“It would be a terrible example of Varandas using and discarding Rui Borges”

O Sporting takes place this Friday at 8:15 p.m. (Hour of Continental Portugal), to the Municipal Stadium of Rio Maior, where will have the Casa Pia, at the opening meeting of the tenth day of the I Liga, which may prove to be preponderant for the continuity (or not) of Rui Borges in the technical command.

In an interview granted, this Friday, to the program ‘Bola Branca’, issued by Rádio Renascença, Artur Torres Pereira argued, still, that the mirandelense meets all the conditions to remain in office, regardless of the inconsistencies that lions have been leading.

“ I don't know if Rui Borges is on time, I don't want him. I don't want it because I think it would be a bad example to use and discard. It is true that circumstances are not the best, that we have not had a regular regime of victories, as in a recent past... But this is part of a process of growth and evolution of football teams ", said.

In the opinion of the doctor, who took the chair of the Club Management Committee in 2018, when the invasion of the Alcochete Academy (which resulted in the removal of Bruno de Carvalho and consequent election of Frederico Varandas), it is necessary to have against other factors, including the authentic ‘revolution’ carried out in the squad last summer.

“ One might question whether it would have been efficient or whether it would have been good to change the team so radically, as it was made last year for this one, but I have no data to make me answer this question clearly. The direction of Sporting understood this, and will certainly have reason to do so. As he has done, therefore, at this moment, it is not worth crying over the shed milk. What there is is to grow the team, and for that, we have to have time ", reflected.

“ My expectation is, of course, to win the game, isn't it? We always want our team to win and Sporting to win, and we need to win. Anyway, using even a happy expression of the beginning of the current coach's term, Rui Borges, when he arrived in Sporting, if there is no inspiration, that does not lack the attitude ", completed.

The state of play of Sporting

Sporting, remember, arrives at this round in the third position of the I Liga, with 18 points, as many as Santa Clara, nine less than the leader, FC Porto, and four less than the second ranked, Benfica, so a new ‘swipe’, in the visit to Casa Pia would leave ‘for a thread’ the candidacy to win the title of national champion.

Much more encouraging is the situation of the green and white emblem in the Champions League, where it occupies the 12th place of the league phase (which is worth the clearance for the playoff of access to the final eighths), with the same six points of Barcelona, Like, Manchester City, Club Brugge and Borussia Dortmund.

In the Cup of the League, the clearance for the ‘final four’ (where the Famalicão will stand) was achieved thanks to the triumph over the Maritime, by 2-1, while in the Cup of Portugal, the entry into the fourth elimination will take place at the weekend of 21 and 22 November, against the Union of the Serra, in the Stadium José Alvalade.