After Porto v Sporting, Farioli on Benfica: I don't like... | OneFootball

After the 1-1 draw against Sporting, in the match corresponding to the 21st round of the Liga Portugal Betclic, played last Monday at Estádio do Dragão, Francesco Farioli was questioned about Benfica - which sees a promise leaving the Club - regarding the Reds' fight for the title. The Italian coach emphasized that there are "three teams competing and the table shows exactly that".

"That is clear. There are three teams competing [for the title] and the table shows exactly that. As for the rest, I don't know if the game was boring, it seems to me that one team did more than the other to win. I saw a team that came onto the field to press all over the pitch and another that was very conservative," Farioli began by saying in the post-match conference.

"Of course, there are no regrets, the team did everything that was asked. Regarding the result, we were very close to winning a very important game. Sporting managed to recover in the final minutes and we couldn't keep another clean sheet," defended the Italian coach.

"I don't like to do calculations. What makes me proud today is the spirit the team showed. Because anyone who looked at the field saw that we did everything to win the game, we were brave, we tried everything, but it wasn't enough, against a great team with a good coach," he emphasized, in statements to Sport TV.

Regarding Luis Suárez's last-minute goal and the consequent loss of points, Farioli was clear: "It was a mistake, and at this level, they are costly. We have nothing to regret. We did everything within our reach. The perfect image of our game was the goal play: the energy we showed and the commitment to get the ball into the net, after six or seven rebounds. That's what we wanted to bring to the game."

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