The FC Porto coach previewed the match against Feirense, for the 4th round of the Portuguese Cup, revealing that he could have three casualties.
“Marcano left training and it will be very difficult to be in this game, Pepe is also struggling, Wendel has already returned but is still not at 100%”, said Sérgio Conceição, still refusing any kind of savings considering that , after the game with Feirense, the commitment to the Champions League follows.
“The Cup is the biggest priority because it’s the next game. The management that we have to do is only due to the moment, because of the trips that some players have taken. Only then will we prepare the game against Liverpool”, he referred, also recalling the break for the national teams’ games: “There are players who come back from different realities, some play and others don’t play for any minute. They come back at different levels and force us to prepare the game in a different way, something that can affect the starting eleven.”
The coach of the dragons also highlighted: «The Cup of Portugal is a beautiful competition, which I particularly like. Surprises often happen precisely because of the teams’ motivation in this competition, and we are prepared and alerted for this in the face of an opponent who has been on an interesting path in League 2. It’s up to us to counter a highly motivated Feirense who has a well-defined game idea and I think it should not come out of it.”
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