Sérgio Ferreira: “We want to stay a confident yet humble team” | OneFootball

The FC Porto under-19 team remains unbeaten in the Northern Series of the 1st phase of the National Junior A Championship: they have four wins in as many matches and lead alone. However, the 5th round presents a challenging home game against FC Famalicão (Saturday, 5:00 PM, Porto Canal), at the Estádio de Pedroso. Coach Sérgio Ferreira praised the group's progress so far, but “we want to be much more consistent in our principles and our model.” Defender Duarte Cunha spoke on behalf of the locker room and assured: “a competent, consistent, and very hardworking FC Porto” against Famalicão.

The two-goal deficit that ended in a 9-2 “Above all, there are some points here that are important to highlight. In both disadvantage and advantage, the team never abandoned its principles, we were always FC Porto, we always sought to be whole. We reached the final third many times and when we got that right detail, we managed to score. Even after 4-2, the team continued wanting to score more and to press, we never let our guard down. The two goals we conceded, we don't want that to happen again, especially the way they happened. If it happens, let it be due to the opponent's merit and not our demerit.”

FC Famalicão “It's another challenging game against a team with a very unique record, but we are preparing and growing as a team within our model. We have to be very smart in covering the target players, but we know what we have to do.”

The support of the Blue Sea “The home factor is always important. We play at home, it's our home, our space and we have our fans too. What I ask is for them to support this team, but we have to stay focused on ourselves. We want to continue to be a confident and humble team, but we want to be much more consistent in our principles and our model.”

Duarte Cunha

Confident and focused team “The spirit of the team is daily work, that's the most important thing. We are always focused game by game and now we only think about FC Famalicão. The other four games are already in the past.”

A promise “You can expect a competent, consistent, and very hardworking FC Porto, with all the players wanting to give their best. We are focused on ourselves and on winning the game.”

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