Villas-Boas backs Sporting, takes aim at 'green' media | OneFootball

André Villas-Boas, present at the 'Trophy Tour' of the World Championship taking place at Estádio do Dragão, took the opportunity this Friday morning to launch the much-anticipated classic of the 21st round of the Primeira Liga, which will see FC Porto face Sporting next Monday at 8:45 PM (Portugal Mainland time).

"It's an early stage of the championship, it's only the fourth round of the second half. FC Porto continues with its aspirations, which include winning the title, and so does Sporting. It will be a competitive, well-contested game, with the two most in-form teams at the moment, let's say...", began the top leader of the blue and white emblem, in front of the journalists.

"The opponent is tough, they are the national champions, and they are in a stronger moment than FC Porto, which comes from this defeat against Casa Pia, but we will play with our weapons, our style, our ambition, and motivation, in a full stadium game, where we want to surprise the opponent and build a seven-point difference, which we have already had," he added.

"I understand the schizophrenia of some media outlets"

André Villas-Boas did not miss the chance to criticize the press: "I understand the schizophrenia of some media outlets, trying to take advantage of an FC Porto defeat. FC Porto reached its historical highs at the start of a competition, and I understand the excitement of some outlets, which are clearly aligned in green, this year and in past years, in order to further hype the match."

"The championship will have its epilogue at the end of May, and that's where we want to see FC Porto in first place. The rest is 'show off' and part of the spectacle, but we cannot fail to note this propagation of the green wave by some media outlets, some with red microphones, others blue, but with a tendency towards green," he concluded.

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