World Cup winner who played for Sporting says he’s very close to Rui Borges | OneFootball

Bino Maçães, the national under-17 coach who recently became World Champion, spoke in a recent interview with the newspaper Record about his friendship with Rui Borges, the current Sporting coach, with whom he shared a locker room back at Moreirense.

At first, the Portuguese coach talked about his move from Porto to Sporting, still as a player, and the impact it had on his life: "It was calm, I wasn’t one of the elite players, because then I would have had more problems (laughs). At the time, it wasn’t so common for this to happen, but my adaptation was fantastic. And then, with the group I ended up joining, things worked out well and we ended up becoming national champions. I had already been champion at Porto, and then at Sporting. Great memories, both from one side and the other."

Next, Bino Maçães spoke about the current state of the Liga Portugal Betclic and the fight for the title: "It will always be a three-way race. That’s unquestionable. It’s true that everyone wants to win and when you don’t, it seems like you go into a momentary crisis, but those who are in football know this is a long journey. It’s not now, not in December or January, that anything is decided. It will go down to the wire."

Finally, the former Sporting player commented on his relationship with Rui Borges, the current coach of the Lions: "I caught him at the end of my career and he was just starting out. I have a great friendship with Rui Borges and I know he admires me. Also, at that time, I was already the old guy who could give good advice and I think he listened to a few back then as well."

The green and white team will be back on the pitch next Friday, December 5th, against Benfica. The match, part of the 13th round of Liga Portugal Betclic, against the team led by José Mourinho, will be played at 8:15 pm at Estádio da Luz.

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