Good morning I hope all is well with you João Carlos live on Sporting TV what can we expect from Sporting’s debut in the Portuguese cup a new competition here on the Sports calendar strategic terms… What can we expect from this team knowing that it is different from last season as it was relegated to the second league so what differences do you find compared to last year and the Portimonense team for this year and if After this break for the national teams we can eventually wait for some returns in the Sporting team?
And starting there I think Maxi will be ready, will be able to play a few minutes I don’t know how much but we’ll still see too it depends on the game, the pot isn’t going yet, it’s not going to play, Mateus Reis isn’t going to play yet, Inácio is, it’s going to play, we also don’t have many solutions, eh, I think that’s all of the players who were in doubt, uh, what do we expect, we know that the Portuguese cup is always unpredictable, then we don’t forget what happened with Varzin and that’s very important Um, we’re going to have to do some management according to the national team’s games, uh, but There were players there who even made on perfect time, for example Kenda, Kenda had a game, an 82-minute game, then he only had 30, he’s ready to play.
This is just an example and we’re going to do it. That’s what we also changed the training for both games and it’s difficult to use him all the time, so for him to train more time with the team, we know that the man from Portimonense made a team to go up, no, no, he doesn’t live the best of moments has o Ricardo has a variation in hisbuilding a team with Paulo Vítor is very good in one-on-one play, Juan, a player who arrived, is also strong in one-on-one strikers, Pantes and Banza, we don’t really know the position he’s going to play, he also tends to do a lot of sometimes a three-way match, we have everything worked out prepared and we don’t want to make anything easier because we haven’t won the Portuguese cup yet, we really want to win the Portuguese cup, living that moment of the cup final was important for us and therefore we want to return and we want to win this trophy.
Ruben Hey, good afternoon, it’s inevitable and let’s talk here about a subject that has been talked about recently and that’s how Ruben is the first person from Sporting who comes to talk to the press and therefore it’s inevitable to have I have to show my face, so that’s my question. In other words, I have two questions, I’m going to ask one at a time, which is better. My question has to do with the following, and how are you going to get this event that has already been experienced last year and not be the theme so we’re still in October, don’t be the topic until May, because Sporting has Man City as an opponent, how are you seeing this or do you think it’s positive and then the focus falls on and and and and no if we are talking about the sporting part, but it is inevitable that this is a something that will be talked about for a long time, none is talking about Viana’s move to City, no, and also, and also the fact that City can Hiring Ruben isn’t so…
It’s rumors And what about this connection with Viana.
He will always be a great friend of mine, but obviously his professional career will one day be different and therefore one thing doesn’t lead to another afterwards, the main focus is that nothing has changed at Sporting, nothing, Viana will only leave in until the end of the season, Viana is working as Sports Director so there is no change in that aspect. There is only preparation by the club and this is already in the statement where there is preparation for Viana’s departure. That is the only thing that needs to be done. That’s right and therefore it’s obviously to avoid soap operas Viana was the main one not wanting this to be known at this time but I think it was the best way the clubs and Viana himself came up with to end this supposed soap opera so nothing changed the focus what matters this season is winning our games and Sporting’s entire structure remains the same.
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My question is also what is this, Sporting going to talk about playing with City soon they will ask the press it is inevitable to ask the City coach if he will leave if he will not if Ruben Amorim is a successor how will he personally manage this situation?
I can’t control what you will say or ask what I can control is the answer I give and the only thing that has changed is that Hugo Viana Hugo Viana will leave at the end of the season but he is a sports director nothing at Sporting changed anything and therefore everything remains the same until the end of the season obviously that Viana in City’s week will not be available to enter the Balneário and I’m going to leave him out for a bit so as not to create conflicts, otherwise everything will remain the same until the end of the season.
Ruben, I apologize for asking the second question because I don’t answer the first one. My second question has to do with Hugo and anyone who knows Hugo knows Hugo’s seriousness and Hugo’s suitability, but ethically, that’s how it is that a situation like this is created because he will be working for two clubs at the same time at a certain stage of the season.
That’s not me going to explain. That’s what came in the press releases, what I know is that Viana will be Sports Director until the end of the season and therefore it’s our Sports Director will work for our our Club. The only thing we know is that he will leave at the end of the season and this left early so as not to create a soap opera it happens in all companies it happens to you also in your places of work there is a preparation on the part of two clubs in which there will be an exchange of structures and therefore something natural in the life of one of a club in relation to Viana, Viana wants to win more than everyone else, for example Manchester City, so we are all on the same page everything will remain the same and I think that’s the main thing is that nothing will change our structure throughout the season.
Two questions for the media Sport TV. Good morning Pedro Gamito we are live for Sport TV now that we have talked about elephant in the room would like to back here to the game he said here about Gonçalo Inácio who is ready to go to the game because he doesn’t have many solutions, his words, Sant Jesus should also be ready to partner with Gonçalo but there’s one question left to ask him on that one sense if in relation to the central players are thinking about promoting Lucas or Bruno who worked a lot with you coming to work with the main team for this match if it is the ideal context for them to debut and the second question also has to do with the goal if it goes put Kovacevic in the starting goal, thank you.
