After Sporting v Club Brugge, Rui Borges thanks... the VAR | OneFootball

Rui Borges was asked about the importance of VAR in the Sporting - Club Brugge match, which the Lions won last Wednesday, November 26, by 3-0. The Lions' coach emphasized how this tool ended up 'saving' the game.

"VAR changed the game with the truth. It's a good thing it exists and I hope it continues like this. Once again, it brought truth to the game," he began, since Morten Hjulmand was on the verge of being sent off right at the start of the match, but VAR ended up correcting the decision.

When asked what he thought at that moment, Rui Borges was honest and revealed that he immediately thought about which substitution to make: "I thought about getting Morita to warm up [laughs]... and going to see the play. It didn’t seem like a red card to me at the time, I found the decision strange and went to check."

"It was a great performance. Above all, a mature performance. Within the young team we have, it was an adult team, they understood well the context we were in today and the competition we were playing in today (Champions), a lot of quality on that side. I don't think it was the best performance. It was a good performance, we've also had great performances before. Today was another one," the coach added.

With this victory – the 15th in 20 matches this season – Rui Borges's men now have 10 points in the competition and are in eighth place. The next match in the international competition is scheduled for Tuesday, December 9, at 5:45 pm, against Bayern Munich, in Germany.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.