Coach Rúben Amorim today took on the frustration of the tie with Gil Vicente, which delayed Sporting in the fight for access to the Champions League, and refused to make any further calculations on the matter.
In the press conference prior to the visit to Casa Pia, the ‘leões’ coach assumed that he had not even seen the ‘classic’ between Benfica and FC Porto, on Friday, as well as “most” of his players, because ” It has to be hard not to be in this fight.”
“We have to look at ourselves. At such a distance from first place, obviously we have to be very frustrated. Now, let’s stop doing math. I don’t do math anymore. grant. I just want to beat Casa Pia and then we’ll see”, Rúben Amorim vented, at the Sporting Academy, in Alcochete.
For the coach, if there are “positive points” to be drawn from the two points lost in Barcelos on Wednesday, it is precisely the feeling the team left the pitch with.
“That was felt right away when the players came downstairs. Only those who don’t want to win may not be frustrated with what happened in Barcelos. I think you can see a bit that I still am, but I know clearly.” where do we need to improve, how are we going to improve, and are we going to do it in the future,” she noted.
Sporting visits Casa Pia before traveling to Turin, to face Juventus, in the quarterfinals of the Europa League, but the coach is not worried about a possible lack of commitment from the players in the I Liga match, because , he guaranteed, “if they hang up, they don’t play the next game” and they know the current state of mind of the coach.
“If they’re not happy with Casa Pia, they won’t play with Juventus. That’s very clear and they already know what they’re counting on. So I don’t have that fear and they… are upset right now.” I am sure that they will not make it easy”, argued Rúben Amorim.
Sporting visits Casa Pia on Sunday, in a match of the 27th round of the 1st Portuguese Football League, which begins at 6:00 p.m., at the Estádio Nacional, in Oeiras, with the refereeing of Fábio Veríssimo (AF Leiria ).
The team led by Rúben Amorim, which has gone five games without conceding a goal for the championship, but comes from a draw in the visit to Gil Vicente, needs to win to recover the distance with second place, occupied by FC Porto, by seven . points won on Friday, at the Estádio da Luz, by 2-1.
Source: TSF