Yes, the veiled man is going to start the game. He has worked well, he has recovered well from his injury. And he is fit and is going to go to the game.
yes, they will be in, the two players called up can play and we were lucky enough to have them work with us these two weeks and I was very happy with the way they were, they are quite adults h João Pereira did an excellent job and I think we have very similar things in dynamics of the defensive line which helps in the transition and therefore there are two players and they can play h tomorrow.
Good afternoon Domingues taking advantage of the fact that today he didn’t keep his usual British punctuality I don’t know if this won’t be Any clue and I wanted to reinforce here to ask you very directly if Viana didn’t talk to you about the case Guardiola leaves Manchester City for Rúben to be his successor…
No we don’t talk we don’t say anything about it because they are two completely different paths I know that people created this league Viana’s path is Viana’s path my path is the is the is my path and therefore we only have a professional relationship that will not last forever what will maintain is our friendship relationship That is true in relation to punctuality it was an exchange we changed twice time and I got confused.
Ruben Good afternoon Filipe Ribeiro for CMTV this week was also marked by a video that circulated of Vitor Gyokeres smoking player I wanted to ask how Ruben dealt with this situation, whether or not Yokes had been slapped/
No, I reacted normally, obviously, no, as Sporting’s coach, the club he is and the responsibility I have, obviously, no, no As the experts said, it’s not the healthiest thing for an athlete, but then we have to look at another side, first he was on a break and therefore they are little men and they have to make their own choices and don’t forget that these players are young and pass the 20 years, so to speak, the years where you have to have certain experiences, live certain things, have a normal life as a young person and sometimes you have to do these things because otherwise you also go through life and don’t experience other things so I saw normally, obviously, that h is not the healthiest thing, like, like I said, but he was on his day off, and therefore, he, he, like everyone else, Sometimes you have to commit one or another excess if you do it in compliance with the club’s regulations, very Well, if they don’t do it, I’ll have to intervene.
For example Hugo Viana but as it was on a day off I would say that I say again it’s not the healthiest thing in the world and but it’s something that, being young, he also has to live and he has to have the space to do these things those things.
Ruben, a second question, returning to the most controversial topic, and it is also naturally speculated that with Hugo Viana’s departure to Manchester City, with the rumors that Ruben Amorim will be able to accompany the Sports Director, that some players could also make this transition in however they remain some reticence regarding Victor yeras because Manchester City has Halland leaving aside all these rumors I wanted to ask Ruben if he considers that yoker and alland in a team would be compatible and perhaps in one in the starting 11 if the two would get along well,
Obviously the focus is on Sporting in the game against Portimonense, I’m not going to be making assumptions Hmm, Vítor plays well, with Trincão, with Pot, with Conrado, he connects two forwards very well with their characteristics and therefore that is our focus um I hope you come ready because we now have a sequence of important games and that is the focus of both the coach and the player.
Ricardo Granada the record I have to play once again on the topic Viana I ask if he already knew about this possibility when he decided to continue at Sporting a few months ago because there was already talk about this connection between Viana and Manchester City, which had already been talked about for some time when he communicated this for the first time and if the Hugo gave him some kind of guarantee that there is no type of conflict of interest due to the fact that he is working in two markets after all two different clubs practically at the same time
A second question about the game has already been said a little bit here about the internationals, the most loaded ones, Maurita, Max Araujo, he’s planning on taking them down, and also just now he didn’t mention Dian or Eduardo Quaresma’s name, just to understand if they’ll take longer or if there’s a possibility to go there Game yes, the others are a little closer to Osman, how was it?
It was something traumatic, we have to see it day by day, in other words, getting here in the morning and seeing how he felt Let’s go to the field, no Let’s go to the field and therefore it’s even more uncertain eh eh Quaresma will still take a little while eh because Quaresma also had another problem there hh and door into those who are most loaded in the selection will also not be able to, because we also control their rest, their diet.
It’s a very important and decisive game and we don’t know what happens in the Portuguese cup so everyone goes down in relation to the other question I already told you what I had to say about on this subject it doesn’t change anything in the structure of Sporting Let’s focus on our season we have a very very important objective and Viana is Sporting’s Sports Director until the end of the season and therefore there is no conflict of interest he really wants to achieve all goals and we really want to someone as important as Hugo Viana we want to give them this joy too.
Valter Madureira: Imagine that you are the president of Sporting that the president of Sporting is Frederic Varandas how did you deal with this constant news about how Frederico Varandas was sought out by clubs every day, even though he had a contract, how did he try to solve this problem?
