Alverca does not want “surprises” in Famalicão: “We must be alive”

O coach Sérgio Ferreira assured today that Alverca will be a “live and daring” team in the visit to the Famalicão, to try to add the third triumph followed in the Portuguese League of football, in game of the eighth day.

If you win in Famalicão, Alverca guarantees three consecutive victories in the I Liga, a feat that has more than a quarter of a century since the distant time of 2000/2001, when the Ribatejans were guided by Jesualdo Ferreira.

According to Sérgio Ferreira, the stop for selections was beneficial for a group that intends to continue on the path of successes.

“ I feel the team with desire, ambition and enormous daring to win again. The competitiveness within the team is increasing. The players who stayed took advantage of the moment to grow up and tune in with the group. They are all prepared and increasingly identified with our way of playing”, he said, in the press conference forecast at the start with the Famalicão.

Despite the start of a somewhat irregular championship of the opponent, Sérgio Ferreira expects his team to maintain the consistency of the last games to avoid disagreements.

“We cannot look at the start of the Famalicão as something negative. They're a very organized team with an idea of a game. We must be alive and organized from beginning to end. It is essential that we have great understanding of the game to press and position ourselves correctly on the ground. We have to be a very compact and solid team, to not be surprised”, he admitted.

The Moroccan right-wing Nabil Touaizi is recovered and can return to the Ribatejan team, while the Honduran central defense Julian Martinez will still remain out of the options for the game against the Famalicão.

The Alverca, 10th ranked of the I League, with eight points, faces on Monday, at 20:15, the Famalicão, 13th, with seven, in the Municipal Stadium, in game of the eighth day of the championship, with arbitration of Sérgio Guelho, of the Guard association.