Sporting president Frederico Varandas acknowledged today that the 2022/23 football season “did not go well” and assumed that the team must be “more effective” next season.
“It is a season that, from a sporting point of view, did not go well. We had expectations of being in the first two places, but this year we did not achieve it”, assumed Frederico Varandas, in an interview with Sporting TV. .
In an analysis of the performance of the team led by Rúben Amorim, who finished the I Liga in fourth place, behind the champions Benfica, FC Porto and Sporting de Braga, the leader of the ‘lions’ also highlighted that there was no “lack of quality”, but of “efficiency”.
“[Foi] a team that did not know how to materialize the quality of the game, which was very good. this was the year [entre os últimos três] that the team shot more, had more possession, more corner kicks, more actions in the opposite area, but that did not materialize. We were not effective and that was paid very dearly, ”he assumed.
For this reason, when asked directly about what will have to “change” next season, Varandas once again insisted that the “greens and blue and whites” have to be “more effective” and took the opportunity to highlight that “there is no one better” than the coach. Rúben Amorim to achieve this goal.
“He is the right man to continue at the top of our group. We weren’t used to having a coach at Sporting for four years and saying that he is happy at the club. It is true that he has been interested in several big European clubs, but he is very good where he is and we are very happy to have him ”, revealed the president of Sporting.
In this sense, in relation to the goals of the soccer team for the coming season, Varandas pointed to the title, but assumed that “today Sporting’s sporting course” involves finishing the championship “in the first two places.”
“The goal is obviously to be champion, because we always have that ambition. But our realistic goal is always to be in the top two places,” he noted.
On other issues on the ‘agenda’ of Sporting and Portuguese football, Frederico Varandas assumed that he was “very happy” with the proposal of the Portuguese Football Federation to separate arbitration into an independent structure and recalled that “you have to have courage to do it “.
Regarding the salary increases of the SAD administration, in a year in which, as he himself assumed, Sporting did not reach its objectives, the president said that he respects and understands “all criticism”, but insisted that the society has to follow “. best practices”.
“I don’t want to know if the president is Frederico Varandas, A, B or C. Sporting Clube has the majority of the SAD and it is the obligation of this SAD to have the best market practices. That is what I demand as president, ”he defended.
Source: TSF
