Manchester Utd new coach Amorim on Sporting's dismantling of Manchester City
05/11/2024
Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal
05/11/2024
Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal
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00:00Good evening everyone, let's start the press conference with Sporting TV.
00:07Good evening Ruben, Miguel Custódio, we are live on Sporting TV.
00:12There are perfect nights for the Sporting fans, for the team, for yourself.
00:18It was this farewell night, if you ever thought about it, that you dreamed of.
00:25For Sporting, what does a win of this size mean for one of the best teams in the world?
00:31Where does Sporting stand?
00:39Where does Sporting stand? In the play-off, that's the main thing.
00:44Obviously it's very important, it's seen all over the world.
00:47We won by three goals, we were losing.
00:53But I think today it was written that it had to be like this.
00:56Because there is not much explanation.
00:58In the first half, we couldn't have the ball, we were too fast.
01:01They won all the duels, they pushed us into the box, they missed goals.
01:06A difficult first half, but then we managed to get to the impact in the break,
01:11and I think it calmed everyone down.
01:13We went to the break and then we changed a few things,
01:16but it had nothing to do with the turnaround with the changes we made in the break.
01:19Because in the first play, goal.
01:21In the second play, penalty.
01:23So I would say that today it had to be like this.
01:25No matter what happens in the game,
01:27I think that everyone here, who has been here for the last four years,
01:32deserved this night.
01:36It was a special night.
01:38But now we have to not stop in time,
01:40not look at this victory as if it were a coincidence.
01:44Obviously I know how special it is,
01:46but we have to move on and think about the next game in Braga.
01:51Good evening, Rubano Mourinho, João Alves Domingues, live for RTP.
01:54That second half was absolutely devastating.
01:58I ask you if it was a tactical adjustment,
02:00if it was a speech in the break,
02:02what changed to have that entry,
02:05and then ask you if tomorrow,
02:06I don't know if you already subscribed to English newspapers,
02:09but if you are waiting for tomorrow to really talk about the next Alex Ferguson
02:13on the cover of English newspapers.
02:15No, that was, I say it again, that was a joke.
02:18I'm not going to read anything for six months.
02:21I did that when I went to Sporting,
02:23I'm going to do the same for six months.
02:25I'm not going to read anything, I'm not going to have access to anything.
02:28It's the only way to do my job well,
02:30because I already know how things are.
02:34The comeback was not a tactical adjustment,
02:36as I was saying,
02:37there were two plays right after.
02:39We changed tactically and it was noticed later in the way we defended,
02:44we closed the middle better,
02:45we left those connections,
02:46they were here more on the outside and we controlled better,
02:49but until 3-1 there was no change,
02:51because it was two plays in a row.
02:53Then we gained confidence,
02:55the fans helped us, we controlled the game.
02:58Manchester City still missed a penalty,
03:00so I say it again, it was written, it had to be like that,
03:03and it ended up going well for us today in the game.
03:06Sigo.
03:07Ruben, in the light of Sigo.
03:09Last week in Manchester they asked me how Ruben was,
03:12because they wanted to know.
03:14I said that a coach leaves a club,
03:19people get sad, they cry,
03:21that means everything.
03:23Today, what did you feel at that final moment?
03:26Because I have been playing football for many years
03:29and a coach leaving ahead of time
03:31and being shot in the air by the players
03:33is not a very normal thing.
03:34What was going through your head
03:36at those moments
03:38when the whole club applauded him
03:40and the players were with you?
03:42Above all, I thanked him for the victory.
03:48Because if it was the opposite result,
03:50the moment would not be so beautiful.
03:52I have a notion of that.
03:53It would not be so beautiful, it would be more difficult,
03:55it would be something else.
03:56Because with the victory it was very good.
03:59We had very remarkable moments here.
04:02Four years ago we lost 4-1 to Laska
04:05and today we are doing this result.
04:10The way the players also lifted me up.
04:15I did not expect anything else from them
04:17because they know what I did for them,
04:19what they did for me, mainly that.
04:22It is a moment that I will keep for life.
04:24Today I still can not use things very well,
04:26but I think we all deserved to have a moment like that.
04:31It was written that I had to say goodbye to Alvalade.
04:34It was a remarkable moment.
04:35It was not the best moment in Alvalade.
04:37The best moment in Alvalade was when we lost 5-1
04:39to Manchester City and everyone applauded in the end.
