Ricardo Monsanto slams Rui Borges at Sporting: huge lack of humility | OneFootball

Ricardo Monsanto, a football coach, analyzed on A BOLA TV the words used by Rui Borges at the post-match press conference after the game between Sporting and Arouca, which ended in a draw (2-2), in the seventh round of the Portuguese League.

“Rui Borges does not have the gift of the gab. Period. He does not have the gift of the gab, he does not know how to come up with the right justifications, and he often does not know how to move on. Rui Borges says: ‘going down to 10 forced us to drop back.’ Who forced the team to drop back was the coach, not going down to 10 men. With 10 men, it is possible for Sporting to keep pressing a little higher up the pitch."

"Even though Rui Borges does not speak Portuguese very well, the issue here is the following: humility. For some time, when Rui Borges was winning, he wanted to come across as the lad from Mirandela, very humble. No, Rui Borges is sorely lacking in humility. Especially when he loses, and this draw felt like a defeat."

“What Rui Borges just showed at the press conference is a tremendous lack of humility. Does the sending-off justify everything? No, it does not justify everything. Many teams end up with 10 players and do not concede two goals because of it. It would be one thing if he were playing against Juventus, Atlético de Madrid, Manchester United, in a European competition, against another title contender — that would be perfectly understandable. But instead, he is playing against Arouca and he had the attitude that it would have been natural for Arouca to have if the situation were reversed. That is the issue. Rui Borges does not have the gift of the gab and does not even know how to justify himself.”

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