Jorge Costa wants an Academic “respectful of FC Porto”, but “brave” in the quarterfinal match of the Portuguese Football Cup, on Wednesday, in Viseu.
In the preview of the game with the trophy holders, the Beira coach assumed that he wants his team to appear “braver” than it was in the semifinal match of the League Cup, which they lost 2-0, and in which, despite the fact that the respect was “nice”, the Académico de Viseu respected “FC Porto” too much.
“It will be a challenging game for us, on a field that is already good and I hope it will be a good show,” said the coach of the current fourth-ranked player in the II Soccer League, guaranteeing that Académico will present himself “to the fullest” and “without savings” on the eve of a match against Farense, which could be important in the accounts for the promotion of the division.
Jorge Costa devalues, and once again assures that promotion “is not objective”, preferring to focus on the match against the national champion, considering that “playing against FC Porto is not like playing for the championship”. “Since it will force us to be more dressed up and more concentrated,” he stressed.
“What we want is to play well, promote the players, promote the club and the city,” said the Viseense coach, attributing a greater dose of favoritism to the rival “for all reasons” and because “there are things” that his team Yo No, although I am very motivated.
Académico de Viseu and FC Porto will play on Wednesday at 8:45 p.m., at the Estádio do Fontelo de Viseu, which has already sold the nearly 6,300 tickets that were issued for this match in the quarterfinals of the Portuguese Cup, which will be refereed by Gustavo Correia.
Source: TSF
