Sporting Braga coach Artur Jorge said this Saturday that he is not satisfied with the team’s current position in the I Football League, in which they have already recorded two defeats in five matches, but called for “some calm.”
Victory with a “performance commensurate with the quality” of the team was Arthur Jorge’s ambition against Farense in the last round, but Sporting de Braga lost 3–1 and produced one of the worst performances of the Arthur Jorge era.
Asked whether the fight given to Italian champions Naples in the Champions League on Wednesday, despite a 2-1 defeat, gives him hope that the team will give an answer to Boavista, the coach, who spoke at a press conference ahead of the Checkers ” said in the sixth round on Sunday that he believes more in “balance, coherence and consistency.”
“I am the first one who is not happy that I have already lost two games. [no campeonato]but that doesn’t make me disappointed in what the team can do and give,” noting that “the Napoli game was just an example” of this.
According to Arthur Jorge, Braga fans should not only be “more consistent in their performances, but in everything.”
“It’s about supporting the team, about the support that we need to have, about believing in the process and in the project, and not reducing everything to the performance of the team. We play every three days, we need to have some calm and patience in what we do. we do and we know what we are doing,” he said.
Arthur Jorge looked back on his journey as head coach of Sporting Braga to talk about the “consistency of the project”. “I’m talking about two third places, the Portuguese Cup final, 100% of the Champions League playoffs, qualifying for the group stage of the Champions League. About 70 games in total,” he listed.
“Are we happy with the moment? No, but we have room to grow, to achieve more, we need to be consistent in everything, not just performances, to have a successful season,” he said.
Arthur Jorge confirmed that he continues to believe that “one day Braga will be champion.”
“But we have to manage expectations well. Just look that the first time we were in the group stage of the Champions League with Mr. Domingos. [Paciência]”We had eight points in the fifth round, one more than today,” he said.
Boavista have the best attack in the tournament and lead the league with the same number of points as Porto and Sporting, while Arthur Jorge praised the performance of Petit’s team, deeming it “extremely dangerous”.
“We are facing a good team that is making a very good start, I enjoyed watching them and it will certainly be a big and important test. I believe that the result of the first game [vitória por 3-2 contra o Benfica] This gave Boavista a boost and allowed them to come out on top, confident and highly motivated. It will be a very difficult game for us,” he said.
When asked about some players, such as Zalazar and Rony Lopez, who had little opportunity, Arthur Jorge replied that “this team has always performed very well” and that “there is always a period of adaptation to the ideas of the team.” .
“Gradually they made their contribution. We need some balance in the use of players to achieve better results,” he said.
As for Andre Horta, who also played little in recent matches, the coach noted that the quality of the team has increased with the arrival of new additions.
“We have increased the quality and the team has become more competitive, but this does not detract from the value of those who do not play. We have a team with a quality group and, like any coach, I cannot regularly play more than 11 players,” he said.
Jose Fonte was criticized for his performance against Naples, but Arthur Jorge came to the defense of the experienced centre-back.
“It contributed to a great performance in the last game, but we tend to put it down to a negative. Can we do better? Surely, and we have already shown this with Sporting and Panathinaikos. A question of age. [39 anos]? He takes very good care of himself, just like Paulo. [Oliveira], Castro, Pizzi or Moutinho. They are older, but they work great and take excellent care of themselves,” he emphasized.
Sporting Braga, in eighth place with seven points, and Boavista, in first place with 13 points, will meet on Sunday at 20:30 at Braga’s Municipal Stadium in a match refereed by Arthur Soares Dias. from the Porto Association.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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