The coach Rubén Amorim said this Friday that he will stay at Sporting until the end of the season, “no matter what happens”, but he assumed, in Alcochete, that he was anxious for the championship to be interrupted during the World Cup in Qatar.
“By the end of the year [época]whatever happens, I will not abandon the boys and I will accept it, because no coach should come here without thinking about the project”, concluded the coach, at a press conference, at the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy.
Amorim responded to a question about the probability of continuing to be the club’s coach when he plays the Europa League in February, and supported his position with the desire to “show that the club is first.”
“It would be too easy for me to say [que] I’m going out, [porque] the results are not good [mas] How did that help the club? Here came someone who was not thought of, created instability, abandoned my players at a difficult stage for them. Until the end of the season there is no more talk about it. Let’s be 10, 11 [lugares]I stay here and assume my responsibilities”, stressed the coach.
Then, given the insistence on the issue and the request to comment on a contract renewal proposal that has been reported in recent weeks, he returned to refer a decision to a later phase of the season and assumed the willingness to stop reflect on everything around you
“I didn’t want to be talking about this, because I need the break. I repeat, I need the break to think about everything too, because I am responsible for the team and only the team can change this moment for Sporting. “, she admitted.
Previously, Amorim had already expressed his desire to stop the championship during the World Cup, but to work with his team to take “a step forward”, rejecting the idea of returning to a more defensive way of playing and exploring offensive transitions. used at the time of winning the title, in 2020/21.
“I have no problem admitting that I am looking forward to the break and we are not going to take any steps back. It does not make sense, it will only create insecurity in the players. We have to take a step forward, improve playing like this”, he pointed out. .
The Sporting coach addressed the issues of his continuity at the club during the press conference prior to the match against Vitória de Guimarães, on matchday 12 of the I Football League.
The ‘lions’, sixth, with 19 points, receive the fifth, with 20, on Saturday, at the Estádio José Alvalade, in Lisbon, in a match scheduled for 8:30 p.m. and refereed by Manuel Mota (AF Braga).
Source: TSF
