Marius Niculae on Sporting's situation: they lack a truly decisive player | OneFootball

Marius Niculae commented on Sporting’s current situation and expressed great confidence that Rui Borges’ men can qualify for the round of 16 in the Champions League. The former Lions player did not watch the match against Club Brugge, but he has a positive opinion about Sporting’s journey.

In this case, the former Sporting star recalled that, currently, the Lions do not depend on just one player, as was the case with Viktor Gyokeres: “They don’t have such a decisive player, but they have Trincão, they have Luis Suárez, they have Quenda, they have Alisson. Right now, they are more of a team. In the last two years, they depended more on a single player, who was decisive in many moments. But football is a team game and it’s always preferable to have several players who can make the difference... with goals,” he said in statements to Record, before turning his attention to the Lions’ remaining fixtures in the Champions League. “The game in Munich will be very difficult, but in Bilbao, Sporting are the favorites. I watched a recent game of theirs [Athletic Bilbao] and I got the impression that they are not going through a good moment.”

Next, Niculae addressed the situation with PSG, whom Sporting will also face in the Champions League: “Vitinha, João Neves, and Gonçalo Ramos, who scores every time he plays, are in my opinion, the three best players on the team.”

The former striker has no doubt that Sporting, against Athletic, “it’s 3 points, absolutely certain.” “With Bayern and PSG it will be more difficult.” Outside the Champions League, Marius Niculae believes that Sporting will be able to reclaim the national championship title.

“I believe Sporting have enough strength to become champions three times in a row. I look at the squad and see that they have many young players. It won’t be a problem for them to play many games in a row. Even if they don’t have much experience, they can play an important role if they play alongside the more experienced players, who are also in the squad,” he concluded.

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