The coach turns his focus to Liga Portugal Matchday 4 action

Sporting Clube de Portugal host GD Chaves at the Estádio José Alvalade on Saturday (8:30pm local time), and coach Rúben Amorim talked about the Liga Portugal Matchday 4 game in his pre-match press conference.

"It was a good, long week. We tried to show players the game that we lost against FC Porto almost move-by-move. We did a lot well. There are people who probably have a different opinion and who look at the result a lot. I try to look at how many chances FC Porto created and how many we created, how the goals came about and why we conceded them," he explained of the defeat in O Clássico.

"Then we looked at GD Chaves. We want to get back to winning ways and start putting a run together, taking one game at a time. We know the strengths of GD Chaves and all the small details involved. We are treating this one like a Champions League game and we will be prepared and focused."

Of the Champions League itself, Amorim remarked on the draw that took place on Thursday evening.

"I didn't see the draw. There are teams that are difficult to face because of the way they play, and I look more at these details than at the names of the teams. Everyone looked at Pot 3 and wanted Sporting CP. Let's see if that is the case at the end of the group stage, but our 'Champions League' right now is GD Chaves," he warned.

Analysing his team's current form, Amorim was positive.

"Sportinguistas have to look at the overall plan and see that Sporting CP have a very young squad with quality players. The club sold players for a big fees and we're at the beginning of the season, having played in Porto and Braga. We wanted to win all of the games, and we could not do it, but we have played these games now. Sporting CP are OK,contrary to what everyone says. All clubs go through good times and bad times, but there is value in the first team, players have been sold and the club is being restructured. What Sporting CP are experiencing are bad results, but overall, as a club, we are going through a good time. We have dropped five points, but that cannot change the view that Sportinguistas have about the club. We have to all stick together. We can discuss which way is better, and I think that is healthy, but tomorrow we have to all be united. The big added value is not the coach, but the atmosphere created by supporters. We have to be as we have always been since I arrived here: United and very attentive to everything that happens at the club. Getting back to winning ways is the responsibility of the coach and the players."

Amorim also promised that the team will "go back to taking things game-by-game" and reminded journalists that Sporting CP are "five points behind our rivals and many points behind overall, but we have to be aware of it and it doesn't take any ambition away from us."

Of his squad, he revealed that "Jovane [Cabral] took a knock yesterday in training, and will be out. [Jeremiah] St. Juste is another option. He's still growing. Training is completely different to games, and he has been inactive for a long time. He may be an option from the start, or off the bench."