From Piedras Rubras to the start with Sporting: ″ Nervous? was not”

Young midfielder Felipe Rilvas had already earned minutes against FC Porto and Benfica and was now a key player at Alvalade. He is another product of the U-23 team and played two seasons ago with Pedras Rubras

“I had ambitions and dreams, but realistically, I didn’t think it would be so fast,” Felipe Rilvas admitted to O JOGO, days after making his debut against a great club for the first time in his career. The young central defender – he played with Pedras Rubras for two seasons -, who had already spent minutes in matches with Benfica and Porto, was initially selected by Paolo Sergio at Alvalade, following an upward trajectory, starting in the sub-23 segment. From Portimonense, in the season Last, and now confirmed, by scoring 11 games with the first team.

“I wasn’t nervous, because I was also a regular starter with Guimarães, but I had some anxiety, which later went away, also because things went well. Playing against a great team is a unique feeling, and I want it to become a habit.”, shoots Relvas, 22, only regrets that the Algarve did not score any goals. He says about the final 3-2.

At the start of the new year, Relvas refers to a “safe time,” and prefers “climb more, because we are ambitious.” Individually, he wants to “gain space, grow and develop, help the team and align with the tremendous confidence the manager has given me”. Furthermore, this boy from the North has adapted to a thousand wonders and highlights the “excellent conditions” that Algarve SAD provides.