Pol Manrubia: After Super Cup loss, we aim to start league with a win | OneFootball

FC Porto begins the roller hockey league with a home game against OC Barcelos, set for this Wednesday at 8:00 p.m., and Pol Manrubia wants to “start with a win” to “move past the Super Cup defeat” and begin paving the way to “retaining the national title.”

The Spanish international anticipates “a great challenge” against his former team, but believes that if the group is “focused on its own work, gives its all, plays together and cohesively,” it will have “a great chance of winning the game and starting with three points, which is what the Club wants.”

On the Super Cup“It hurt us a lot to lose the Super Cup, because we were very hopeful of winning that trophy and were very confident we would do it, but now we enter another competition as back-to-back champions. We want to retain the title and, for that, we have to approach each game with maximum ambition and start the league well to overcome the way we lost the Super Cup.”

OC Barcelos“They have a great team, lots of talent, and they changed an important part of the squad. We watched them in the Elite Cup and the Club World Cup and I think they showed they can reinvent themselves. They’ll be a big obstacle in our path and a great challenge to open the league, but we must stay focused on ourselves, give absolutely everything, play together, cohesively, build on what we did well in the Super Cup game and fix the aspects where we weren’t so good so we have a chance to win the game and start with three points, which is what FC Porto wants. We want to start the league with a win.”

First months in Invicta“I’m adapting to the Club; the truth is my teammates have always supported me a lot—from the captain to the staff, they’ve been incredible. They’ve supported me a lot, in training, in games, and even off the rink. I’m eager to play at Dragão Arena in an official competition, be with the fans, and celebrate the three points with them and my teammates.”

The weight of wearing blue and white“It’s a special game, not only because it’s against my former club, but also because we’re playing at Dragão Arena, and that’s always special—especially wearing the FC Porto shirt. I feel a great responsibility, but I will go in with maximum ambition and a lot of personality to help the group. We want to win every trophy by thinking game by game and day by day, because that’s what will allow us to lift silverware at the end of the year.”

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