Maria Ferreira: We are FC Porto, we always play to win | OneFootball

The FC Porto women’s team travels to Famalicão to play the fourth round of the Second Division Championship Qualification phase, scheduled for 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.

Coach Daniel Chaves reinforces the team’s ambition: “to go in with the same mentality as always to win the three points and win the game.” Echoing the coach, winger Maria Ferreira assures that she will “give her best” and emphasizes: “We are FC Porto and we always play to win.”

Daniel ChavesOn the right track"The team is coming from a very positive moment, with good results and good performances. It’s always positive to work on top of victories, but we have to keep our feet on the ground, because we haven’t achieved anything yet. We need to earn three points in every game, so we can reach our goal in the end.”

Recipe for success"The secret starts in the locker room. We have a very strong group, with both sporting and human quality, and we work daily to meet expectations on the weekend. We try to prepare for the context we’ll face each week, taking into account the difficulty of every match. We’ve only played two games in the final phase so far, we’ve won both, but there are still 12 to go. We’re focused on the next one.”

Opponent’s moment"FC Famalicão is in their worst phase in terms of results, but that doesn’t reflect their individual and collective value. They are a strong team, very direct, combative, strong in duels, and we know they will put us to the test in the next game.”

Three points in sight"We’re going into the game to win the three points. We know the difficulty we’ll face, but we’ll go in with the same mentality as always to win the three points and win the game.”

Maria FerreiraNot slowing down"We’re going through a good phase, we eliminated two First League teams and reached the semi-finals of the Portuguese Cup. We’ve already done a lot of good things, but we don’t want to stop here. Now we have to switch our focus to the league. We have two wins and zero goals conceded in the Championship Qualification phase. Our goal is always to win, whether at home or away, and we’ve been training to make that happen. We’re going all in.”

Unity is strength"Our strength is the unity in the locker room. We’re at a club where it’s mandatory to always give our best on and off the field. The demands are always high and we go onto the pitch as if we were playing in the BPI League. We’ve already shown that we can beat First Division teams, so we know we have that quality, but we treat all opponents the same way. We are FC Porto and we always go in to win.”

A long journey"We take it game by game. Just because we beat a BPI League team doesn’t mean it will be easier against Second Division teams. We’re entering a phase where we have a lot of games and we have to be able to switch our mindset very quickly. Just because we’re in a good phase doesn’t mean we can’t have a bad day. FC Famalicão is a great team, we’ve already faced them twice and we know they have very good players, but we are FC Porto and we have to be confident.”

Prepared for anything"They are a very aggressive team, who play a lot on transitions, but our defense is spectacular and we haven’t conceded a single goal in this phase. We’ve all been doing very well, we help each other on and off the field, the locker room is united, and that’s why I know we’ll give our all to win the three points.”

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.