04:41That is much more remarkable than winning,
04:44because when you win everyone applauds.
04:46It was a remarkable moment and it will be with me for the rest of my life.
04:51CMTV
04:52Hello Ruben, good evening.
04:53Duarte Antunes, CMTV, live for the Ligador show.
04:56I believe today has been a day with many emotions for you.
05:00It is a particularly exciting night.
05:04There is a departure in the live broadcasts we do.
05:06If we go through the social networks it is impressive.
05:10A coach is leaving and the comments are of gratitude,
05:17thanking Ruben for everything he did in the supporting.
05:21Others joke with the situation, particularly after today's game,
05:24saying that Amorim is going to revoke the contract with United.
05:27Anyway, many things.
05:31Ruben has already told us that he has a small supporter at home.
05:37How is it?
05:38First, I ask him if he asked him or tried to interfere,
05:42because these things with children move a lot.
05:45If he ever asked him, how is it to manage that?
05:49And then, secondly, it is not very normal in this type of situation,
05:52but I think my colleagues also share the same opinion.
05:56Since it is the last game here in Alvalade,
05:58and I am not going to Braga,
06:00I thank him for the respect he always had for the journalists and the press.
06:04I speak for myself, not for my colleagues,
06:06but I believe and think alike,
06:08for the respect he always had and facilitated and improved our work.
06:13I am very happy for these words.
06:15I also think you have always treated me with respect
06:19and were always fair to me.
06:22Therefore, it was something reciprocal.
06:25It was not just one-sided.
06:27I felt that about you.
06:28You always respected me, you were fair,
06:30you criticized when you had to,
06:32and I think there was a balance there.
06:34And there is not always a balance.
06:35Sometimes it is not your fault,
06:36other times you also did not have certain balances.
06:39At least, that is what it seems to me.
06:41Sometimes it is a matter of taste.
06:43I am also a friendly person and I help with that.
06:46Therefore, it was reciprocal.
06:49It was not just on my side.
06:53It is true, my son is from Sporting,
06:56and therefore he will continue to be.
06:59And when we had to come to Alvalade,
07:01we paid our ticket and went to the bench to watch the game.
07:05Who sent the like?
07:07It was me, so he did not have to say anything.
07:09It is the mother.
07:10Therefore, he is very happy for what he lived.
07:13He will live a new adventure,
07:15which is also good for him.
07:18And in relation to the fans,
07:20what I tried to do for them,
07:22they also did for me.
07:23They marked my life.
07:24It was the best period of my life.
07:25I'm proud to say that.
07:26And therefore, we move forward.
07:27Thank you to all of them.
07:29Yes, Renan.
07:30Hi, Mestre. João Pedroca.
07:31I was trying to look into your eyes,
07:32I do not know if you already shed a tear or not.
07:34Not yet.
07:35I wanted to ask you,
07:36the fans also say a lot,
07:37that you are the best coach in the history of Sporting,
07:39or at least one of the best.
07:40Do you feel that you leave here
07:41as one of the best coaches in the history of Sporting?
07:43And already now,
07:44how heavy is the legacy for those who come to follow?
07:46Not only this result,
07:47but that of that period,
07:48and the last periods of Sporting.
07:51Obviously it is always difficult to replace a coach,
07:54whatever he is,
07:55when he is winning.
07:56I think it is much more difficult.
08:00But the coach who comes
08:02will have a good legacy,
08:04because there are very good people working with them.
08:08He has a very good atmosphere in the stadium.
08:11He is in the playoff.
08:13I know it makes everything very difficult,
08:15the demand,
08:16but he will have a lot of people supporting him.
08:18And he will never feel alone.
08:20That was very important to me.
08:22I never felt alone here.
08:24Obviously also with the president,
08:27but mainly with Viena.
08:29That helped a lot.
08:30He will have other people,
08:32the next coach,
08:33to help him with that.
08:34Above all,
08:35he will have a structured club,
08:37which has won in recent years,
08:39a lot of bench support,
08:42and an intelligent audience
08:44that will need some tuning.
08:47Sometimes things don't go from one moment to another.
08:50And I'm sure the fans will give time to the next coach.
08:59Above all,
09:02it is one of the best periods of Sporting.
09:04I don't want to say,
09:05because this is a global job.
