The Sporting coach said he was not worried about next Friday’s classic between Benfica and FC Porto and that the “only concern” is to add three more points against Farense in the seventh round of the Football League.
“We want to finish the day in first place and that only depends on us. We have been chasing for a year and we know that if we win, we will always be first. If we win our match, we will be First of all, we don’t have to look at others,” he said Ruben Amorim, at a press conference ahead of the meeting with Farense.
As for the Algarve, the coach of ‘Leonine’ warned of the difficulty of facing the team led by José Mota.
“It will be a difficult match, unlike Rio Ave, against a team led by an experienced coach, who will wait for our transitions, and in which every detail will count. The field is narrow and we have trained with that detail on a shorter field, but we know what we want to do: we want to have the ball, not lose, create chances and not concede goals,” emphasized the coach, who also warned of Farense’s ability to play against the ‘bigs’ . ‘, for the ability to “take advantage of spaces and greater freedom” on the pitch.
Ruben Amorim also said that Viktor Gyokeres is fit for the match in Faro and that Diomande, a central defender who left the last match with complaints, is also 100 percent. As for the ’11’ for the seventh round match, the coach explained that there is not room for everyone in the starting XI.
“It’s good to have several players in good form, but let’s not try to include all the players who are in good form and create a big mess. That’s impossible and if we try, it will disrupt the dynamics of ruin the team.” warned the coach about ‘green-white’.
The Sporting coach also commented on the draw for the third round of the Portuguese Cup, which saw Sporting face Olivais and Moscavide.
“It is a match with a team from the district, close, and that is good. It will be a match in which we have to remember Varzim, last season, in which we were eliminated. We want to do much better this year and that implies winning of elimination,” Amorim concluded.
Sporting, first placed, with 16 points, will visit Farense, 11th, with six, on Saturday from 8:30 PM at the São Luís Stadium in Faro in a match of the seventh round of the I Football League, with arbitration by Luís Godinho, of the association Évora.
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Source: DN
