Farioli: We need flexibility to adapt like chameleons | OneFootball

FC Porto’s coach, Francesco Farioli, spoke this afternoon at a press conference about the trip to Famalicão for the 11th round of the League, scheduled for Sunday at 6 p.m.:

Risk of the team losing some of its early-season identity:

“What we want is very clear: to be dominant with the ball, play in the opponent’s half, be aggressive on the ball, press high—we are first in the statistics for intensity and aggressiveness from a defensive point of view. Then, during the game, there can be different scenarios and, in my opinion, a great team must have the ability and humility to change its approach according to the game we are facing. For example, against Sp. Braga, we recovered five or six balls that, if we had been able to convert more efficiently, could have led us to score two or three goals. And at a certain point, because of their courage and style of play, they forced us to defend deeper. But even defending deeper, I felt 11 players with humility, fighting spirit, FC Porto DNA, and the word ‘identity’ sounds a bit rigid to me. In my opinion, we need a flexibility that helps us be chameleonic according to the type of game. And it’s not a lack of identity, it’s the ability to adapt.”

“It could be, that’s a scenario. I think our midfield is adaptable—Pablo is a six who can play as an eight, Eustáquio the opposite, Rodrigo is perhaps the player who is most a number 10, Gabri is an eight or ten, depending on what we want to bring to the game. That could also be a possibility, but one of the priorities is to have balance in the team, and that’s what we’re looking for.”

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