Sporting have never won in Italy, but Rui Borges isn't worried | OneFootball

Rui Borges gave, this Monday, November 3rd, a preview of the Juventus - Sporting match, counting for the fourth round of the Champions League group stage. The Alvalade Club has never won in Italy, but the lions' coach is not worried, as he believes he can break the jinx.

"I always believe it's possible. I stand by what I just said, in the path of the coaching team. It's a coaching team that believes a lot, regardless of the challenge. There's that saying 'if it were easy, it would be for someone else and not for me'. I am super motivated, super happy to be able to face a great team, in the best competition in Europe. A great game. With the team improving its quality of play more and more, at a good moment," he began by saying.

"I believe we will be super motivated, just as we, the coaches, are motivated. Above all, it's about enjoying the game. And it should serve as more motivation and it has to serve. In our daily lives, sometimes we have to fight even against our own psychology, and find ways to motivate them more and more to be and become better. Let this serve as motivation for the future, for their history. The history of the Club as well. May they continue to make their mark."

The coach also mentioned not having chosen the starting eleven: "As a rule, I always have doubts until the snack. And the assistants don't let me lie. They only know who plays an hour and a half before the game. Everyone has to be prepared, as simple as that. And everyone has to have connections between them. Today one plays, tomorrow another. Everyone has to grow in these connections. That's why I don't like to announce the eleven in advance, because everyone has to have that mentality. Defense? I think we can improve in all aspects. If we improve offensively, we score many more goals and we can concede and still win," he pointed out.

Rui Borges also talks about aspects to be worked on: "In the last games we have grown defensively, and the goals we conceded were in transitions, mainly in the Champions League against Marseille and Napoli. It's something we have to improve, especially at this level it's costly. Internally, we are one of the best defenses. We are not the best in numbers, but we have grown and improved. We have to work a lot on the offensive process as well, because we create a lot and could have even more goals. If we score more than the others, we will win," he concluded.

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