Rui Borges pulls no punches after Sporting win: Famalicão offered nothing | OneFootball

Rui Borges was very pleased with Sporting's performance against Famalicão, in a match that ended with a 2-1 victory. The Lions went to the opponent's ground, in a match for the fifth round of the Liga Portugal Betclic, and even started losing, but managed to turn it around.

"We showed that we were here to win. We knew it was going to be a tough game, having not lost at home in 2025, without conceding goals in the league until now. A physical, competitive, well-organized team. They ended up scoring from a set piece, played a lot on transitions, but we had to chase the result and we had the ability to respond and not lose our emotional balance. We were aware of the difficulties. We were competitive, competent, and I think the victory reflects what we did," began to explain Rui Borges.

The Sporting coach continued: "We don't vary depending on the player who plays. They are the ones who offer different things. Iván has been important, today we opted for Vagiannidis, but I'm happy to have both. The team's ideas are what they are and they try to fulfill them. The opponent today also made it difficult, the field as well, but we always had a competitive attitude above average."

"It's natural that at some moments they were a bit more restrained, they come with many minutes from the national team and we have to see their response. But they did well, did what we asked, very intense in the first phase of pressure, in man-to-man duels, they strictly fulfilled what was desired for us to beat Famalicão," explained Rui Borges about the team's condition.

Finally, he spoke about the last moments of the match, where Sporting couldn't control the game as much: "I think the pace dropped as usual, but Famalicão didn't create anything either. It was more about closing the goal. If we were very tired, we wouldn't have given the response we did."

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