Paulo Freitas urges FC Porto to stay fully focused for Liceo clash | OneFootball

FC Porto’s coach assured on Tuesday that the team will show its best version in the quarter-finals of the Roller Hockey Champions League, where it will face Spain’s Liceo.

“The focus has to be in the right place and on showing our best version. Tomorrow [Wednesday], we have to be at our best if we want to overcome Liceo,” highlighted FC Porto roller hockey coach Paulo Freitas.

The men’s Roller Hockey Champions League quarter-finals begin on Wednesday in Coimbra, with the Iberian clashes FC Porto-Liceo and Benfica-Reus.

At the pre-match press conference, the blue-and-white coach stressed that it is “a huge satisfaction” to see his team achieve the goal of reaching the final eight and now be able to go “in search of other objectives” in Wednesday’s match.

“I think any of the teams has the ambition and the quality to win the trophy at stake here. Regardless of that, we worked very hard, had an excellent regular phase, with two objectives achieved: the first was qualification for this final eight, the second was winning the group, and now we go step by step,” he added.

For his part, Liceo coach Juan Copa said he was pleased to take part in the competition and to face FC Porto, an opponent he had not played against for quite some time.

The men’s Roller Hockey Champions League quarter-finals get underway on Wednesday with the Iberian matches FC Porto-Liceo and Benfica-Reus.

On Thursday, Sporting will take on Barcelona, while Óquei de Barcelos will face Trissino.

This final stage of the competition, taking place at the Mário Mexia Pavilion between Wednesday and Sunday, will have the semi-finals on Saturday, with the winners of the quarter-final matches facing each other.

The final is scheduled for Sunday at 6:00 pm.

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