Tomás da Cunha doubts Rui Borges at Sporting: still much to prove | OneFootball

Tomás da Cunha commented on the Vitória SC - Sporting match, which took place last Tuesday, December 23, and was won by the Lions, 4-1. In the opinion of the sports commentator, the connection between Francisco Trincão and Fotis Ioannidis was a winning bet by Rui Borges, but he believes there is a player who still has much to improve: João Simões.

"The Trincão-Ioannidis partnership was Sporting’s main asset. The 1-4 scoreline reinforces the Greek’s ability to drift to the right and free up the midfielder (a complete performance) to create. João Simões had a good first half, but still struggles to maintain consistency. Rui Silva was less stable," he wrote on his account on the platform ‘X’.

Furthermore, Tomás da Cunha also analyzed the Lions’ second goal in the match, praising the play in question: "The 0-2 was one of Sporting’s best moves of the season. It created the conditions for Mangas to arrive on the vulnerable side, and there was a brilliant understanding of spaces/roles between Ioannidis and Trincão. Vitória’s nature is to press, but they ended up being surprised in every way."

With this victory – the 19th in 26 matches this season – the team led by Rui Borges now has 38 points and remains in second place in the Liga Portugal Betclic standings. Porto (43) is in first place. Benfica is third with 35.

The green and white emblem will return to the field next Sunday, December 28, against Rio Ave. The match, counting for the 16th round of the National Championship, against the team led by Sotiris Sylaidopoulos, will be played at 8:30 p.m., in Alvalade.

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