Amorim stresses need for improvement at Sporting despite good start

Sporting have started the season well, still unbeaten, but coach Ruben Amorim this Sunday felt there could still be improvement, starting with Rio Ave in the sixth round of the I Football League.

“This is a normal start. We are at the very beginning and take it naturally. We are playing well, but I think we can play better. We are not consistent in our quality over 90 minutes, there is something to work on.” and players have to fight for their place. I don’t understand how a team can be vain and a Sporting player be content with victories. This should be normal at Sporting,” said the coach of the Lisbon team.

At the press conference for the reception against Rio Ave, in the hall of the José Alvalade stadium in Lisbon, Ruben Amorim understands, however, that the management of the team, which he has already begun, combined with the fact that there are few changes in him, is the basis of his composition helps Sporting achieve results, as players need to “maintain their level.”

“We kept our base, we started well, and in this fight it was important to win the game against Visela. The first games can create a different dynamic, the fans become more confident and everything comes together. We made a “reboot” of the last championship. “Like when we were champions. We have created a good dynamic that helps us to be in a good moment, but this can change from moment to moment. Every championship has its own history, and we are building the history of this championship,” the coach emphasized.

As for the opponent in this round, Ruben Amorim responded to coach Villacondenses’ praise by highlighting the intelligence of Luis Freire at the head of a team that “loves to have the ball” in a match that he believes will be “difficult and dangerous.” .

“I don’t look at the results, but at how Rio Ave plays. They understand how to play very well and it is difficult to pick them because they, like us, play in the top five. They drew with Casa Pia and Famalican. – always difficult games – and Porto won in the last minutes. They may not be responsible for the points, they have the ability to press high and we have all the pressure in the game. I’m sure it will happen. very difficult game. We will try to play well and win,” the coach emphasized.

If, on the one hand, the Lions cannot yet give a specific date for the return of the Dutch center Saint-Just, who is “clearly improving,” Ruben Amorim let it “slip” with a smile: that the Swedish striker Gyökeres is a question mark.

“He was a great reinforcement. He is a striker, scores goals, plays well and attracts a lot of attention. There is a lot of talk about the absence of a striker, and this creates an illusion among the fans. about reinforcements. Whether he will be the best or not, we are in the sixth round and it is too early to evaluate reinforcements. He was a good reinforcement, just like Hüllmand and Fresneda will be. So far things are going well, but he can still do better,” said He.

Sporting, fourth with 13 points, host Rio Ave, 13th with five, on Monday from 20:15 at the José Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon in a game of the sixth round of the I Football League with arbitration proceedings by Claudio Pereira from the Aveiro Association.