Champions League rival, a Sporting fan, aims to win in Lisbon | OneFootball

Sporting is set to face very tough rivals in the Champions League, and the debut of the green and whites is getting closer

Jorginho, player of Kairat Almaty, does not hide his desire to come to Alvalade to beat Sporting for the Champions League. The Portuguese is one of the highlights of the Kazakh team, which achieved an unprecedented qualification for the millionaire competition after overcoming four qualifying stages. He is not the first to set up the encounter with the lions.

The Portuguese forward, who admits that Sporting is his "childhood love", gave an exclusive interview to Notícias ao Minuto, where he addressed this encounter with the national champions: "It's impossible to hide that we're already thinking about it. I'm ambitious and I want this to be a regular thing. I will face this game with the utmost naturalness, because I want to get used to playing on these stages, to hearing the anthem [of the Champions League]".

"Yes, I will enjoy it because this qualification came out of our bodies, only we know what it cost to be here. I will be serious and show that I want to be better than them", said Jorginho, from Kairat Almaty, ambitious about the aspirations of the Kazakh team in the Champions League.

Jorginho continued, with some words about the match against the lions: "We are already sure of how we will approach the game, about the functions I will have on the field, but I do not want to go into details because people will understand our strategy. I want to play against Sporting and go there to win. We cannot think of anything else. I'm not going to the Champions League just to make up the numbers. If that's the case, don't take me".

"The goal is game by game and then think about qualifying for the next stage, either through the playoffs or the top eight. We will go in search of our luck, knowing that we are not favorites in anything, and that everyone thinks we will score zero points. We'll see...", said the player who once crossed paths with Pedro Gonçalves in the formation of Sporting de Braga.

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