In 1964, 1966 and 1968, two years apart, Rúben A. published the three volumes of his autobiography “O Mundo à Minha Busca”. The Portuguese author, a cousin of Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen on his mother’s side and of Ruy Leitão on his father’s, used a simple A. as a nickname to hide the Alfredo he had as a middle name. But, after the last few days, A. might as well have been from Amorim: since it seems that everyone is looking for Reuben.
After a week that brought two consecutive losses, against FC Porto and Desp. Chaves, and that brought him criticism because he had not listened since he arrived at Alvalade, the Sporting coach reversed the situation and had dream days. The lions won again against Estoril and made their Champions League debut with a resounding win against Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany. in the middle, Rúben Amorim took a call from Chelsea owner Todd Boehly, who thought of the Portuguese coach after firing Thomas Tuchel. This Saturday, however, he had to set foot on land again and receive Portimonense in Alvalade.
“The project I’m on is the project I want. I have another year and a half on my contract. Chelsea have presented a coach for five years, therefore, he is up there with Ronaldo. I was a Manchester United player, I’m a Sporting manager. There is nothing to confirm […] The crisis is always knocking at the door. A week and a half ago, after the game with Desp. Guys, everything was wrong. We had the victory with Estoril, now we won in the Champions League, but everything can be the same later. Everything can change with a single game. What we can take with us is our way of playing that, despite everything, we kept”, explained the coach from León before the match.
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Source: Observadora
