Francesco Farioli: “This game will demand our very best” | OneFootball

Francesco Farioli looks ahead to FC Porto vs Nottingham Forest in an interview with UEFA.

Nottingham Forest are “a very competitive team”, especially “since Vítor Pereira took charge”, and Francesco Farioli believes the match against the English side “will require the best version” of FC Porto, in a game scheduled for 8pm on Thursday at the Estádio do Dragão (Sport TV5).

“At this stage of the competition, no matter who we face, we know we are going to come up against difficult opponents,” warns “someone who is privileged and fortunate to be able to coach a Club with so much history”.

“Everyone who works here knows the Club’s DNA, they are connected to one another, and I identify with them a lot,” said the FC Porto coach on the eve of the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals.

In conversation with UEFA Magazine, Francesco Farioli also spoke about his personal and professional journey and revealed a confidence: “When I get home, the television is tuned to YouTube with FC Porto songs playing, and that creates a very special dynamic”.

At 36, the coach, who has never been afraid to step out of his comfort zone, maintains that “curiosity is one of the main driving forces” of his journey and something he tries to pass on to the players every day: “Working hard is in my blood. That is the first step, an essential step, to being successful”.

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