The coach of Sporting de Braga, Artur Jorge, defended this Wednesday that the soccer team is not in crisis and that the project cannot be questioned because “an isolated game????????
In the press conference prior to receiving Moreirense, Thursday, for the fourth day of the Portuguese Cup, the coach devalued Braga’s moment, which has only won four in the last 10 games, in all competitions, and comes from a defeat against Casa Pia, on the last day (1-0), the second consecutive defeat at home, after the defeat against Desportivo de Chaves (1-0).
“It is very difficult for me to analyze the moment of the team based only on the games. We can take these last 10 games, but I may be interested in the first 10in which we won eight and drew one, everything is very relative”, he said.
The coach said he did not see “any crisis” at Sporting de Braga.
“We lost at home, it’s true, and that leaves us quite unhappy, but we won in Estoril and Barcelos [ao Gil Vicente]???????? We are third in the championship, we have 25 points, one of the best scores in the history of Sporting de Braga [até á data]We’re the team [do Braga] that, in the last 13 years, the best record has achieved a lot in terms of results. I don’t think there is any dip or drop in performance other than the drop in efficiency. The project can never be jeopardized by an isolated game, the evaluation must be done with more justice for these five or six months of work that we have at the head of the team”, he said.
Artur Jorge came prepared with some data, having highlighted that his team has the second best attack in the I League, the one that has framed the most crosses and shots and, in 12 games, has gone seven games without conceding —“better than us, only Benfica????????
Regarding the Portuguese Cup match, he praised Moreirense, outstanding leader of the II League, and called for “seriousness” in the approach to the match.
“We recognize that Moreirense is one of the teams with the best championship in the II League, it has a considerable advantage and it is a team that could be competing in the I League and aim to climb the ladder. We watch this game only with the will to win and we anticipate that it will also be quite difficult”, said.
Artur Jorge considered that Sporting de Braga “is under pressure to win at all times – we are under pressure every day to be able to meet the demand we have, ours and that of Sporting de Braga” – and stressed that the Portuguese Cup “says a lot” for the club.
“We have already been winners in other years, but we are still in a very early stage of the competition,” to set other goals, he said.
Sequeira, injured, will have to miss Thursday’s game.
Sporting de Braga and Moreirense will meet starting at 7:45 p.m. on Thursday, at the Braga Municipal Stadium, a match that will be refereed by Artur Soares Dias, from the Porto association.
Source: Observadora
