Francesco Farioli: "The squad is ready and everyone’s up for the fight" | OneFootball

FC Porto travels to Vila do Conde for the start of the sixth round of the championship, which they lead with victories (Friday, 8:15 PM). In the preview of the visit to Rio Ave, an opponent that "is difficult to beat" and that was studied "in the best possible way," Francesco Farioli assured that "the group is ready and everyone wants to fight," especially after a visit to the Museum during which everyone realized that "the Club's history is made of battles against everyone."

"We did our job. Of course, that's just part of it, the main thing is to be ready, be competitive, and approach the game with the right mindset," explained the coach, determined to "ignore all the noise" and for whom "the priority is the present of FC Porto and the present of FC Porto is Rio Ave."

In the press room at Olival, Francesco Farioli revealed that the probability of William Gomes being called up is 99%, explained that Martim Fernandes is slightly behind in the recovery process, justified the signing of Yoann Karamoh, defended the bets on André Miranda, Ángel Alarcón, and Gabriel Brás, ruled out a new entry in the market, and spoke about André Castro, "a great Porto heart in the technical team."

Rio Ave“They drew three games, it's difficult to beat them and they are a club that represents the spirit of the owner, who always wants to improve the teams. They changed coaches, brought in the Greek coach who last year won the Youth League and who used to play with three central defenders. They have the tools to create problems for us, we have already analyzed them and prepared for the game in the best possible way. We studied their coach's games at Olympiacos in detail, to have a better picture of what might happen during the game and we did our job. Of course, that's just part of it, the main thing is to be ready, be competitive, and approach the game with the right mindset.”

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