Maxi Pereira disregarded the fact that he returned to the starting team for Sunday's match against Desportivo de Chaves (4-0), because what matters is that “everyone feels important and seizes the opportunity”. In fact, everyone took advantage, as the Dragons won and retook the leadership of the League, in a match which the Uruguayan fullback felt was very well prepared and in which the secret was to score early. He also assured that no one thought of Wednesday's big match against Liverpool for the UEFA Champions League, as the main objective is the championship.

The finals
“Chaves is a very difficult opponent at home, FC Porto started well, with a lot of respect. We scored in the right moments and we got three important points. They are a team that likes to play, and not stand behind waiting for the big teams, so we knew it was going to be difficult, but FC Porto prepared the match very well. From now on all matches are a final.”

Two goals to calm everyone
“It was important to be in the lead for the break, we scored two goals and that gave us peace of mind to manage the result for the second-half. We didn’t go in thinking of the match against Liverpool, because our main goal is the League. We have to keep going this way, it's going to be very hard.”

The return to the starting team
“It’s important that everyone feels important and seize the opportunity. We are a group, we need everyone and we have to have a positive attitude.”