their coach at Olympiacos, to have a better idea of what might happen during the match, and we did our job. Of course, that’s only part of it; the main thing is to be ready, to be competitive, and to approach the game with the right mentality.”

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