Sporting coach Rúben Amorim said on Tuesday that winning the League Cup would not save the season, but set out to win the trophy again.
The coach won the competition for the first time in the service of Sporting de Braga, in 2020, before moving to Alvalade, where he won the title again in the following two seasons, but stressed that the responsibility to win it “is the same”. , because representing Sporting “requires it”.
“It doesn’t save anything. We don’t want to win the League Cup anymore because we don’t have the other competitions. It’s a league where you win a title and we want to win more championships”shot Rúben Amorim, in Alcochete, in anticipation of the meeting with Farense, scheduled for this Wednesday (8:45 p.m.), which marks the debut of the Lions in this competition.
In addition to “obviously wanting to win the League Cup”, the coach again stressed the importance of adding “consecutive victories”, but assumed that he will use the group stage of the competition to align the team to the championship , which will resume at the end of December, and even thank you that the competitions were not completely interrupted due to the 2022 World Cup.
“More than thinking about what it should be, what would improve the League Cup, in my head I’m just thinking about how we’re going to present ourselves better when the Championship starts again. It’s a more personal view, but I’m looking at this matches with good eyes, even if I don’t have important players, because there are others who have to play,” said the Sporting coach.
Among those who will play, Dário Essugo won the race against Sotiris Alexandropulos, because he has “more working time” than the Greek, who was absent from his country’s national team, and because Amorim wants to see him in action, taking into account also “planning the next season”.
“We are going to use every minute to improve, knowing that the goal is not to rotate someone, it’s not to see someone. The goal is to win and Essugo is the player that gives me more guarantees at the moment. to win the game”Rúben Amorim analyzed.
On the other hand, Daniel Bragança and Luís Neto, injured, will not play, but Amorim revealed that the central defender for his side has “carte blanche” to extend his contract with the Lions, because despite being 34 years old, “it is a very important player” for the Working Group.
In doubt is another central defender, Jeremiah St. Juste, despite working and improving “all indexes” since the First League was interrupted, to make way for the Qatar World Cup and the League Cup. “Too bad St. Juste is in doubt before the game. He just got a blow to his knee and the way he left, I don’t know what it will be like. He will be reassessed,” the coach revealed.
Sporting will receive Farense, an II Liga team, on Wednesday, on the first matchday of Group B of the Football League Cup, with the start scheduled at 8:45 p.m., at Estádio José Alvalade, in Lisbon, and refereed by Nuno Almeida (AF Algarve ).
The team coached by Rúben Amorim defends the title won over the past two seasons, at a time when they are 12 points behind leaders Benfica in the I Liga, having already been eliminated in the Portuguese Cup and European teams’ competitions for 13 rounds, relegated from the Champions League to the Europa League.
Source: DN
