FC Porto only return on Saturday after mini-break given by Farioli | OneFootball

After being satisfied with his players’ performance during the demanding visit to Braga, where FC Porto came from behind to win and strengthened their title bid, Francesco Farioli decided to reward his team’s effort by granting five days of rest to the players who were not called up for their national teams.

The Italian coach is thus repeating the approach he had already taken during another break due to international commitments, aiming for the players to disconnect from competition for a while, without, however, neglecting their physical condition and diet, since they will be monitored upon their return and weighed. The return to training is scheduled for Saturday at the Training and Sports Development Center.

There are, however, players who will not benefit from this competitive break, such as Rodrigo Mora, Samu, Nehuén Pérez, and Luuk de Jong, all of whom are being monitored by the Health Department, led by doctor Nélson Puga, as they recover from their respective injuries.

Since Francesco Farioli does not favor long periods without competition, the possibility of holding a training match at Olival is still on the table, in order to maintain the rhythm of the players who will remain at the training center preparing for the upcoming challenges, in a particularly demanding month of April in which FC Porto will compete on three fronts: the league, the Portuguese Cup, and the Europa League.

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