Miguel Mendes previews Athl. Bilbao v Sporting, hails Rui Borges | OneFootball

In a comment on Rui Borges's conference previewing the Athletic Bilbao - Sporting match - which receives serious consideration from UEFA - a duel concerning the eighth and final round of the regular phase of the Champions League, Miguel Mendes mentioned that the Lions have "a well-established attitude," and that the Sporting coach always manages to convey a calm message.

"It's a speech typical of Rui Borges. He already has this trademark image, he's a coach who likes to highlight where he came from, where he is, but I especially highlight that simplicity. Sporting at this moment is a team with a well-established identity, with a Rui Borges identity, who managed to create, change the system, maintain a winning team," said the journalist, commenting on A Bola channel.

"He is a coach who has shown, especially in these more [decisive] moments [...] he himself has admitted that these are the games where he feels calmer and sleeps better [...] in decision games. He is a coach who always conveys a message of great tranquility, there is almost no nervousness in the coach's words and I think that translates very well to the squad," he pointed out.

Regarding the game, Miguel Mendes did not hide his praise for the Club: "In fact, here it can be the culmination of a fantastic journey by Sporting. They can finish this league phase with 16 points out of a possible 24, so it is indeed fantastic at all levels what Sporting has done this season in the Champions League and the victory over Paris Saint-Germain ended up making Sporting responsible for having to finish this phase, at least with a victory."

In conclusion, the journalist also highlighted the financial prize that the Lions are currently entitled to: "There is another factor that obviously the coach does not talk about, but certainly at the management level it will be talked about a lot, Sporting has already secured 50 million in this competition, already with qualification for the playoffs guaranteed, if they manage to stay in the top eight, that amount will increase even more."

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