You have to go back four years, to the 2018/19 season, to find a first day of the Championship in which FC Porto had such a long result. At the time, at the start of a season that would end up losing the League to Benfica, the Dragons thrashed Desp. Chaves not Dragon by 5-0; This Saturday, at the start of a season in which they intend to defend that same league, the dragons once again thrashed Marítimo at Dragão 5-1.
Five on the way and a Taremi at the wheel (the FC Porto-Marítimo chronicle)
In the second official match of the season, after beating Tondela to win the Cândido de Oliveira Super Cup last week, FC Porto won again and He has already equaled the start of 2021/22, with two wins in two games and eight goals scored against just one conceded. Interestingly, this was also the Dragons’ 10th victory at home on the opening day of the Championship —only U. Leiria, in 2003/04, managed to draw and not be defeated—, and they did not lose in their own stadium in his debut in the Championship for 50 years, since 1972.
On the day of Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa’s 2000th game as president of FC Porto, from 1982 to now, the leader of the Dragons spoke to the club’s channels even before kick-off and summed up a record that has 1,358 wins, 262 draws and 279 defeats, that is, a success rate of 67.9%. “There are 2,000 games, what matters is that we won a large percentage of them but the most important of all is today’s. It’s what we have to win. I want to take the opportunity to thank those who, during these 2,000 games, whether as coaches or as players, have made FC Porto win so many titles and have the projection it has today. It was thanks to them, and there were many during these years, that we won. And it is with the coach and the players that we have today that we will also win, with the support of the associative mass. Everyone is important, those who earned more and those who earned less. Those who fought and dignified the name of FC Porto and those who contributed to making the club what it is today deserve my respect and admiration on this special day. But 67.9% wins is not enough, it could be more.” shot Pinto da Costa.
⌚️Final Whistle: FCP 5-1 CSM
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Playing at home in the 1st round of the League, the dragons have only lost 3 in 51 games:
FC Barreirense (1965)
Benfica (1971)
Sporty (1972) pic.twitter.com/tzGjklvoxx— playmakerstats (@playmaker_EN) August 6, 2022
Sérgio Conceição, who once again opted for Danny Loader in the starting eleven and saw Taremi score twice more and be chosen as the best player on the field, took advantage of the quick interview area to criticize Hélder Malheiro’s arbitration. “Marítimo entered uninhibited, showing that he came here to discuss the result, but over time we became the team that we were, with very strong pressure, which does not let us do what the rival likes. Here and there, it is true that there was some imbalance in the property, also by the Maritime. I’m a little worried about everything I feel in the game. I am a coach who gesticulates, I talk a lot with the team, I sit down and I get up. I didn’t talk to the referee today, he was gesticulating, because Joel should have been sent off. And the referee came right away to show me the card. With that attitude, instead of calming down, it only creates more nervousness in the team. We were unhappy with the refereeing teams in these two games”, the coach fired, recalling the yellow card he also saw against Tondela, in the Super Cup.
“Here we are always working to the limit, with all the dedication in the world. It is to respect the rival to always want more, even in the 90th minute. We always want to be faithful to who we are. If we are a compelling team, we have to be until the end of the game”, he added, later commenting on the physical demands placed on João Mário and Zaidu, the two FC Porto full-backs. “We are faithful to these principles. of course there is nuances in the strategy but we do not give up our base, we have been searching for these characteristics for five years. Football is becoming more and more intense and fast, it requires a great physical capacity”, Conception finished.
⌚️85′ FCP 5-0 CSM
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?????????Taremi pic.twitter.com/lQWR9RuboA— playmakerstats (@playmaker_EN) August 6, 2022
Source: Observadora
