Jorginho admits he was keen to face Sporting in the Champions League | OneFootball

Jorginho will have the chance to fulfill a childhood dream, and on a very special stage: the José Alvalade Stadium. Before the Champions League draw, the 27-year-old Kairat player confessed that he wished to face Sporting, his beloved Club, even though he claims he’s coming to win.

“I admit that I was talking to my friends from Portugal during the draw and we were watching it in Kazakhstan on YouTube. So they knew first, but with a delay of about 30/40 seconds, and then they would let me know in the group chat. What I wanted was Sporting,” he revealed to the newspaper Record.

Next, Jorginho shared that upon learning he would face Sporting, the first person he spoke to was his father: “As for the other matches, they were all great teams, whoever came up. It was special to get Sporting. The first thing I did was call home and ask my dad how many tickets we needed.”

Jorginho spoke about his family’s happiness: “We were happy, but at home it was great and we were happy because they could see me play in the stadium and, besides, Sporting is the club of almost my entire family. Even among uncles and cousins, very few aren’t Sporting fans. We were happy and it all happened very quickly,” he added.

In conclusion, Jorginho revealed that he never had the chance to go to Alvalade Stadium with his family, since he’s from the Minho region: “I didn’t go to Alvalade very often. I went a few times, also because I’m from Braga. I never went with my family, whenever I went it was with friends. When I said I was going to play at Sporting, this took on a bigger dimension and people started making a big deal out of it.”

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