Samu or De Jong? Rui Borges on Farioli’s pick for Sporting v Porto | OneFootball

Rui Borges believes that Samu will be Farioli's initial choice for Sporting – Porto instead of De Jong. In the preview of the upcoming classic next Saturday at 8:30 PM, at Estádio José Alvalade, the coach of the green and whites - besides commenting on the situations of Ioannidis and Harder - highlighted the qualities of the two forwards of the dragons, but mentioned that the Spaniard should start.

“I believe Samu will play instead of De Jong. Porto has many solutions, a lot of quality, they have great players capable of responding, De Jong offers certain characteristics, Samu offers others, but I focus more on the collective. Porto is not weakened, they responded well in the last game, but I think Samu will play,” Rui Borges began by stating.

“Regarding Porto, I don't think they have an advantage for being at Sporting longer. They are a team faithful to their game, very vertical, aggressive play with the ball, defensively strong in duels. Physically they have become stronger, we have to be prepared for the duels,” analyzed Rui Borges.

“It's important to respond in every game, but we are in the fourth round, it won't define anything for the end of the season. These are the games that stress me the least. It will be competitive, a good game, but we follow our path, we want to be strong in front of our fans and we want to keep winning,” concluded Rui Borges, in the preview of the Sporting – Porto.

Sporting – Porto is scheduled for next Saturday at 8:30 PM, at Estádio José Alvalade. The game pertains to the fourth round of the Liga Portugal Betclic and pits two of the current three leaders of the competition against each other, alongside Moreirense. The match will be refereed by João Gonçalves.

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