Hope in the Europa League was no longer high and not even Sporting’s own social networks seemed to believe it in the face of a message posted on the official Twitter account that read “The Lions lose 1-2 and are eliminated from European competitions”. After all, there was Höjberg. In other words, there was still the match in Marseille for Tottenham, with the Danish midfielder scoring on the last play of the match, guaranteeing the Londoners first place ahead of Eintracht and handing the third position to the green team on a plate and to the white. , what goes like this play off of the Europa League. Even so, what could have been a historic chapter for national football with three teams qualifying for the knockout stages of the Champions League was overlooked. And, parallel to that, The crisis that football is going through has deepened this time.
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And things even started to go well. For the first time, Sporting came into the break of a home game in the Champions League with an advantage and took advantage of Marseille’s 1-0 win against Tottenham to occupy practically the first position in Group D. Then, everything ended up falling apart. Everything or almost everything, leaving access to the Europa League in the midst of collapse (and even reinforcing its weight in the competition, being the team with the most participations). However, the numbers show the current moment of Sporting, who have suffered eight defeats in 18 official matches this season and ten games in a row. A practical example: it is necessary to go back to 2019/20, at the beginning of the Amorim era, so that the lions have three consecutive games without winning and with two defeats in that series, in this case against Arouca and Eintracht Frankfurt.
The wacky merry-go-round of the group’s final ride #SportingCP in an image (via reddit)#SCPSGE #ChampionsELEVEN pic.twitter.com/B1aGByfjZB
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Faced with this scenario, and more affirmatively than ever, Rúben Amorim assumed that it was time wasted, but took the blame for “defending” the president and remaining structure.
“Regarding the Europa League, he doesn’t know anything, he doesn’t tell us anything today and we have time to think about it later. About the game, it was divided, not very well played. Sometimes there was a lack of confidence on the ball in our team, but Eintracht were no better. We had more chances, we controlled the game better, we didn’t take advantage of some passes when the midfielders opened wide to play, they almost didn’t shoot on goal. I don’t think the penalty improved the game because they didn’t put more pressure on us but then in a pumped ball they made the second and this is the history of the match. It was very divided and fell to the other team, ”the coach began by saying in the post-match conference.
⌚️Final Whistle: SCP 1-2 EIN
In the last 10 matches, ????Sporting lost 60% of the matches.
⚠️Won only 3 games for the ????????Portuguese League: Gil Vicente [C]Saint Clare [F]Pia House [C] pic.twitter.com/vBD4yESzi1
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“Tottenham does not save any season, Going to the next phase did not save any season… We have our Championship, they eliminated us from the Cup and now they eliminated us from the Champions League. As for my continuity, it doesn’t worry me too much, Tottenham didn’t help at all because we didn’t win or go through in the Champions League, the other result doesn’t matter”, continued Amorim.
⌚️Final Whistle: SCP 1-2 EIN
Of the last 6 times that ????Sporting did not advance from the group stage of the ⭐️Champions League, only once did they fail to qualify for the ????Europa League (2016/17). pic.twitter.com/9c8GiW2EVB
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“There is so much lack of confidence that we were talking about, it has been a complicated season and what the coach can do is what he always does: show his face, work every day, defend the players to the fullest because they give their best. . This is notorious but at this point it’s short and it’s okay to admit it. We watch the game and we can see that something is missing, even more so in a scenario with less confidence. So the only way to turn this around is to work hard, win games, score goals and not suffer. There are no magic formulas and for me as a coach it’s coming here and showing my face”. he also mentioned, before being asked about the need for someone else from the club to come face to face with the team’s moment.
⌚️Final Whistle: SCP 1-2 EIN
Since the end of the 2019/20 season, with Rúben Amorim, Sporting has not gone 3 consecutive games without a win with 2+ defeats in the series:
????Tottenham [E]FC Arouca [D]Eintracht [D]
????FC Porto [D]Victory F.C. [E]benfica [D] pic.twitter.com/ye6xp6JlHM— playmakerstats (@playmaker_EN) November 1, 2022
“It’s difficult and it’s not normal at Sporting and at a club like Sporting for a coach to put up with so many setbacks. I will not be here to list what our path is and what our path was because I will never play that role, what we did and the players who are experienced or not, I will never do that or defend with that. In a club as big as the Sporting is not normal for a coach to endure but I live it well, it’s part of our life as a coach and it’s working and thinking about the next game”, he said.
⌚️Final Whistle: SCP 1-2 EIN
It will be the 34th participation of ????Sporting in the ⭐️Europa League, proof that it has not participated since 2019/20.
????????Rúben Amorim has yet to win in the 2nd UEFA competition: two defeats against Rangers (SC Braga, 2019/20) pic.twitter.com/wwqYe6T3Pj
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“No one should show their faces because this is a sports part. The president and the [Hugo] It is not Viana’s fault that Sporting is eliminated from the Cup against Varzim, it is not their fault that we are 12 points behind in the Championship, it is not their fault that we are eliminated from the Champions League. It’s for me and I think it’s good for me. And if someone came to defend me, especially on game days, I would feel diminished and it would be useless. We are in tune. The president has to satisfy the members and we as a club have to have that moment in the Assemblies, to think about the club, right now I am showing my face because it is my job and it is not difficult for me. This is not the time to show your face It did not help me and I felt diminished”, stressed.
⌚️Final Whistle: SCP 1-2 EIN
????Sporting reinforces its status as a team with the most appearances in the ????Europa League:
34 ???????? Sporty ↪️
30 ???????? Club Bruges
28 ????????International
28 ????????Ajax ↪️ pic.twitter.com/GCPuHWNYCk— playmakerstats (@playmaker_EN) November 1, 2022
“In relation to the season, it is not lost because we have to do our job and I cannot say that it is lost now that the goals have fallen and we have to face it naturally, think about what we must do as a club in the same season as when I got here . I don’t know what will happen, we have the World Cup break, we have to think about it. The club has one good thing: it is well structured, it is financially well, it has values in the squad and this is the beginning of everything. When I got here there was none of that and therefore it is not worth getting into dramas. The season is very difficult, practically lost, the problem is only the coach but as a club we will think, analyze and move forward. More than half is lost and it is good that we are starting to think about the future because as long as we have a goal in the future and a plan for the future, nothing is lost, only the season”, concluded Rúben Amorim.
Source: Observadora
