Striker Paulinho and defender St. Only with “a bit of luck” will they be able to recover from their respective injuries in time to play again in I Liga soccer this season, Sporting coach Rúben Amorim revealed today.
The two were joined, in recent weeks, by Jovane Cabral and Daniel Bragança in the ‘leões’ clinical bulletin, players who will not play until the end of the season, a situation that the coach predicted would be repeated, in a previous press conference. of the meeting with Arouca.
“There are three players, four with Dani [Daniel Bragança] that we would have to have some luck to play again [nesta época]. I don’t want to say this because I’m not a doctor, but I see it with difficulty that they can return,” said Rúben Amorim.
The four are, therefore, confirmed absences for the reception to Arouca, on Sunday, in a match of the 28th day of the I League that is played between the two games with Juventus, of the quarterfinals of the Europa League, in which The ‘lions’ need to recover from the 1-0 disadvantage conceded in the first leg, in Turin.
After several players expressed, on social networks, their confidence to turn around the European tie, Rúben Amorim recalled that where they can show that they want to “turn around is tomorrow”. [domingo]”, against Arouca, and that “winning the championship is now the great objective”.
“The fear is not that they lose concentration, it is to turn on the ‘chip’ again later… It seems that we just got off the plane. That is the great danger. But we have already shown that, when we come back from European competitions, we are strong, ”he assumed.
Regarding the news that this week put him back on the ‘route’ of the English League, this time about the possible interest of Chelsea, Amorim refused to comment, alleging that he has already talked about his future.
Likewise, he said he was not afraid that the athletes who have been coveted, specifically Pedro Gonçalves, would be affected by the news because “they are happy at the club” and pointed, with humor, to the values of the termination clauses.
“Pans [Pedro Gonçalves] it’s 80 million. So if they bring in 80 million, maybe I’ll take it there. As long as they don’t contribute 80 million, he will stay at Sporting,” argued the coach.
Sporting receives Arouca on Sunday, in a match of the 28th round of the First Football League, which begins at 8:30 p.m., at the Estádio José Alvalade, in Lisbon, with the refereeing of Vítor Ferreira (AF Braga ).
The team led by Rúben Amorim needs to win to continue in the fight for access to the Champions League, remaining in fourth position, five points behind Sporting de Braga, third, and seven points behind FC Porto, second.
Arouca, led by Armando Evangelista, is fifth in the League, just behind Sporting, and has gone six games without losing, in which they have won four and drawn two.
Source: TSF
