The coach comments on the Liga Portugal game and the Champions League draw

Sporting Clube de Portugal will travel to FC Famalicão this Saturday for Matchday 4 of the Liga Portugal season. Coach Rúben Amorim spoke this Friday about the game in his pre-match press conference.

"It's going to be a tough game because they are a team with good players -very good talents. They change every year because that's part of the project, but they have a very good coach, who is very offensiveñy minded, and who needs time to present his ideas.

His side are playing Sporting CP, and that takes away responsibility. It couldn't be a better game for FC Famalicão. They have played without a striker, have variations and have brought in new players, which makes us doubt who they will field. What we want is to win.

Since FC Famlicão came up, Sporting CP haven't beaten them."

He also cast his eye over Thursday's Champions League draw, which decided the club's next European opponents.

"The Champions League is a new world for most players and for the coach, who has a terrible record in Europe. It's a case of taking things game by game," he said of the Group C pairings, in which Sporting CP will face Borussia Dortmund, AFC Ajax and Beşiktaş JK.

Amorim was asked about the recent call-ups for Gonçalo Inácio, Nuno Mendes, João Palhinha and Pedro Gonçalves to the Portuguese national team, responding that: "It's mainly an achievement by the players, who have the talent and have put in the hard work. The remaining 10% of the credit is shared with all the departments at the club. The way Nuno Mendes grew physically doesn't have anything to do with me, for example. They also grow when they have space to grow in the team, and we are very happy. Our idea is that this will not stop here and we will have more players coming into the national team."

After confirming that Sporting CP will have "everyone available except Gonzalo Plata" for the game against Famalicão, the coach commented on Paulinho's current form.
"Confidence comes from the goals. There's not much that you can do other than train and improve. Paulinho does a lot for the team. He has to improve his finishing, just like everyone has to improve in various aspects of their game. He's an adult and taking the path he did is difficult. He is prepared for everything," he guaranteed.