“David Simão Reveals Conversation with Pepe After Arouca’s Defeat to FC Porto”

At the end of the game, and after a prolonged conversation with Pepe, from FC Porto, on the pitch, the captain of Arouca, David Simão, revealed the subject of the conversation with his Porto counterpart,

«It was a recurring conversation, the small sayings, when they draw or win they are always accused of wasting time and it’s not always that, because they have weapons that we don’t have, they make us run more, that wears us down. they did it [queimar tempo] and well, because they felt that the game was not easy. Pepe is a great player and a great captain, I have a lot of respect for him, it was a natural conversation», he detailed, thus analyzing the defeat (0-1):

«I think it could have been more us, because until the FC Porto goal we lacked the ball. We know the goal we conceded is one of FC Porto’s strong points, looking for depth and crosses, they had Taremi’s opportunity on the crossbar and the goal, I don’t remember more. I think it was divided, we controlled FC Porto well, which ended up, ironically, burning some time, needed it well and also does it, had respect for us in a difficult game».