Rui Borges on injury blow for Sporting - Alverca: We have to cope | OneFootball

Rui Borges commented on the injury that took Iván Fresneda out of the Sporting - Alverca match. The Spanish right-back was started by the green and white coach but ended up being replaced by Vagiannidis after getting injured. The Sporting coach spoke to Sporttv microphones in the usual flash interview at the end of the match, which the green and white team won 2-0.

"I know he had a small sprain, I believe it's not very serious, that he will return quickly, but I think it's more traumatic than anything else," Rui Borges began to explain, who also recently lost Zeno Debast to injury.

The Sporting coach continued with a positive speech: "But it's football, we have to know how to deal with it, and sometimes one person's bad luck is another's good fortune. And our image is the collective. A thank you also to the fans, who were important on Tuesday, and again today."

Rui Borges was then asked about the tough matches for Benfica and Porto, who face Guimarães and Braga, respectively, this round: "The only benefit was our victory, I'm only focused on what I can control. We did what we had to do, a difficult game, we did our part."

"Yes, it's more difficult. They will only have one game before ours, a new coach in what is already a great team. They will gain a different energy, beyond what is strategic, which we won't have much to study. But we will focus on what we control, and if we focus on our part, I believe in a great game," concluded Rui Borges about Sporting's next match against Juventus in the Champions League.

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