Sergio Vieira does not expect “any management from Arthur Jorge” in the match between Estrela and Braga

Estrela da Amadora will win three points against Sporting Braga only if they face the game in the seventh round of the I League with maximum focus and concentration, coach Sérgio Vieira noted this Wednesday.

“The attitude of this team has been praised in every game and it has been fantastic from everyone. This year the competitive reality is the same as in the I League, the media coverage is much greater and the tactical rigor of the opponents is completely different. I’m afraid we adapted very well, but we had some minor shortcomings. Sometimes the slightest flaw can be costly, and we have experienced this first-hand. I hope tomorrow [quinta-feira] to be a game of maximum concentration, allowing nothing to our opponent and being completely concentrated. This is the only way we can get three points,” the coach emphasized at a press conference.

In the seventh round, Estrela da Amadora will meet with the third club claiming first place in the classification, after causing difficulties to the champion Benfica (0-2) and second place Porto (0-1), but this not this way. make everything simpler, change the preparation at the beginning of the season.

“The way we prepared the game against another big player was exactly the same logic as the others, always paying attention to aspects that did not go so well in the other game, improving and keeping everything in order, regardless , whether it was Sporting Braga or another opponent. The focus will always be on us and preparations have been carried out with the same ambition and determination as we do to win the game. We are focused not only on getting points and winning games, but also on the processes that happen on the field. In this game everything will be exactly the same,” said 40-year-old Sergio Vieira.

Last weekend, the tricolors allowed Desportivo de Chaves to respond in the final moments of the match, which they won 2–0 and drew 2–2, but in the following days they met “rationally”, clinging to the “good things” that they want to bring Minho into the team, which acts like a “big club”.

“Sporting Braga has an extremely strong and rich team. At the national level, it has the most players playing for the national team. It has mature and technically qualified players who know what to do on the field and proper guidance. We do not expect any management from Arthur Jorge, he is a competent coach who knows that the championship is extremely important. We expect responsibility and respect from the other side and we will try to return it with the same arguments, with a very good attitude and ambition,” the technician analyzed.

Portuguese-Brazilian right winger Hevertton Santos was also present at the Braga match preview and assured that the team’s morale is “the same as in the beginning”, praising the Sporting de Braga side for their “qualification and good presentation”.

“Defensively there are very experienced players and from an offensive point of view there are players who are very unbalanced. We are ready and expecting a game with several individual matches. From a collective point of view, put our ideas into practice because if we can do that, we will be closer to winning,” said the 20-year-old.

Center Mansour was sent off in the last match and suspended, joining midfielder Vito and striker Gustavo Henriques, who is recovering from injury, on the injured list.

Estrela da Amadora, in 15th place with five points, hosts Sporting de Braga, sixth with 10, on Thursday at 20:15 at the José Gomes Stadium in Amadora, in a game of the seventh round of the I League. , under the arbitration of Nuno Almeida of the Algarve Association.