Sporting intends to reach the Lisbon derby, in two weeks, at the top of the First Football League and the objective is to recover and increase the advantage in the visit to Boavista, coach Rúben Amorim assumed this Sunday.
“To win championships, we have to win our games, but others also have to lose points. At this point it is still too early to make calculations. At the moment, with the goal difference, we are not in first place. We want to recover that position “against a very difficult team,” highlighted the Lions coach.
In a press conference prior to the match that closes the ninth day of the championship, Rúben Amorim rejected any extra incentive due to the fact that Benfica lost points against Casa Pia, but considers it important to extend the advantage.
“Our derby is in two weeks. It is important to get to these challenges first, but the attraction is the same. We want to win the game, that is what we are going to try to do, even if Benfica had won.” Braga also lost points and we want to continue with our winning streak,” argued Rúben Amorim.
The Sporting coach left the doubt as to who will be the owner of the Bessa goal, whether Adan or Franco Israel, who started in the Europa League, in the draw against Raków (1-1), a match in which the Comparisons You cannot make and take away positive or negative things, given the early expulsion of Gyökeres in the eighth minute, which affected the confrontation.
“We clearly know what we want to do. What raises doubts is Boavista’s performance. They are going through financial difficulties, but they have great character. They are a very well-worked team, with good dynamics and we are having an excellent championship, there is no “There is no pressure whatsoever. It is not the past that gives us doubts, but the present, which is a very strong Boavista team, but we are prepared for the challenge,” praised the Coach of the ‘green and white’ team.
The Portuguese soccer coach, Roberto Martínez, recently expressed that Pedro Gonçalves is “the most unlucky player”, since he fights for the “most difficult” positions in the national team, which left him out of the final call of the corner team .
“I was a weaker player than Pote, but my generation was less strong than the current one. I am putting him in various positions to see if they can take him. He has to play, score, assist, run a lot, but “The truth is that In this generation it is very difficult to enter. The same with Nuno Santos and Paulinho. “They have to work as hard as possible,” he stressed.
Sporting, second classified, with 22 points, visits Boavista, sixth, with 15, on Monday, at 8:15 p.m., in a match on the ninth day of the I Liga, at the Estádio do Bessa, in Porto, which will feature the refereeing of Nuno Almeida, of the Algarve Football Association.
Source: TSF
