Jorge Jesus on his side's win against U. Madeira

Jorge Jesus was understandably happy with his side's clinical dismantling of União da Madeira this weekend, with a performance rubbber-stamped with another clean sheet.

“The most important thing is to score first. We had 35 minutes of really good football and went two goals ahead, but we could have scored more. I would say thought that U. Madeira players well and they have some quick players out wide who had us defending at times. We were really objective today and I am happy for not having conceded", affirmed the Sporting coach at the final whistle, adding: "We are gaining stability in defence and we didn't give our opponent any chances today. Some of the lads who haven't had that much time on the pitch had a run out today, like Hernán Barcos and Gelson. Bryan Ruiz has played a lot this season and we were trying to protect him for the run in up to the end of the season."

Sporting also secured an automatic Champions League berth this Saturday. “It is important financially and also you don't have to play really early in qualifiers. I want to be back in the Champions League", finished Jesus.