"What do you want me to say, that I am a magician?"

The coach of FC Porto has anticipated the match against Schalke, whom Sérgio Conceição considers as the most difficult of the group stage.

Schalke stronger now than in the first match? "I heard something fantastic from a non-sports commentator, but from a sports controversy, who said that Schalke was weaker than Qarabag, for example. is not that I attach much importance to that, but this light way of talking on TV and trying to downplay the prowess of FC Porto makes me angry.This is not normal. Peaceful groups of two sharks and two dolphins are easier to pass. We have chosen a balanced group where it is more difficult to pass.

What is the secret of these eight games with only victories? "It's a job, it's the dedication of the players, it's to understand the message and what it's like to represent a club like FC Porto, to feel that it's sometimes good to play in the background, which was for us to lose in the Light, to speak little, to work hard, to be very serious in what we do in our daily life and things to happen naturally. see with the work and something important that Oliver said you may have gone unnoticed, even if you play 10, 60, 90 or 0 minutes, the ball will always be with the team. the common feeling of the working group: acceptance, respect of each other and the technical team. "

Why do you say it's the most difficult match of the group stage? "Because it's a team that plays 3-5-2 in its defensive process, it creates a line of five players more visible in games on the outside, it plays with a very crowded center aisle and it's a tough team to counter in what the underdogs are. " They do it objectively, pragmatically and also in the defensive process, where they always have three plus one player. "

Campus available: "We have more solutions and we are happy, everyone is in shape, with the exception of Aboubakar and players who have been excluded from registration for one reason or another. But it's my job, it's deciding who is the best fit and sometimes also choosing the players who give me the most guarantees to play against a particular opponent. "