Farioli: “We prepared for every scenario, even playing a man down” | OneFootball

Rui Borges stated that Sporting is a slight favorite because they are playing at home. Asked if he agrees, he replied: “We have a lot of respect for our opponent. We are going to play at the home of the national champions. What he said is correct. But we are going to Alvalade with our own ideas, with the desire to continue our process and achieve a good result. We need to stay on our path, with the work that everyone is doing. We will go with our mentality, we have a lot of respect for our opponent and the desire to win.”

Last season you won all the classics. How do you prepare for these games: “The past is the past. They are good memories. Now it’s about the present and the future, but mostly the present, which is Sporting. It will be a different scenario, but we will prepare the game with the same attention. It was harder to prepare for this one. We watched a lot of games, but in the last few matches it was difficult to see a Sporting starting eleven, from this season and the last. In the last few games, only once did Sporting play against eleven players. We prepared for all scenarios, including playing with fewer men, if that’s the case.”

If he agrees that FC Porto has a better coach: “I feel a lot of responsibility. We are not in a race with others. We are doing everything we can to make the players better. The club is doing its best to make the team better, to help it evolve. We will also do what we can in the last days of the transfer window. There are also other teams besides Sporting and Benfica. I have a lot of respect for all the coaches, because we are all trying our best. Everyone is good. Some are luckier.”

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