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

Rui Borges expressed some concern after Sporting's victory. Despite his pupils emerging victorious from the Estádio Coimbra da Mota, by defeating 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 myself with the lack of energy and fatigue… I also don't want to think that we were already thinking about Wednesday's game. It cannot happen again. We won, that's true, but we did just enough to win, even though Estoril didn't create anything extraordinary”, he told the official media of the Alvalade Club.

Despite the level shown, Rui Borges showed he is not worried about the energy of his pupils, as he has players on the bench ready to come on: “Let it serve as an example for everyone to be available and prepared to play. If energy is lacking, others play. I trust everyone and if I have to change nine or ten players, I do it without any problems. We have to be available and at our best. Today it was enough, but in the future it may not be”.

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

Thus, Sporting will take the field again only next Wednesday, October 1, against Napoli. The match, counting for 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.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.