Rui Borges clashes with journalist before Sporting v Marseille | OneFootball

Rui Borges previewed the Sporting - Marseille match, after Luis Suárez answered journalists at the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy. When asked about the smile he gave to the forward, who was questioned about the possible difficulty in understanding the coach's ideas, the Lions' coach was not pleased with the question.

"I understand that the smile tickles... Regarding the question to Suárez, I didn't quite understand this bad phase thing, no one talked about a bad phase before... we are in second place, three points behind the first," the Sporting coach began, somewhat irritated.

"For me, there is no bad phase. Even when we lost to Benfica, even when we lost to Porto, the dynamics were very clear. There is no bad phase," assured Rui Borges, before explaining that the fact that Marseille is the leader of Ligue 1 should give extra motivation to the Lions.

"I take it from there. It has to motivate us. If we want to be in this competition, we want to face the best in their best phases. We respected them during the draw phase for the quality of their coach, we are seeing many things to adapt our stance. They are in a good phase of the season, their quality is clear, they like to have the ball, and they are a team with a lot of ability to score goals."

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