Ze Pedro played two games for Porto before moving to Cagliari.
Ze Pedro only played two league games for FC Porto this season before moving to Cagliari, but he already knows he has a champion’s medal waiting for him. The 28-year-old centre-back, in an interview with Sport TV, only regretted not being able to celebrate with the team in Aliados Square.
I haven’t received [the medal] yet, but people from the club have already contacted me to say that they have the medal saved for me, because I was also part of this process and that I deserve that medal. I was very grateful, because without a doubt one of my biggest dreams was to be present, to see all those people in Aliados, especially this year [it was] a very different celebration than usual, very beautiful. I followed it and got goosebumps several times. Very happy for my teammates, for the club, for the management and, above all, for the fans, who, like me who am also a fan, deserved this outcome for some time now, confessed the centre=back, who made 23 appearances this season for Cagliari.
Ze Pedro did pre-season training with Francesco Farioli and at that time felt that the Italian coach was building a championship=winning team.
The intensity with which the work began, starting with the meetings, the work on the field, the unity that was felt on and off the field during the month and a half I was there, was something I felt from very early on. When I left, I was absolutely certain that it was impossible for FC Porto not to be champions this year. I highlight the intensity, the energy, and the unity that was felt from day one, he emphasized.
While playing in Italy, Ze Pedro also paid close attention to what was being written about FC Porto and Farioli.
Italian media outlets talked about FC Porto’s work and, above all, about coach Farioli, because he is Italian. They were always heavily featured in the news, even more so now at the end, having successfully concluded their campaign, but throughout the season there were always some things about the Italians, he concluded.