Former Sporting chief demands Varandas and Rui Borges go: harm club | OneFootball

The Sporting 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 must immediately do a two-in-one: 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 status to coach” the lions. The former director 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 with a cannon... not a pistol.”

In addition to criticizing the club structure, Jaime Marta Soares also took issue with the attitude of some players during the final, directly pointing to 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.

In conclusion, he again targeted the lions’ top leader: “I have nothing against Frederico Varandas and I have personal and professional respect for him, but not as Sporting’s president. I do not recognize enough merit in him, and he was the breaking point of everything. What did we win this year? Direct qualification for the Champions League? At least that,” he concluded.

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