The coach of Porto, Sergio Conceição, He stated this Friday that we have to “give thanks to God” that there are players who want it Pepe or Cristiano Ronaldo and advocated valuing his “intelligence” over his charges of indiscipline.
“We must thank God for having people like this, who are Portuguese (…). The brilliance of these players is not brought to light (in the media),” he commented. Conceição in the press conference before Saturday’s match against Famalicão, which corresponds to matchday 29 of the Portuguese Primeira Liga.
Successes and long life
The two former Real Madrid players had “careers full of victories, winning competitions and a long life that is not normal,” added the blue and white coach.
Cristiano saw a straight red card on Monday with Saudi team Al Nassr for elbowing an opponent in the Saudi Super Cup semi-finals against Al Hilal and threatening to attack the referee after he was seen showing a red card. Meanwhile, Pepe received the same penalty on Sunday in Porto’s loss against Vitória de Guimarães (1-2) for protesting the referees.
Conceição recalled that soccer was “a game made and lived with a lot of emotion and passion” and that he felt “very disappointed” by the media’s attention to his player, which did not show “everything Pepe”.
“Many years will pass and there won’t be another Pepe, who is 41 years old and very good and competitive,” Conceiçao said.
Source: La Verdad
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