The coach of Sporting, Rubén Amorim, ‘exempts’ this Friday the youngsters from the club’s academy from the team’s loss of performance in the second part of the match with Tottenham, on Wednesday, in the Football Champions League.
The coach spoke with the journalist in Alcochete, to ‘launch’ the match of the 11th day of the I League, against Arouca, but he ended up devoting part of the press conference to sneaking away from the performance of the “little ones”, who they were handicapped by the fact that Sporting “doesn’t have the ball”.
“It wasn’t the children’s fault. Perhaps it was because we hit a lot of balls, also on goal kicks, and it was more global than individual,” observes Amorim, after analyzing, above all, the performances of Nazinho, Mateus Fernandes, Arthur Gomes and Fatawu.
According to the technician’s analysis, who did not regret his options, because launching youngsters at decisive moments is also “part of the project”, the ‘Leonese’ team already “had many difficulties when they entered”.
“I can say that Nazinho felt the game a bit, Mateus [Fernandes] also, because it was the debut [na Liga dos Campeões]. Arthur, I didn’t feel anything. Fatawu with the tactical difficulties that he has. But Tottenham pushed us and it was no use not having the ball, ”he stressed.
In that sense, Amorim preferred to “look on the positive side”, highlighting that Mateus Fernandes “went to the fight” and “was uninhibited”, that Arthur “made the pass to Nazinho” in the first opportunity that the left back wasted. and “together with Porro in the second offer”.
He also stressed that Fatawu was “the most explosive player” he had at his disposal at a time when “the team had a hard time getting out” of their defensive zone and “he is the best header, despite the tactical difficulties.” “he introduces.
“We don’t put children in just to put them in. Everything has an explanation and it depends on the children.” [entrar em jogos difíceis] because it is part of our project”, highlighted Rubén Amorim.
The coach analyzed the performance of the youngsters on the eve of Sporting’s visit to Arouca, in a match from matchday 11 of the I Football League, which was played just three days after the draw (1-1) against Tottenham and three days before the meeting with Eintracht Frankfurt, decisive for an eventual classification to the round of 16 of the ‘Champions’.
In London, the coach released the four youngsters (Nazinho, Arthur Gomes, Mateus Fernandes and Fatawu) during the second half, at a time when Sporting was looking for a 1-0 lead, but ended up allowing the draw and ‘saving himself’. of a defeat of the video referee, who annulled the second goal of the English in the last play of the match.
Source: TSF
