Rodrigo Mora on Farioli’s “request”: “Portuguese football talks a lot” | OneFootball

The FC Porto player who inspired him the most was Deco: “I’ve said it several 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 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 very glad he achieved this goal.”

A player in the squad who was important: “I think I spent all my days with him, outside and inside here, João Costa. He was always the 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: “It was huge, huge, because he managed to introduce a very good style of play. I think it’s a good footballing idea, and the team also came together around that idea. And I think another pillar of this achievement was the club structure, which also got a lot right 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 over time it was the mental side. Because Portuguese football is like that, there’s a lot of talk and we already know that, and mentally… not trying to pay attention to that, to what comes from outside, because we already know what it’s like and people say a lot of things, and we just have to focus on ourselves, because if we do that, everything will go well and everything will fall into place.”

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

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