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Wolverhampton Wanderers midfielder Fer Lopez (28) during the EFL Carabao Cup match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Port Vale at Molineux, Wolverhampton, UK on 8 August 2026.

Mental Improvement: Fer Lopez on the team’s development and brotherly advice in front of goal!

Fer Lopez has welcomed Wolves’ recent progress but believers there is more to come under Cesar Peixoto as Wanderers continue their impressive rise to third place.

02.11.26, 06:30 Updated 01.11.26, 22:26

The tricky Spaniard scored the opener against Cardiff City on Saturday to net his sixth goal of the Championship season. And in contrast to recent weeks, the midfielder was impressed with Wolves’ clinical and quick-fire start.

“It is in our nature to improve that,” Lopez said. “When we score the first goal to go more and more. At 2-0 we tried to do that. You cannot always do it but I think we showed that. We fell off a bit in the second half.

“At 3-0 we were a bit complacent but I think it was important to push after we scored. Especially against those types of teams at home, we need to show the first 10 minutes we want to win, not only win but dominate. I think we showed that in the first half.

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Tom Gibson

Tom Gibson

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is a graduate of the University of Derby's football journalism course and an accredited UEFA journalist. He has already amassed plenty of experience working for PA, Wolves Foundation and in the club's media department on a voluntary basis covering the women's and under-21s teams.

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