João Brandão on FC Porto B’s evolution: “We want fresh ideas” | OneFootball

In a completely comfortable position in the table, FC Porto B travel to face Lus. Lourosa this Monday, who in this 29th round will play as the home team at Estádio Capital do Móvel in Paços de Ferreira. In the preview, coach João Brandão highlighted the team’s good form following the win against Chaves.

“That result validates the daily work and everyone’s performance, it validates the individual and collective growth, and it gave us three points. We keep those three points and move on to the next game, knowing that we are going to face a strong opponent and aware that football is lived day by day. At FC Porto we have always been used to living for what is ahead and not living off the past; we live in the present and the future. It is on the future that we are focused, so that the next game is played at the level we are capable of and with a performance on the level of what we achieved against Chaves,” he began, pointing to the need to create new challenges for his team.

“It will be a challenging game and we want to test our collective level again, bringing new things to our attacking and defensive dynamics, somewhat in the image of what we did in the last game, because we are at a stage of the season when we can do that. We are going to test our collective readiness and performance level, but also look at the individual side, bringing new players onto the pitch and testing their level of readiness. We will also test their performance in different positions, with distinct roles, so that we can understand how we can be prepared for the challenges ahead,” he added.

“We are talking about the team in Liga Portugal 2 with the highest average age, which says a lot about Lourosa’s experience and background. We know the way they deal with the incidents of the game, so it will also be a challenge in that sense. We have to remain emotionally balanced at all times, play our game, and take our approach and our ideas onto the pitch so that we can grow based on those principles.”

Defeat in the first half of the season

“It was a game in which we were deeply affected by the incidents of the match, namely the red cards, and our team’s growth can also be seen there. The competitive maturity people talk about is very much linked to that point, to the way we manage to stay balanced, calm, composed and faithful to our principles, regardless of what is happening in the game. We are capable of adapting and understanding what the opponent wants, we know how to close down and attack spaces, and we understand the dynamics the opponent intends to use to surprise us, but we are always faithful to our game. That is how we want to present ourselves.”

Lus. Lourosa’s strong record against B teams

“Those victories reflect Lourosa’s attacking aggression. They are the third team with the most corners in the league, and that reveals the way Lourosa looks at the opposing goal. That attacking aggression can be seen in their vertical passes, in the number of shots and crosses, and it also reveals the competitive maturity Lourosa have. It is essential that we match their level so that we can make the difference with our ability to build, create, get forward and finish, while being very aggressive and applying intense pressure in defensive transitions, as we were in the last game.”

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