Francesco Farioli: "The players feel the support and passion of the Dragão" | OneFootball

After the victory in Barcelos (2-0) at the beginning of the week, FC Porto returns to the Estádio do Dragão to host Casa Pia at 6:00 PM this Sunday, live on Sport TV1. In the preview to the third round, Francesco Farioli recalled that "last year Casa Pia set a record for points and had good results against the big teams" and said he prepared the team for "all possible scenarios".

Samu-aghehowa.26468/latest”>Samu “He is under daily evaluation, his injury is significant, but we hope that he recovers before the break for the national teams. It's hard to give more details about it.”

Casa Pia led by João Pereira “In last season's game I saw a team that alternates moments. Sometimes they defend with a low block, at other times they try to be more aggressive and they did it with a lot of courage against the stronger opponents. We prepared the game according to all possible scenarios, but it is necessary to have the ability to read the moments of the game and the counterattack will be key. Set pieces are essential in all games and we will work to have all the weapons ready for tomorrow's game.”

Luuk de Jong “Last week he played 73 or 74 minutes at a good pace and I think he is getting closer to being able to play 90. Last season he played many consecutive games and I believe he is getting closer to being able to play the full 90.”

Rodrigo Mora about the market “With the market open we have to be ready for all scenarios, but we also have to respect my decision not to talk about players who may come and about players who may potentially leave. We have to respect the players of other teams, ours and, mainly, tomorrow's game. To close this subject, I just say that in the market there are things we can control and others we can't. I don't need to go into more details, I can only say that Rodrigo is ready to play tomorrow.”

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