The Spanish star discusses, exclusively for O JOGO, the evolution of the Portuguese, which today can equal the best series of matches without suffering from a FC Porto player in the Champions League this century. Marchesín has the longest streak (four) of games to zero, achieved in 2020/21. The new 99 of dragons takes three, as many as Bay and… Iker. “It is evolving well and on the right path”, notes the “Santo”.
Diogo Costa’s heroic acts in the Champions League broke boundaries and placed him on the threshold of a historic landmark for FC Porto in this century. The Portuguese international has not scored a goal in the last three games of the competition and needs to repeat the feat this afternoon, at home to Atlético de Madrid, to equal the club’s longest streak, starring Marchesín, in the 2020/21 season.
Today, the 99 Porto’s record is enough to place him alongside illustrious players such as Vítor Baía, considered by a vast majority as the best ever keeper of the dragons and Portuguese football, and also of Casillas, the goalkeeper with the most games in the Champions League (181), with whom he had the opportunity to work daily in the blue and white first team.
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