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Rui Borges analyzed the duel between Sporting and Casa Pia, won by the Lions 3-0. Técnico responded to Bola na Rede’s question at a press conference.
Rui Borges analyzed Sporting’s 3-0 victory over Casa Pia. THE Ball in the Net he was at the Alvalade Stadium and, at the end of the game, he had the opportunity to ask the lions’ coach a question.
Also read the question asked to Álvaro Pacheco, coach of the geese.
Ball in the Net: Much is said about the advantages and added value of having a left-footed central defender in the build-up. Today Sporting ends up playing with two left-sided central defenders in the build-up, it’s not very common. I ask you what the main challenges and potential are, such as Inácio’s pass for the second goal, in combining two left-footed players in the center of defense?
Rui Borges: Quite honestly, I think it’s the mindset. If we play with two right feet it’s normal, with two left-footed players it’s not, but it’s exactly the same thing. I don’t think there’s anything unusual about the game, we’re just not used to it happening, because it’s not normal for teams. I think this will happen more and more in the future. Yesterday I jokingly said, in training, with my technical team, how we were going to play with two left-handed central defenders and two right-handed full-backs, that in a few years we would see full-backs on the opposite foot and switched. It gives the game other things, other views on decision making. Football is increasingly revolutionized in this sense and is growing in the sense of creating alternatives to overcome teams, which are more competitive, organized and with greater quality. As far as the central players are concerned, nothing changes for me. It’s just the mentality of not being used to seeing two left-footed central defenders and being used to seeing two right-footed central defenders. Inácio’s passing quality is there whether he plays on the left or on the right. The pass for the second goal is extraordinary, Geny’s reception is extraordinary too. It has more to do with the individual capacity they give us than with two left-handed or two right-handed players playing. It has to do with their individual quality and they will always find a passing line.
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