Rui Borges concerned after Sporting's win over Estoril: It's tough | OneFootball

Rui Borges expressed some concern after Sporting's victory. Despite his players emerging victorious from the Estádio Coimbra da Mota by beating Estoril 1-0, the coach from Mirandela does not want the level displayed in this game to be repeated.

“It's hard to justify. I could excuse it with a lack of energy and fatigue... I also don't want to think that we were already thinking about Wednesday's game. It can't happen again. We won, that's true, but we did just enough to win, even though Estoril didn't create anything extraordinary against us,” he said to the official media of the Alvalade Club.

Despite the level presented, Rui Borges showed no concern about the energy of his players, as he has substitutes on the bench ready to step in: “Let this serve as an example for everyone to be available and prepared to play. If energy is lacking, others will play. I trust everyone, and if I have to change nine or ten players, I'll do it without problems. We have to be available and at our best. Today it was enough, but in the future, it might not be.”

“I promise hard work. We won't always play well, but the attitude must always be there. Even if the management is well done, we won't always have the same quality. The competitive attitude today was important, it had to be great, but we lacked it. When we don't play well, let it be like today, winning, which is important,” added the coach of the lions.

Thus, Sporting will return to the field only next Wednesday, October 1st, against Napoli. The match, part of the second round of the Champions League, against the team led by Antonio Conte, will be played at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium at 8:00 PM.

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