José Mourinho heaps praise on Rui Borges, but reminds of Amorim at Sporting | OneFootball

José Mourinho praised Rui Borges and thanked the Sporting coach for his words in the preview of the eternal derby. The Benfica coach recalled the role of the green and white coach when Ruben Amorim moved to Manchester United.

“I have nothing to teach him. I thank Rui for his words, but I already know you’re going to label me as lacking humility. It’s normal that these coaches from the generation after mine admire someone who did what I did and opened the door for people to think about coaching in a certain way,” said José Mourinho.

“Obviously, I appreciate Rui’s words, because he could have chosen not to say them, but he did. I have to thank him. I don’t think he has anything to learn from me in the derby. He’s a coach with experience, with ability, a national champion. He knows very well what he wants for his team and, in my opinion, he deserves a lot of credit: the transformation of Ruben Amorim’s Sporting into ‘his’ Sporting,” added the Portuguese coach.

“He was objective, courageous, knew exactly what he wanted, brushed aside a lot of criticism, and is doing an extraordinary job. I have the utmost respect for him and, just as he said he respects me as he does all others, I echo his words as my own. I respect him and any coach we face in Portugal,” concluded José Mourinho.

Sporting will be back on the pitch this Friday, December 5th, against Benfica. The match, part of the 13th round of the Liga Portugal Betclic, against the team led by José Mourinho, will take place at Estádio da Luz at 8:15 pm.

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