Francesco Farioli gets off to a flying start like Sérgio Conceição | OneFootball

Enter, observe, and dominate. Similarly, this is the start of Francesco Farioli's service at FC Porto, with four victories in the first four matches of the League. The dragons haven't had such a start since 2017/18, also then guided by a rookie coach, Sérgio Conceição. As we know, that start ended up culminating in the national champion title at the end of the season.

Although there is still a lot of championship left, it is important to note that FC Porto, in the same four confrontations with these opponents last season, had only accumulated four points - eight less than those obtained so far this season.

The victory in Alvalade also marked the end of two seasons without winning in the lions' den, after the defeats in 2024/25 and 2023/24.

This Classic featured many new faces: Sporting debuted Ricardo Mangas, Kochoroshvili, Luis Suárez, Vagiannidis and Alisson; at FC Porto - with Francesco Farioli also making his debut - Alberto Costa, Bednarek, Froholdt, Borja Sainz, Prpic, Pablo Rosario, Luuk de Jong and William Gomes lined up. The last two were decisive: the Dutchman opened the scoring and the Brazilian scored shortly after. Pablo Rosario, the dragons' most recent reinforcement, became the first Dominican to play in the Primeira Liga.

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