Porto FC coach Sérgio Conceição admitted this Friday that the dragons must do “what they did not do in the last game”, defeat to Rio Ave, to defeat Gil Vicente, in the fifth round of the Portuguese football league.
Sérgio Conceição emphasized the difficulties he expects to find in Barcelos, against “a well-organized team”. “We expect a game similar to what we’ve played outdoors so far, a difficult game, against a well-organized team, with competition at the forefront, they were in the Europa Conference League, that always gives more rhythm, look at what an experienced coach, with more than 150 league games and a team that had an excellent championship last year,” said the coach.
Sérgio Conceição says he expects a competitive game, “as is always the case with trips to Barcelos”. “It’s up to us to do what we didn’t do in the last game and win the three points,” the coach emphasized in a press conference before Saturday’s game, recalling the 3-1 defeat in the trip to Vila do Conde in the previous round.
The coach of the blue and white team also emphasized the confidence he has in FC Porto’s current squad, a day after the market closed. “As for the market, Coaches always want more. What I have to do as an employee of the club is train the players I have available and do my best. I have a lot of confidence in them, I am fully convinced that we will meet the demands of this club and what we have as objectives,” he emphasized.
The FC Porto coach also spoke about the defeat to Rio Ave in the last round, arguing that it had nothing to do with the quality of FC Porto’s players.
The coach also said he was “butchered” during the week in regards to the “useful playing time” approach.
“The defeat in Vila do Conde had nothing to do with the individual or collective quality of the team, because in that I think we are one of the strongest teams in Portugal. It had to do with a bad approach to the game, some attitude which was already mentioned by everyone it was a bad first part I said in the flash right after the game I said in the useful play time I was butchered this week and I think it is a joke for those who their claws out quickly to take something out of my speech that matters I took the blame and my players for the first half we did We had chances to win the game But Rio Ave deserved to win the game “, he said.
Sérgio Conceição also spoke about the reinforcement in front of goal, Samuel Portugal, who came over from Portimonense.
“He is a goalkeeper that we had mentioned. We had two or three. He is a goalkeeper who, along with others, has had very interesting seasons and it is an interesting value to come to FC Porto to help us. Marchesín it was natural for us to look for someone, we chose Samuel,” he concluded.
FC Porto, in third place, with nine points, will play this Saturday, at 20:30, in Barcelos, against Gil Vicente, in 12th place, with five, in a match of the fifth round of the Portuguese football league, which will are referenced by João Pinheiro, from the Braga association.
Source: El heraldo
