Tomás da Cunha on Rui Borges at Sporting: still finding it tough | OneFootball

Tomás da Cunha commented on the Vitória SC - Sporting match, which took place last Tuesday, December 23rd, which the Lions won 4-1. In the opinion of the sports commentator, the connection between Francisco Trincão and Fotis Ioannidis was a winning bet by Rui Borges, but he believes there is a player who still has much to improve: João Simões.

"The Trincão-Ioannidis partnership was Sporting's main argument. The 1-4 score reinforces the Greek's reading to move to the right and free up the midfielder (a complete performance) to create. João Simões had a good first half, but still has difficulties maintaining consistency. Rui Silva was less stable," he wrote on his account on the 'X' platform.

Furthermore, Tomás da Cunha also analyzed the Lions' second goal in the match, praising the play in question: "The 0-2 is one of Sporting's best plays of the season. It created conditions for Mangas to arrive on the vulnerable side, there was a brutal understanding of spaces/roles between Ioannidis and Trincão. Vitória's nature is to press, but they ended up being surprised in every way."

With this victory – the 19th in 26 matches this season – Rui Borges's men now have 38 points and remain in second place in the Liga Portugal Betclic standings. Porto (43) is in first place. Benfica is third with 35.

The green and white team will be back on the pitch next Sunday, December 28th, against Rio Ave. The match, counting for the 16th round of the National Championship, against the team led by Sotiris Sylaidopoulos, will be played at 8:30 pm in Alvalade.

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