Samu or De Jong? Rui Borges tips Farioli’s pick for Sporting v Porto | OneFootball

Rui Borges believes Samu will be Farioli’s starting choice for Sporting – Porto instead of De Jong. In the preview of next Saturday’s classic, at 8:30 PM, at Estádio José Alvalade, the coach of the green and whites – besides commenting on the situations of Ioannidis and Harder – highlighted the qualities of the two Porto strikers, but stated that the Spaniard should be in the starting lineup.

“I believe Samu will play instead of De Jong. Porto has many options, a lot of quality, great players capable of responding, De Jong brings certain characteristics, Samu brings others, but I focus more on the collective. Porto is not weakened, they gave a great response in the last match, but I think Samu will play,” Rui Borges began by saying.

“Regarding Porto, I don’t think they have an advantage just for being at Sporting longer. They are a team true to their style, very vertical, aggressive play with the ball, strong defensively in duels. Physically, they have become stronger, so we have to be prepared for the duels,” analyzed Rui Borges.

“It’s important to respond in every game, but we’re only in the fourth round, nothing will be decided for the end of the season. These are the games that stress me the least. It will be competitive, a good match, but we follow our path, we want to be strong in front of our fans and we want to keep winning,” concluded Rui Borges, in the preview of Sporting – Porto.

Sporting – Porto is scheduled for next Saturday, at 8:30 PM, at Estádio José Alvalade. The match is part of the fourth round of the Liga Portugal Betclic and brings together two of the current three leaders of the competition, along with Moreirense. The game will be refereed by João Gonçalves.

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