Monday, February 15, 2010

Gabriele Marcotti Column: Annual pillaging of Porto begins to take a toll


Perhaps the greatest challenge for a manager isn’t building success, it’s rebuilding. You win silverware with a group of players and then — because they’ve aged or because your owner decides to cash in — you have to start over. Except because you’ve been successful and fans and media have grown accustomed to it, the pressure to win right away is immense, despite the new cast of characters.

Jesualdo Ferreira, the Porto coach, knows a thing or two about this.

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