Coach Rúben Amorim said on Monday that Sporting and Marseille are “similar teams” and dismissed the idea that a draw in France could be a good result for the Lions in the Champions League.
“A draw is not a good result. We are Sporting, a great club from Portugal that is growing in Europe. We don’t know which game will make the difference. In this group, everything is possible and everything can change from one person.” we have to win this match, which is very important for us. The idea is always to win”, said Rúben Amorim, at the press conference prior to the match of the third day of Group D of the Champions League, scheduled for the fair on Tuesday.
For the Portuguese coach, despite the two defeats at the start of the group, Marseille is a “powerful” team that plays football “similar” to Sporting.
“There is a great similarity between the two teams. We play practically with the same system, but in a different way. Marseille played two good games. [Eintracht] Frankfurt and if it weren’t for the expulsion against Tottenham it would also be complicated. We have an identity, we always play the same way and that’s the way it will be,” he said.
Asked about a possible interest from Wolverhampton, who dismissed coach Bruno Lage on Sunday, Amorim guaranteed that “he is happy at Sporting” and rejected at this point any transfer to the Premier League.
In the same press conference, Pedro Gonçalves considered that the duel with Marseille will be “complicated”, although Sporting aims to add another victory in the competition.
“We’re going to go in to win and play our game. We always go in to win. We’re Sporting. We know it’s a complicated game, it’s a Champions League game. They’re all complicated, but we’re prepared to give our best and win.” , He said.
The 24-year-old, who has already scored five goals and four assists this season, also expressed his desire to return to the Portuguese national team and be present at the next World Cup, scheduled for November and December, in Qatar.
“Going to the national team is a dream. I work to be in the World Cup, in the European, in any call. I will wait and do my best to be, ”she guaranteed.
The Uruguayan Coates and the Spanish Porro did not travel in Sporting’s entourage to France, both due to injury, and they are certain casualties in Rúben Amorim’s team.
Sporting leads Group D with six points, followed by Tottenham and Eintracht Frankfurt, both with three, and Marseille, still zero.
The Marseille-Sporting match is scheduled for 5:45 p.m. (6:45 p.m. local time), at the Velodrome Stadium, which will be ‘naked’ from the public, due to the punishment imposed on the French by UEFA.
Source: TSF
