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In the preview of the match against Moreirense, Rui Borges did not want to elaborate on the fact that José Mourinho had called Frederico Varandas. The new Benfica coach contacted the President of Sporting, but the matter does not bother the green and white coach.

"I won't talk much about it. I didn't hear it. To be completely honest, it doesn't matter to me at all whether he called our President or not. I've said what I had to say. He is someone I identified with at the beginning of my career and still do," Rui Borges began by saying.

The Sporting coach assured that although Mourinho has signed with Benfica, he remains an example: "It's not because he's with the rival that I'm going to stop saying it, because he is someone who made a mark on world football. He was always someone we looked up to in the early stages because he was the best in the world. I'm happy to face him and have that challenge."

"After coming to Benfica, I spoke with Villas-Boas and with Varandas, the President of Sporting. The fact that I'm the coach of Benfica does not mean I came to make war. Do I think I'll be cheered again at Dragão? Obviously not," José Mourinho assured, after the match of the reds with AVS.

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