Balconies break silence after the resignation of Rui Borges: “Slightly...”

Frederico Varandas put, at the beginning of the afternoon of Monday, a final point in silence regarding the turbulent sporting situation that Sporting goes through, following the already confirmed resignation of Rui Borges and the impending hiring of (still) coach olympique Lyon, Paulo Fonseca.

“ Right now... Soon you will have an opportunity where you can ask all the questions you want. Right now, the focus is the game. Very soon, we will talk and you will be able to ask what you want,” he said, at the insistence of journalists, at Humberto Delgado Airport in Lisbon, before the departure of the green and white entourage to London.

The top leader of the green and white emblem prefers, in this way, to wait for the outcome of the meeting of the fourth round of the League of Champions league, before the Shakhtar Donetsk, to pronounce on this ‘seat dance’, which, as reported by the Sports to Minute, is on the verge of achieving.

In this duel, remember, the lions will be guided by Tiago Fernandes, who was ‘promoted’, interimly, from team B to the main, in a scenario in everything similar to that he went through, in 2018, when he went to Emirates Stadium ‘resgatar’ a tie without goals with Arsenal, between the departure of José Peseiro and the arrival of Marcel Keizer.

Sporting's calendar and accounts in the Champions League

The Shakhtar Donetsk-Sporting has an initial whistle scheduled for 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, in Stamford Bridge (the ‘house borrowed’ by Chelsea), and will be whistled by Ivan Kruzliak, Slovak judge who will have Branislav Hancko and Jan Pozor as assistants, as fourth referee Peter Kralovic, as VAR Marco di Bello and as AVAR Daniele Chiffi.

Earlier this Monday, at the beginning of the afternoon, the green and white squad will travel to Her Majesty's Land, and the traditional press conference forecasting the duel with the Ukrainian formation, in which Tiago Fernandes will answer the journalists' questions, along with the medium Spanish Sergi Altimira.

The lions, remember, currently occupy the 12th place in the league phase of the Champions League, with the same six points of Barcelona, such as Manchester City, Club Brugge and Borussia Dortmund. From the front, there will be the 17th ranked, which adds four points, as many as AS Roma, Atlético de Madrid and PSV.

Paulo Fonseca already has a premiere in Sporting

If everything goes as all the parties involved expect, Paulo Fonseca’s debut on the bench of green and white alternates will take place next Sunday, at 8:30 p.m., at Stadium José Alvalade, in the departure of the 11th day of the I Liga, against Moreirense, where the team is forbidden to vacillate again, at the risk of seeing the current ‘fosso’ increase further nine points for the leader, FC Porto.

There will be a break for international commitments, which he will take advantage of to start introducing new dynamics, before a ‘hell’ cycle, which will begin with consecutive duels with União da Serra (for the Cup of Portugal), Manchester United (for the Champions League) and FC Porto (for the I Liga), which may prove decisive on all fronts.