Coach Vasco Seabra guaranteed this Monday that Estoril Praia keeps its “feet on the ground” ahead of hosting FC Porto on Tuesday in the round of 16 of the Portuguese Football Cup.
Estoril Praia faces FC Porto just four days after being defeated by Sporting (5-1) and, in anticipation of the match scheduled for 8:45 p.m., at the António Coimbra da Mota stadium, the Estoril coach stated that his players are ready to move forward.
“We have to get up, we have to continue and compete in the game immediately afterwards. We have a group of players with their feet firmly on the ground and we know that we have to work hard so that things come to us later,” highlighted the Estoril coach. , prepared for a new high difficulty clash.
It will be the third time this season that the Cascais Line team faces the ‘dragons’, having won the two previous matches, the first at the Estádio do Dragão (1-0), in the I Liga, by 1-0, and the second at home (3-1), which gave them access to the final four of the League Cup.
“When we win we always have things to correct, when we don’t win we always have something to correct,” said the coach, who promised “dedication, sacrifice and a lot of joy” to achieve a new positive result against FC Porto.
The coach highlighted the great value of his rival, who has not yet conceded a goal in this edition of the Portuguese Cup, after having defeated the ‘secondaries’ Vilar de Perdizes and Montalegre in the previous rounds of the competition, and left Of course, only by matching the “competitive attitude” with the ‘dragons’ will Estoril Praia have a chance to succeed.
“The competitive attitude will be very linked and we will have to be able to match them in those same aspects, in terms of aggressiveness, in terms of our ability to compete during the game and look at the opponent, knowing that it is one of the best rivals from the point of national view. And we cannot forget that he is still our representative in ‘Champions’,” he highlighted.
Regarding his counterpart Sérgio Conceição, the Estoril Praia coach highlighted that FC Porto “has an excellent coach”, praising the rival’s ability and its weapons before a day in which he expects natural difficulties taking into account the ambitions of the ‘ blue and white’.
Due to the short time elapsed between the last match played in Alvalade, against Sporting, and the following reception against FC Porto, changes are expected in the eleven of the ‘canarinhos’, on which the coach preferred not to comment, maintaining the doubt with his opponent until close to the opening whistle.
“I want Sergio to wait until 75 minutes before the game to have the eleven that we are going to present. What I can guarantee is that the eleven that will be the starter is the one that gives us the most confidence to be able to compete.” Be very demanding of ourselves and be able to work hard so that we can meet that requirement that I mentioned,” he guaranteed.
Estoril Praia hosts FC Porto in a match valid for the round of 16 of the Portuguese Cup, scheduled for 8:45 p.m. on Tuesday, at the António Coimbra da Mota Stadium.
Source: TSF
