This Sunday, coach Rubén Amorim suggested that Sporting have a lot to improve and identified achievements and concerns as key areas to work on ahead of a visit to Desportivo de Chavez in Football League One.
In a preliminary press conference ahead of Matchday 21 at the Academia de Alcochete, the coach admitted that the Lions hadn’t played very well and that they should be “better than Thursday’s game” against Midtjylland in the playoffs with a 1 /8 of the Europa League final, but emphasized that “there is a lot to understand” in this challenge and work on until the end of the season.
“After the Midtjylland goal, we forgot what we should have done, we became even more worried. This is also a factor that needs to be improved. because there are 90 minutes in the game, and we only need 10 seconds to reach the goal and score a goal,” Amorim said.
Sporting drew the Danes 1–1 after an error by Adan, and the manager admitted that the Spaniard’s previous good performances “mean little when the goalkeeper is wrong”, but emphasized that he felt the player had prepared very confidently for the game. Trip to Tras os Montes.
“Adan has been wrong here and there throughout the season and he is very visible. We estimated how many times Antonio [Adán] touched the ball, how many times he hit it, what right decisions he made. From there we went to prepare for the match against Desportivo de Chaves. Therefore, I felt Antonio, very experienced, very self-confident, ”said the“ lion ”coach.
Still associated with the first leg of the play-offs, reaching the round of 16 of the Europa League, where the José Alvalade Stadium recorded one of the lowest assists of the season, Amorim suggested it was a “reflection of the season”. team and that it should “take on that responsibility”.
“We have always been supported by the Sporting fans, we are in fourth place and we have to accept it. And we have to play our part, and after that the Sporting fans will return to the stadium in droves. are not naive, and we must understand this,” Amorim commented.
Sporting CP will visit Desportivo de Chaves on Monday in the match of the 21st round of the 1st Portuguese Football League, scheduled to start at 19:00, at the Engenheiro Manuel Branco Teixeira stadium in Trás os Montis, with referee António . Nobre (A.F. Leiria).
The team coached by Rubén Amorim, after a draw against Midtjylland (1:1) in the Europa League and a defeat against Porto (2:1) in Liga I, in which they are in fourth place, have eight points from Sporting Braga , third, 13 for the “dragons” (who have one game more), seconds and 15 for the leader of Benfica.