Rui Borges on Sporting player’s new injury: it could be quite serious | OneFootball

Sporting was eliminated this Tuesday, January 6th, in the semi-final of the Allianz Cup after losing 2-1 to V. Guimarães in Leiria, in a match where the team from Guimarães completed a comeback in stoppage time, with a brace from Ndoye (90'+2 and 90'+11).

In statements at the end of the match, Rui Borges lamented the injuries to Fotis Ioannidis and Eduardo Quaresma (which he said seemed quite serious), emphasizing that the physical problems plaguing the Sporting squad are worthy of a "case study": "A competitive and difficult game from start to finish. Vitória believed until the end and ended up being rewarded for it. In the second half we could have made it 2-0 and didn’t manage to, also due to the merit of the opposing goalkeeper. It’s sad because it seems like a case study. We leave here with two more injuries and that makes me sad. Everything has happened to us. More than being punished at the end of the game, it was the fact that we lost two more players," said the Sporting coach in his flash interview with Sport TV.

The coach was disappointed with the elimination: "It’s not difficult, but it keeps hitting and it wears you down. I was hurt by the loss of both. Sad because Edu’s injury may be quite serious. But that’s football. We have to keep our heads up, congratulate the opponent. We really wanted to be in the final but we have to keep going."

Rui Borges praised Charles’s performance: "Vitória came with a different kind of pressure than they usually do and than they did at home. We should have looked for more long passes, whenever we broke through Vitória’s first line of pressure we had space. Great saves by Vitória’s goalkeeper. We could have made it 2-0. But congratulations to Vitória, that’s it."

Even so, the coach believes the team will bounce back: "The group has already shown that their resilience is enormous. There’s still a lot of league left. We have a long road ahead. We’re sad not to be playing in a final we really wanted, and we hope those who are out can recover because we need everyone. We have a few days to recover and catch our breath, but we really wanted to be in the final. We want to get back to winning ways in the next match," he concluded.

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