Farioli: “We prepared for every scenario, even playing a man down” | OneFootball

Rui Borges stated that Sporting is a slight favorite because they are playing at home. When asked if he agrees, he replied: "We have a lot of respect for the opponent. We are going to play at the home of the national champions. What he said is correct. But we are going to Alvalade with our ideas, with the desire to continue our process and achieve a good result. We need to continue our journey, the work that everyone is doing. We are going with our mentality, we have a lot of respect for the opponent and a desire to win."

He won all the classics last season. How he prepares for these games: "The past is the past. They are good memories. Now it's about the present and the future, more the present, which is Sporting. It will be a different scenario, but we will prepare the game with the same attention. It was harder to prepare this one. We watched many games, but in the last challenges it was hard to see a Sporting eleven, from this season and the last one. In the last challenges, in only one did Sporting play against eleven players. We prepared all scenarios, to play in inferiority, if that's the case."

If he agrees that FC Porto has a better coach: "I feel a lot of responsibility. We are not in a race with others. We are trying everything we can to make the players better. The club is doing its best to make the team better, to make it evolve. We will also do what we can in the last days of the market. There are also other teams besides Sporting and Benfica. I have a lot of respect for all coaches, because we are all trying our best. Everyone is good. Some are luckier."

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