Varandas accused of copying Luís Filipe Vieira | OneFootball

Rui Borges is not under threat as Sporting’s head coach, Frederico Varandas assured. The Sporting president made the statement on the sidelines of the FPF Portugal Football Globes gala at the City of Football. Hugo do Carmo compares the attitude of the Sporting leader to that of Luís Filipe Vieira when he backed Jorge Jesus at Benfica.

"A speech that reminded me of Luís Filipe Vieira’s decision, then Benfica president, to keep Jorge Jesus in charge after the Eagles, in what went down in Portuguese football history as the black week, lost the league title because of that Kelvin goal, the Europa League final and the Portuguese Cup final. It was 2013, and what followed was Benfica’s... four straight league titles," can be read in his opinion piece for the newspaper 'A Bola'.

The journalist then admits that he thought Varandas would dismiss the coach from Mirandela. "I’m not saying Rui Borges will stay at the club for many years — Jesus did not stay at Luz either... —, but, I confess, I was one of those who admitted the possibility of Varandas doing without the coach during this long break for the national teams’ fixtures. That, as has already become clear, lasted for... one day," he wrote.

These were Frederico Varandas’ statements: "Rui Borges’ position was never in question. You are talking to me about a statistical fact, the 17th time Sporting have lost an advantage in a year and a half. It is a fact, there is no denying it. I can mention other figures. He is the coach with the most home wins in the Champions League, the coach with the most consecutive wins at Alvalade, with one of the lowest defeat percentages in Sporting’s history. He had two seasons, he always got 82 points, was national champion once, won a Portuguese Cup", he said.

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