The FC Porto coach admitted this Saturday that the ‘dragons’ “cannot stop being the team they are, but they can win the Cup”, on the trip to Anadia, from League 3, on the third day of the Cup Portugal Soccer.
Sérgio Conceição did not hide his ambition to advance to the next stage of the competition, but acknowledged that he will face the match the same way he faces everyone else.
“It’s a Cup match, we have to be attentive and analyze the rival as if it were a Champions League match. Humility begins with the coaching staff and has to go through the players, because that way things can be made easier. in Portimão and Leverkusen, but in Liga 3 and Liga II there are also quality players.
This move occurs after the victory in Leverkusen and before the classic against Benfica, for the I League, but Sérgio Conceição does not guarantee big changes for this game.
“I think the team that gives me the most guarantees of being a starter and winning the game will play. It has nothing to do with whether they are used or not. They are the ones who get the minutes, I don’t give minutes to anyone, they have to work for that. There may be one or the other change, but for what they do, ”he stressed.
The coach also tried to explain if this game comes at the right time, but concluded that only later will he be able to assess.
“The calendar is what it is. We have to play and we have to take it with important games. This game is in the middle of a post-stop tour of teams, which is interesting. walk and unwind. Everyone likes the Cup final, it’s a nice party. But until then there is a long way to go. And there are matches that you could theoretically think are easier and that’s where the complications arise. morning [domingo] We’ll see if it was at the right time or not.”
Sérgio Conceição also addressed Pepe’s clinical situation, absent from the coach’s options due to a left knee injury, and assured that the player will be out for “a few more weeks”.
FC Porto, from the I League, faces this Sunday, at 8:45 p.m., Anadia, from Serie A of League 3, in the third round of the Portuguese Football Cup.
Source: TSF
