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The “irreverence” of Sporting will oppose the “positive aggressiveness” of the defeated FC Porto, projected the coach Augusto Inácio, dispensing forceful predictions on the classic of the fourth day of the League.
“Nobody knows how the players of this break in the national teams will arrive, how the new reinforcements will be intertwined with the ideas of the team and the coach and what consistency the teams will present. It is a great unknown to talk about in this game. possibilities of each one, ”the 65-year-old coach told Lusa.
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The lions opened the season with triumphs in visits to Paços de Ferreira (2-0) and Portimonense (2-0), but were removed from the Europa League playoff by the Austrians from LASK Linz (4-1), a ” terrible result “all levels”, but no change in the usual levels of pressure and responsibility around a team loaded with youth.
“The children have shown a great personality so far and have been doing very good things, but only because of the passage of time and they still lack experience. The first 20 minutes in Portimão were very good, but from then on there was a lack of consistency in the exhibition, perhaps due to lack of physical condition, to maintain that level and rhythm ”, he analyzed.
Augusto Inácio, former player, coach and coach and confessed Verdiblanco fan, believes in a “great campaign” in 2020/21, although “this march may be influenced by other things”, such as “the internal fight by the guerrillas. Of the cheerleaders” , which athletes “cannot feel as vehemently as what happens outside.”
“It has already been noticed that Rúben Amorim does not go much to the ball with Andraz Sporar and that spearhead is necessary that gives depth, plays headlong inside the area and allows the team to take another approach when the coach’s ideas do not work,” he warned the helmsman who undid a quick 18-year title for the lions in 1999/2000.
Being “an unknown how far this Sporting can go”, the former Portuguese international wants a structure “focused on working, playing and trying to win” challenges in a regularity test in which “the strength of Benfica and FC Porto is greater” , while reinforcing João Mário “assimilates new dynamics”, although “he knows the environment in which he lived” in Alvalade.
“If the system were 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1, he could explain his position. Being a 3-4-3, he already obeys a criterion that only the coach can know. In the time of Jorge Jesús João Mário played from the inside out, now he can play outside on the right wing or as a second man in midfield with João Palhinha or Matheus Nunes ”, he evaluated.
In the first ‘classic’ of the season, Augusto Inácio predicts that Sporting “will collect more and play the counterattack”, taking advantage of the mobility of Jovane Cabral, against FC Porto that “reinforced better” and wants to confirm that the defeat at home against el Marítimo (3-2) “was just a traffic accident in an afternoon in which things did not go well”.
“Zaidu has a great future as a left back. It is difficult to compare with Alex Telles’ class, but we will see if he can be more perfect and show ability to cross and last pass to the goal. One thing is to play in Santa Clara, where he it can “hit one and miss two.” At FC Porto you have to hit two and only miss one ”, he illustrated.
The last minute plays in the closed season offered a ‘more balanced squad’ to the ‘dragons’, allowing Sérgio Conceição to explore various sector options, given the competitive density he will face starting on Saturday, with seven games in 23 days, including half of the appearances in the Champions League group stage.
“In name, the players that FC Porto signed are good. In competition, I haven’t seen them yet and I can’t say if the club is stronger or weaker. That intensity of wanting to show service to the coach can lead them to commit mistakes and it can also be good, since they are willing to ‘kill themselves’ for a position in the team, “he said.
In attack, the defense champion of Europe and the world for the ‘blue and white’ in 1987 praises the signings of Mehdi Taremi, “more positional, touch and finish”, and Toni Martínez, “combative, a dog at work and the first in press without the ball “, because both” give a technical freshness that did not exist “with Aboubakar, Soares and Zé Luís.
“The politically correct answer is to say that the champion is the favorite. Benfica have invested a lot, they have good players and time will tell if they have a large squad. I think the two rivals start on equal terms to think that they can be champions.” . To say that Sporting is more favorite than all of them, but unfortunately it is not ”, he admitted.
Sporting, fifth place, with six points and one game less, receives FC Porto, fourth, with six, on Saturday, at 8.30 pm, at the Estádio José Alvalade, in Lisbon, in a ‘classic’ on matchday four by Luís Godinho, from the Évora association.
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