Ex-Sporting chief wants Varandas and Rui Borges out now: they harm club | OneFootball

Sporting’s defeat against Torreense in the Portuguese Cup final continues to spark strong backlash. Among the most critical voices was Jaime Marta Soares, former president of Sporting’s General Assembly Board, who demanded the departure of Frederico Varandas and Rui Borges.

“Sporting needs to do a 2-in-1 right away: the president and the coach should pack their bags and stop harming the Club,” he said, also arguing that Rui Borges “does not have the stature to coach” the Lions. The former official also questioned the coach’s contract renewal, saying he was surprised by the decision.

“I don’t know under what circumstances he is going to manage the sporting side with a coach when he says that, by winning the Portuguese Cup, the season would be considered a success,” he said, before describing the renewal as “a shot in the foot. But from a cannon... not a pistol.”

In addition to criticizing the club’s hierarchy, Jaime Marta Soares also took issue with the attitude of some players during the final, directly pointing at Pote and Francisco Trincão: “We saw some players dragging themselves around the pitch. It would have been better to go out there with only nine,” he said.

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