Rui Borges pulls no punches after Sporting win: Famalicão created nothing | OneFootball

Rui Borges was very pleased with Sporting's performance against Famalicão, in a game that ended with a 2-1 victory. The Lions went to the opponent's field, in a match for the fifth round of the Liga Portugal Betclic, and even started losing, but managed to turn the game around.

"We showed that we were here to win. We knew it was going to be a tough game, without losing at home in 2025, without conceding goals for the championship so far. A physical, competitive, well-organized team. They ended up scoring from a set piece, played a lot on transitions, but we had to chase the deficit and we had the ability to respond and not lose emotional balance. We were aware of the difficulties. We were competitive, competent, and I think the victory fits what we did," began to explain Rui Borges.

The coach of Sporting continued: "We do not vary according to the athlete who plays. They are the ones who bring different things. Iván has been important, today we opted for Vagiannidis, but I am happy to count on both. The team's ideas are what they are and they try to fulfill them. The opponent today also made it difficult, the field too, but we always had a competitive attitude above average."

"It is natural that at some moments they were a little more restrained, they come with many minutes from the national team and we have to see their response. But they did well, they did what we asked, very intense in the first phase of pressure, in the man-to-man duels, they strictly complied with what was desired to be able to beat Famalicão", explained Rui Borges, about the state of the team.

Finally, he spoke of the last moments of the match, in which Sporting was not able to control the game as much: "I think the pace dropped as usual, but Famalicão also didn't create anything. It was more about how to close the goal. If we were very tired, we wouldn't have given the response we gave."

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