Rui Borges on Farioli: “Eleven men defending the box? He must mean Porto” | OneFootball

The classic match between Sporting and FC Porto, which ended in a draw (1-1), continues to be a topic of debate, and Rui Borges was asked whether the absence of a victory for the Lions was due to his own shortcomings.

“Two great teams, two very competent teams. There are some things we could have done differently. But after watching... I think we played a very competent game, we played against the best defense [in the league]. As I said, and I think Mr. Farioli mentioned this at the end of the game, putting eleven players to defend the area, he must have been referring to FC Porto. And that's why they are noted as the best defense. Could we have done more? We could, but after watching the footage, we can always see things differently. But never due to a lack of ambition,” he said in a press conference.

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