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120 years of greatness 👑

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Rui Borges press-conference for Viseu match 🎙️

• The team has reflected on the defeat to LASK and understands what went wrong, both individually and collectively. Borges admitted the team lacked energy, intensity and inspiration, with too many mistakes in possession.

• On Sergi Altimira playing deeper, Borges defended his tactical approach. The team builds with three at the back and can defend in a 5-2-3 or 5-4-1, depending on the opposition. He insisted the defeat was not caused by Altimira’s positioning.

• Asked about the team’s recent performances, Borges disagreed with the journalist’s assessment. He acknowledged the poor second half against Vitória SC and the difficulties against Arouca, but stressed that every match has its own circumstances. The team is still developing, and occasional lapses in maturity are part of that process.

• The team has conceded nine goals at home, something Borges knows must improve. He highlighted defensive transitions as an area to work on, particularly given the team’s ambition to dominate possession.

• Looking back at LASK, Borges admitted some decisions could have been different, including the timing of substitutions. However, he stressed that football is a game of opinions and every coach sees situations differently.

• On midfield creativity, Borges explained that using players such as João Simões or Issa Doumbia depends on what each match demands.

• Zeno Debast and Rodrigo Zalazar are unavailable. Ibrahima Ba, meanwhile, is an option for tomorrow, although Borges believes he still needs more time in training.

• Borges also backed Flávio Gonçalves, explaining that his reduced playing time is not down to a lack of quality. Some matches require greater defensive balance in midfield, but he remains confident Flávio can contribute in the right circumstances.

🟢⚪ Plenty to improve, but Borges remains focused on the team’s growth and finding the right balance as the season progresses.

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Tiago Fernandes might have the one of the most questionable talent ID’s in the game, but somehow he gets results.

João Gião was getting “next big thing” praises for a similar performance.

Zaid and Mauro emphasising the urgency to get their contract renewals done asap.

[Sporting Scope 🦁💚 @ScopeSporting]

As a support page, we try to base our analyses and opinions on rationality and not emotions. While Varandas decides not to sack him, we will try our best to not contribute to the toxic environment around the team.

With that being said, if you don’t think things can improve with different players then go ahead and give up and save yourself the waste of time.

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@thatguy_0001 Our bench has already shown that they can have an impact. Yesterday, we would’ve won if he had made the bulk of changes 10-15 min earlier. He will need to rely on them more.

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Once again, some tough decisions need to be made by Rui Borges to invert the situation:

- Keep Kaique in the starting 11
- Bench Quaresma or Inácio
- Start Ba (and maybe Debast when fit)
- Bring back the original formula and push Altimira further up
- Start Flávio in high-volume matches
- Start Luis Guilherme for Geny
- Sub Doumbia more often when he is uninspired
- Trust Pedro Lima more
- Trust the bench more

There needs to be internal competition and meritocracy, for our players to feel like their place is not guaranteed if they are underperforming.

Yesterday’s humbling could be determinant for the season, if Rui Borges realizes that he has alternative formulas that need to be adjusted according to the opponent’s profile. He has repeatedly said that our base formation has not changed, just certain nuances in player roles. Well the next step now is to improve his profiling and attribute the right roles for each match, while also learning to trust his bench.

Back to work team, we have the whole season ahead of us.

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@Silabe He will have to if we wants to keep his job. Varandas might not sack him now, that doesn’t mean he won’t at the end of the season.

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@___Z___1906 The season can be lost in the next games. Not lost yet.

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Terrible performance to throw away a good start and early lead. Seems like we underestimated the opponent and thought it would’ve been a walk in the park. We only ever switched back on in the game when it was already 1-3.

Really disappointing performances from most players, and disappointing reaction from Rui Borges as well. If Luis Guilherme came on 10 minutes earlier, we would’ve won the game.

We’ll have to go get these 3 points somewhere else. Now the focus switches back to the league, where we cannot afford to lose any more points. We need a serious reaction to this embarrassing performance!

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Sporting CP #StartingXI vs LASK Linz:

Kaique; Fresneda, Eduardo Quaresma, Gonçalo Inácio and Maxi; Altimira, João Simões and Issa Doumbia; Geny Catamo, Irankunda and Suárez

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Alvalade UCL Nights ✨

Time to get to 9 points 💪

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Nestory Irankundaaaaaa 🔥

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Essa do trabalho do Amorim é outra mentira que não pega. O Rui Borges apanha uma equipa destruída em véspera dum derbi, já depois de perderem toda a vantagem conseguida pelo trabalho do Amorim. Mais a frente, foi obrigado a ir à luta com um meio campo Debast-Felicíssimo/Brito, e por algum tempo até sem Gyokeres. Foram raras as vezes que teve o onze de gala disponível.

O mérito pelo título foi de quem liderou a equipa numa época tão conturbada, não de quem abandonou-a.

[Sporting Scope 🦁💚 @ScopeSporting]

@diogomlbernardo Tu literalmente disseste que com o Rui Borges andamos longe dos títulos. Mentira.

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Massive respect for Rui Borges’ journey in Europe.

Will never forget how Amorim used to cry about us not being ready for CL level to justify 1-5 losses to Ajax at home. We currently have about 5/6 players with CL experience and we keep showing up.

No excuses, just work.

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🟢 Rui Borges iguala Rúben Amorim!

O treinador do Sporting chegou às 8 vitórias na Champions League pelos leões, igualando o registo de Amorim na competição. ⚽

📊 Amorim: 8 vitórias em 24 jogos
📊 Rui Borges: 8 vitórias em 16 jogos

O mesmo número de vitórias, em menos 8 jogos. 👀

#SportingCP #ChampionsLeague

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@TheMatchdayMan @portugalsoccer @Portugalfutbol @PortugalFotboll @portugalfoot_fr @ptfooty @Portuguesefoot 💚💚💚

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@BridgeAZ2 When he starts scoring, 15M will seem almost free

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We really stole this gem 💎

20 years old…

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What a win! Very mature performance that emphasises the team’s growing capacity to sit back and suffer at times, something we were clearly struggling with in the beginning of the season.

Solid defensively throughout the 90 minutes, we were always dangerous when finding the spaces and we finally had a keeper to keep the clean sheet. We also showed good composure with longer possessions to put ice in the game in crucial periods. As always, we need to improve our output in the final third and still some work to be done to become more dominant at all times. Nonetheless, a lot of merit to Rui Borges. When his back was against the wall, he adjusted the profiling of the players in his system to match their strengths and responded with 2 wins in 2 big games.

6 points in 6, best possible start, and now we need to capitalise on this momentum and make it 9 points in Alvalade.

Vamos Sporting 💚