Rodrigo Mora on Farioli's 'request': 'Too much talk in Portugal' | OneFootball

The FC Porto player who inspired him the most was Deco: “I’ve said it many times, it was Deco, of course. I always try to look up to him, he was a world-class player.”

Connection with players he knew from the youth academy: “Yes, I think I keep in touch with everyone, I still talk to all of them, especially those in the B team. But I think the one I’m closest friends with is Tiago Silva, who just made his debut in the match against Aves SAD. When I arrived at FC Porto, he was already here, so it’s a friendship that goes back several years. And now seeing him make his debut for FC Porto is something that makes me happy, and I’m really pleased that he achieved this goal.”

A squad player who was important: “I think I spent every day with him, both outside and inside here, João Costa. He was always that person who helped me choose the best path, and I’m very grateful to him for helping me this season.”

Farioli’s role in winning the title: “A lot, a lot, because he managed to introduce a very good playing idea. I think it’s a good way of playing, and the team also came together around that idea. And I also think another pillar of this achievement was the club structure, which was also very accurate with the signings it made, so congratulations as well to the structure, the manager, and the coaching staff.”

What did Farioli demand the most? “Depending on the moment, he asked for different things, but of course as time went by it was the mental side. Because Portuguese football is like that, there’s a lot of talk and we already know that, and mentally... trying not to pay attention to it, to what comes from outside, because we already know what this is like and a lot gets said. We just have to focus on ourselves, because if we focus on ourselves, everything will go well and everything will fall into place.”

Any message from Farioli that stayed with you? “I think what stayed with me most was at the beginning, when the manager had just arrived, when he said that all of us, the team and him, had some wounds, and that’s true, both of us had several wounds — the team and him, him from Ajax, us from the difficult season we went through last year — but that those wounds would heal, and they did.”

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