Pelé gets the call against Naval 1º de Maio

Following Leixões S.C. stunning defeat of the Dragões, Jesualdo Ferreira has made a number of changes to the lineup as they visit Ulisses Morais's Naval 1º de Maio. Helton, Nelson Benítez,Tarik Sektioui and Pelé have been brought into the lineup. While Pelé has seen action in Portuguese Cup match against Sertanense, this will be his first in league action and I am hopeful the Porto native will feature brightly.

The squad list for the match is as follows:

Nelson Benítez, Bruno Alves, Fernando, Freddy Guarín, Helton, Hulk, Lino, Lisandro López, Lucho González, Mariano González, Nuno, Pedro Emanuel, Pelé, Raul Meireles, Cristian Rodríguez, Rolando, Cristian Săpunaru, Tarik Sektioui and Tomás Costa.

In his pre-match press conference Jesualdo Ferreira noted:

"It’s fundamental to have aggressive behaviours in tactical and technical processes and we believe that it has to make part of our type of play. F.C. Porto needs to score the goals it creates and to suffer fewer goals in an atypical way, as we’ve been suffering. We should boost our concentration levels on that kind of situations."

Enjoy the match fellow Dragões supporters. I will report on it as it concludes.