Vasco Seabra on Porto’s penalty: “If I speak, I’ll get punished…” | OneFootball

After Arouca's defeat at Estádio do Dragão (3-1), Vasco Seabra avoided going into detail about the controversial penalty in the 90th minute that allowed FC Porto to retake the lead. “If I say anything, I’ll be punished,” he stated.

“I think you’ll be able to say it. If I say anything, I’ll be punished. I think we have 9 penalties against us and 0 in our favor. We’ve had so many incidents that haven’t been called. We faced a fantastic team, Farioli is doing a fantastic job, he forces us to be extremely rigorous. We’re playing in a tough stadium. To have personality, to come to this stadium and have our team present itself in this way, calm, we didn’t come to park the bus, to waste time, to delay the game, we came to compete. It allowed for a great spectacle. We’re frustrated, I think there were two excellent teams, and everything else needs to be at that level. I have a devastated locker room but with a sense of pride. We showed a lot of ability to break out. I’m very proud of the team, we have to forget this game because tomorrow is a new day,” he told Sport TV.

Penalty in favor of FC Porto: “I don’t know what they’re going to say but if we’re all honest, we can see that… well.”

In the second half, Arouca improved: “In the first half we were mainly able to prevent FC Porto from progressing as much. FC Porto causes a lot of wear and tear. FC Porto’s pressing was the opposite, they pressed more with Pepê and Deniz Gül. It took us a while to find those spaces. Then we managed to find more. The team became increasingly comfortable.”

Arouca is growing… “That’s the feeling. The team is able to create difficulties for the big teams. It’s been our hallmark to take points from all the big teams. We still have two games left against big teams.”

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