After breaking a three-year drought without winning the championship, FC Porto faces challenges to defend the title, as the team seeks to successfully defend the trophy and solidify its position at the top of Portuguese football, a task that has historically been difficult for the club, which has not won in consecutive seasons since the 'tri' in 2012/13. In contrast to the record investment in the team's reinforcement in the last season, the 'dragons' are now going through a period of greater containment in expenses, with a focus on maintaining the main players, rather than again venturing into 'revolutions' in the transfer market. Therefore, it is a more predictable FC Porto in its form, faithful to the emblematic structure 4-3-3 rescued by Farioli, which requires the players to have elevated physical indices in duels and pressure at the exit of the opposing game, as well as in the exploitation of the paraded balls a primary weapon. Led by the goalkeeper titular of the Portuguese selection, Diogo Costa, the players count on a solid central duo composed of Kiwior and Bednarek, as well as the vertical passes of Pablo Rosario, the intensity of Gabri Veiga and the irreverence of the young extremes Pietuszewski and William Gomes, among others. In addition to the activation of the definitive purchase clause of Kiwior to Arsenal, after having defended the colors of the Portuguese in the last season, only André Silva (ex-Elche, Esp), Hwang In-beom (ex-Feyenoord, Hol) and João Afonso (ex-Estrela da Amadora) are registered entries for the main team in 2026/27. The return of the international Portuguese striker, at zero cost and ten years after his departure to AC Milan, constitutes one of the main reasons for enthusiasm among the fans, at a time when Samu continues to recover from injury and will only return to competition in November. The South Korean Hwang In-beom, who cost 4.5 million euros to the 'azuis e brancos', emerges as a direct substitute for Seko Fofana, who returned to Rennes after loan, and will be an alternative to Froholdt for the 'eighth position', although it presents a more technical and less physical profile. With a team already similar, and that can suffer more adjustments during the defense, FC Porto will have as its main challenge to reconcile the Primeira Liga, priority assumed by the club, with the return to the Champions League and the level of exigence that the 'millionaire' test requires, in the greatest test of physical, mental and tactical capacity of Farioli until now.