Vitinha: My Porto upbringing shaped my mentality and discipline | OneFootball

Vitinha has recently stood out at Paris Saint-Germain, acting as one of the key players for the team led by the Spaniard Luis Enrique. In an interview given this Wednesday to the French radio station Ici, the Portuguese midfielder recalled the period when he trained at FC Porto before transferring to PSG in 2022.

“I had good training at FC Porto. From a young age, they try to instill a certain mentality, rigor, a way of working. And this continues when you become a professional. It is the minimum you should have. I always had that in me, even at Wolverhampton, when things weren't going very well, when football wasn't going very well, that mentality is the minimum you should have. I forced myself to do it all the time. Then, my arrival at PSG was different from FC Porto, which is a great club, PSG is too, but with more opportunities to win a trophy like the Champions League, to be more recognized internationally. Whether in my first year at PSG (in 2022), with all the great players, or even at Wolverhampton, I learned in many aspects to be even more solid and to produce the seasons I have in recent years,” highlighted the former FC Porto player, who also commented on his third position in the Ballon d'Or.

“Finishing in third place in the Ballon d'Or is great, it's a dream. But it also brings responsibilities, you have to try to maintain that level. I know it's difficult, that it's not easy to perform well every year, there's a lot of competition, enormous competitiveness. I will do everything to stay at that level. I'm in the perfect place to achieve that, PSG, the current European champion. I will try to have the same season and, if possible, even better,” concluded the Portuguese international.

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