António Nobre for Benfica v Sporting: Rui Borges backs the Eagles | OneFootball

Rui Borges held, this Thursday, December 4th, the preview of the match between Sporting and Benfica. The coach of the green and whites was first questioned about António Nobre - the referee chosen to officiate the match - and the potential referees' strike.

"I'm not going to talk about appointments here. I've never done it and I'm not going to. I'm not the one in charge of that part, too much time is wasted talking about it. We need to talk about the game, the spectacle, the passion it involves. Regarding that, I won't elaborate," he began, showing little interest in the matter.

Next, Rui Borges addressed the favoritism for the derby: "I will answer as I did in our game here with Porto. I said it was 50/50 and we had a slight advantage for playing at home. We even ended up losing. Benfica has a slight favoritism in that sense, but I think it is very evenly split. May it be a great game and may we continue to be the team we have been in this technical and tactical growth."

The team led by Rui Borges comes to the eternal derby with 31 points accumulated and remains in second place in the Liga Portugal Betclic standings. Porto (34) is the leader, while Benfica occupies the third position (28).

Sporting will return to the field next Friday, December 5th, against Benfica. The match, part of the 13th round of Liga Portugal Betclic, against the team led by José Mourinho, will be played at 8:15 PM at Estádio da Luz.

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