After loss to Porto, Rui Borges makes a promise to Sporting fans | OneFootball

After Sporting’s defeat against Porto (2-1), Rui Borges attended the press conference at the Artur Agostinho Auditorium to answer journalists’ questions. The coach analyzed the match and lamented the loss, but left a message for the fans, promising “a lot of hard work and ambition to win every game.”

“It was an even, intense game, well played on both sides, competitive. We started well in the first half. Porto had the opening play where they were strong in the duels, but we managed to be better in the opening minutes. As time went on, the game became very balanced and the first half was quite even. We started well in the second half and, at the moment when we were playing better, those five minutes cost us dearly. We were managing to push Porto back and nothing predicted those five minutes,” he began by saying.

Despite the setback, the coach praised his players: “Above all, the team was capable. The 2-0 could have brought us down, but the team reacted, made it 2-1 and could have made it 2-2. We weren’t lucky with our finishing and in the final minutes we were a bit anxious, we lost our composure. That’s football. It was just one game, we weren’t able to do it and congratulations to the opponent.”

Rui Borges explained that he was not surprised by the Dragons’ performance: “Porto didn’t stray from what we expected. They go into a lot of duels, man to man. At times we managed to connect through the middle, at others we went wide. We had to look for space and when we did it with quality, we created danger. The team understood when to look for the longer ball and I’m happy with what they were able to do.”

Regarding the transfer market, the coach said he is satisfied with Sporting’s current squad: Sporting: The big teams have reinforced with more quality. They are more capable collectively and overall. They have more solutions able to respond, which makes the game more competitive. I’m happy with the squad and the conditions we have. I can promise a lot of hard work and ambition to win every game. This team has already shown that it is very capable and different. I have no doubt that we are going to be very happy.”

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