Thank God, I’m a coach, I solve the things that I know how to solve, and therefore I don’t know how I would deal with. That’s because the president is president and I’m a coach, I think it has to do with pride because he’s the one who’s responsible for all these people being here and therefore he’s the main person responsible. But I’m happy of not having difficult problems and therefore I already have mine, I solve mine and the president will have to solve his problems.
Ricardo Nundes TV CN de Portugal there is a phrase that is a common place that says that no one can be replaced but Viana’s departure is not more difficult to supply than, for example, the sale of the largest asset from Sporting Victor Gyokeres.
I don’t know that’s what what I what I say is that doing what Viana has done up until this point was very difficult now the club is in a different moment it has a structure There is a method, obviously, that companies are also often people, not just the methods, but we already have a path made, and no one does anything alone, and I think that if you asked me 3 years ago, it would be different today, I think that the whole We here know how things are done, no one does it nothing alone, everyone focuses on their role
Therefore I would say that Sporting has come to a time when it only needs its fans because they are the engine of this the atmosphere in the stadium this depends a lot on them if they keep the rest, I think there is already a plan and a way of working in which everyone can come out and this will continue as always, obviously the UCL, the club is very big, but I think we are at a stage for the club where Do you already have an idea, a project, a vision where you can change parts because it is normal in all companies and everything will continue naturally.
Good afternoon, Sérgio Lopes for the Lusa agency, Maxi Araújo, still in Uruguay, regretted that he is only having a few minutes, said that this was no excuse, but it is true that he even has fewer minutes at Sporting this season than in the national team itself and for a player who Let’s say there is still no consensus among the critics considers her to be a joker style player, as Ruben already said, she needs to always be playing and in that sense is a player who may already have) minute in Portimão for example h and also in this sense if he is a player who is always playing and competes in a direct position with Nuno Santos, Ruben has also said that he doesn’t like being left out how will it be manage that position and then another question also in relation to Edward, I already said that he is fit, if he can have enough minutes and if this match with the Portimonense will be ideal for him to regain a status that he already had,
Yes, I think that Maxi is a special player and he needs it I feel that he is in a good moment even though yesterday he had a light and took a hit but I think he is fit due to the injury he had he is fit he is in the best moment even with the pre-season and when he arrived, I think he is at his best, the performance department did an excellent job and I think he also worked a lot at this stage, we were really missed during these these games, whether he will have the status he had or not There is someone like Trincão also doing the same position they can play together and tomorrow they can play play together.
And I just want him to get back to his level then if he plays more if he plays less the squad is more competitive this year there will be room for all of us we will have now a decisive sequence of games in several competitions where everyone will have time to play, the important thing is that he returns to feeling the joy of playing again, I think that was a little lacking at the beginning of the season, and I hope he returns to the to his moment.
In relation the Maxi yes it is true he hasn’t had many minutes but I can probably count on my fingers the number of training sessions he has had and then as we had Marcos injured etc. he is always changing position and doesn’t stay it doesn’t stick to a position therefore. Sometimes the context determines a lot what happens, whether in the game or in training, it’s a player, I don’t know if it’s consensual or not, I don’t, I can’t see it, I think it’s enough to see him touch the ball the way he starts, how he receives the ball and to understand that he is a player of quality
Then he is a member of an team with a lot of quality he has more minutes in the team because the coach already knows him and he always plays in the same position he knows and now all the routines with us are different a completely different championship a completely different life and don’t forget that And you’ll have time to adapt as much as possible if you’re going to play Nuno or Max or Geni and it’s a very good problem, we’ve had others of them we have until for example until the stop where we won’t have enough time to have a break everyone will play everyone will have space and everyone will have minutes.
Hello, good afternoon Ruben, I’d like to ask you for the newspaper Returning to the topic of City, do you feel prepared to coach a team like City and by the way, would you also like to continue working with Viana next season, but in England?
I will continue working to Sporting year with even more responsibility. Because everyone sees that Sporting is at a different level and at the level of others and so this is also important for our Club, we have this feeling and being seen in this way by everyone and achieving the objectives and therefore we now have a cup game where we want to win the cup, this technical team has not yet won the cup in Portugal, we have decisive games, that’s what I feel prepared for, and that’s why we have to recover all the players, get the players at their maximum focus on it.
Your name appears on a list of best 50 current coaches in the renowned magazine and comes in 11th how do you feel about this…A good a good showcase and talked about another problem with Eduardo Quaresma I don’t know if you can share if you want…
It’s not a physical problem I don’t want to keep saying because I don’t know in detail either, I’m not going to stay here and dwell on things that I don’t know, I don’t really know how to explain, and then there was another little problem that took longer and that’s why he stays out for longer, in addition to the sprains. That he was what he was carrying in relation to the list of coaches this never ends, that is, until the end of his career this never ends today is one there is a classification in two months there is another classification and therefore it is Not paying attention to it is getting better and better, obviously we like to hear it but it doesn’t distract me in the slightest and no, I don’t care about it because I know that in two weeks it will be a completely different world and football is a lot that day every day and therefore I am happy but nothing more than.
