Statements by Rúben Amorim, coach of Sporting, after the 5-0 victory over Marítimo, for the League Cup, which marked the presence of the lions in the quarter-finals of the competition.
«Obviously scoring early helps, everything becomes easier, the team is more at ease in the game. It was a difficult game for Marítimo, who in addition to the coach’s departure no longer had any ambitions in the League Cup, we have to pay attention to that context, even if it’s nice to show quality and seriousness”; he said in the Sport TV flash interview.
Then SC Braga will follow on Monday for the quarter-finals. «It will be a completely different game, against a team that is difficult to stop. We had a lot of difficulties in the first game against them [primeira jornada do campeonato, 3-3]
Of course we are better, but SC Braga are better than us in the league. It will be a completely different match in terms of intensity and difficulty compared to this one against Marítimo », he underlined.
And he left a guarantee on his ambitions in the League Cup, he doesn’t save the season in case of victory: “It’s important to win all the games, the League Cup doesn’t save anything, it’s one more goal. The league is the most important thing, even if it’s the Champions League qualifying round. As long as we can, we will fight.”
