Pinotes Batista on Rui Borges' down-to-earth style: The Sporting boss is... | OneFootball

André Pinotes Batista highlighted, in his most recent opinion piece, the personality and even the impact of Rui Borges - who might count on a 'reinforcement' - at Sporting. The commentator argues that the Sporting coach is many things, and among them, he considers him "a funny man".

"Rui Borges is many things, and among them, he is a funny man. Earning hundreds of thousands of euros, he wears a simple Casio watch costing €19.99. He faces, without hesitation, millions of viewers in pre-match, flash, and post-match conferences, and uses colloquial expressions without reservation," he said, in an opinion piece published in the newspaper Record.

"Not rarely, instead of the team, he lines up 'the guys'; instead of competitive concentration, he demands they 'stay connected' and, strangely, he does not shy away from discussing football, where everyone else ignites controversies and rehearses sad mind games," he added.

"The Sporting coach is funny, but, much more importantly, he is competent. With him at the helm, Sporting became champions twice, won a Portuguese Cup, had two brilliant European campaigns, leads in goals scored, artistic note and, compared to previous seasons, owes nothing to anyone, not even to Amorim.

"Proven that the helmsman is funny and competent, it is important to support his resilience. Sporting loses the most influential forward of the last 30 years in one season and, halfway through the next, no one remembers. Tsunamis of injuries hit Alcochete, Borges does not complain, yet he resolves. And so, with his ingenuity, Sporting continues in the fight for the championship, the Champions League, and the Portuguese Cup," he concluded.

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