Sporting dressing room mood leaves Rui Borges pensive | OneFootball

Despite all the buzz surrounding the Sporting squad, Rui Borges never lost the support of the locker room, Leonino knows. The coach of the green and whites is aware that he has his team on his side, ready to follow his instructions in the fight for the championship three-peat.

According to sources close to the process, the coach of the Alvalade Club is satisfied and happy with the attitude of his players who, even though they are aware of all the criticism and claims of a "bad phase" at Sporting among the media and other commentators, remain on his side.

In fact, after the recent 3-0 victory in Tondela, Rui Borges made a point of standing by his players and 'demolishing' the very idea that they might be out of form, with the most talked-about cases being Pote, Francisco Trincão, and Morten Hjulmand: "Pedro Gonçalves is performing better than last season with fewer games. Trincão is in the best phase of his career, Morten gave a fantastic response today. They are important players, I don't shy away from that. They feel this responsibility and embrace it, which is the difference of great players. I'm happy to have them on my team."

With the victory in Tondela – the 10th in 14 matches this season – the team led by Rui Borges now has 22 points and is in first place in the Liga Portugal Betclic table. Porto (22) has one less game and Benfica is third, with 21.

Sporting will return to the field on Tuesday, October 28, against Alverca. The match, counting for the quarter-finals of the League Cup, against the team led by Custódio, will be played at Estádio José Alvalade, at 8:30 PM.

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