Vítor Pinto questions Roberto Martínez over Sporting star: Why? | OneFootball

Vítor Pinto spoke about Pote’s lack of minutes in the national team’s friendly against the United States. The journalist cannot understand Roberto Martínez’s “excuses” for not having used the Portuguese international.

“The coach’s concern in talking about Pote after the United States game was extraordinary. If there was a limitation regarding Pote, if it had been agreed with Sporting, if Pote had been doing individualized work and if he was not going to be involved in the game in Atlanta, why wasn’t that explained beforehand? ”, he asked on a Jornal Record podcast.

The deputy editor of the same media outlet continued to discuss the issue. “Why did we have to wait until the end of the second game against the United States to finally find out that everything had been arranged for Pote not to play? But is it so that Pote can start as center forward against Santa Clara, or was it a genuine concern about the condition of the pitch in Atlanta?”, he said.

To conclude, Vítor Pinto criticized Roberto Martínez’s inconsistencies. “Sometimes Mr. Roberto Martínez’s explanations, with all due respect, he is an extraordinarily nice man, but at times he gives explanations that, because they are not challenged at the time, become difficult to understand”, he concluded.

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