09:07There are a lot of people.
09:08I was lucky to be there.
09:09It was a difficult moment.
09:10We went through a lot,
09:11but then we got into a moment
09:12where everyone was pulling to the same side,
09:14and that helped a lot.
09:15So I had the help of a lot of people.
09:17Let's say I belonged to one of the best moments
09:19in the history of Sporting.
09:21Abola TV.
09:22Good evening, Ruben Francisco Tavares, Abola.
09:25Looking two and a half years ago,
09:27Sporting played here with Manchester City
09:29and lost a very heavy goal.
09:32Two and a half years later,
09:33looking at this game,
09:34his last game in Alvalade,
09:36looking at all the evolution that Sporting had,
09:39looking at the stands at the end of the game,
09:42and although you have already said
09:44that you rarely regret a decision you make,
09:46doesn't it get a little difficult,
09:48doesn't it get a feeling
09:49that maybe you could do,
09:50or was a little too much to do
09:52in this exit from Sporting?
09:53And I would also like to ask you now
09:55if you already have indications
09:56for when to face Manchester City
09:57in your next club.
10:00Starting there,
10:02we are a Portuguese team
10:06that had a lot of difficulties
10:07and we changed squad,
10:08in these four years,
10:09we practically changed squad.
10:10There are two or three players from the first squad,
10:13perhaps those who faced that Manchester City team,
10:17and we are allowed to play this way,
10:20that is, to wait for the opponent,
10:22transitions and so on.
10:25When I'm in the next club,
10:28the dimension is completely different
10:29and we have to have a completely different approach,
10:31so it doesn't take that long.
10:33Obviously, I can understand better
10:36the dynamics of the team,
10:38if that's possible,
10:39because there are many variations,
10:41but it doesn't take long from here,
10:43that is, the clash has to be different,
10:46we have to play differently,
10:49mainly in the future,
10:50perhaps in the immediate future,
10:52not so much, but in the future,
10:53we cannot have this behavior,
10:55because they are both historic clubs
10:59that fight for the same objectives
11:01and we have to have a different approach
11:02and therefore it will be a completely different game.
11:05We grew over these two years,
11:08but looking at the game,
11:09what we had today was luck,
11:11and the other time we had a bit of bad luck,
11:13in the first four times
11:14that Manchester City went to the goal last year,
11:16they scored.
11:17This year, they were standing there,
11:19Franck was defending the balls,
11:21we almost couldn't even get the ball out,
11:23and the game changed,
11:25we tied at half-time
11:26and therefore I would say that,
11:27looking only at this game,
11:28we are a much better team,
11:29but looking at this game,
11:30what changed was luck,
11:31and that counts a lot in football,
11:34this game fell for us.
11:42No, we have to make decisions,
11:44I am very aware of mine,
11:47I was much worse,
11:48if we had lost Costrela,
11:51if we had lost today,
11:53and now let's see Bragui,
11:54and therefore, winning,
11:55still gives me more certainty
11:57that now the club follows its path,
12:00I follow mine,
12:01I'm clearly right,
12:02because I thought a lot about the path I follow.
12:06One more question on the left.
12:07Good evening, Ruben Jorge Reyes for Luzon Noticias,
12:10in the preview of the game,
12:12Yulman said,
12:13kind of jokingly,
12:14that they were going to prove
12:16that they didn't need Ruben Amorim,
12:18this was a bit of them showing themselves,
12:22or now more seriously,
12:24this team has already gained maturity
12:26so as not to need Ruben Amorim?
12:29I think I need them more than they need me,
12:32honestly,
12:33when I look at the team,
12:34I need them more than I need me,
12:35I'm going for something more uncertain than them,
12:37they are doing well,
12:38they are already in the playoff,
12:40therefore, a goal is already built,
12:43we want to finish,
12:44at least,
12:45defeating them in the first place,
12:47isolated,
12:48which is winning in Braga,
12:49and therefore,
12:50they are more than prepared
12:51to live without the coach,
12:52this happens,
12:53and they will follow their path.
12:57Hello Ruben,
12:58Ricardo Miguel Gonçalves,
12:590-0,
13:00more than four and a half years have passed
13:02since your first game here in Alvalade,
13:04at the time,
13:051-2-0 against Aves,
13:07a completely different team,
13:09no player in common with tonight,
13:12I ask,
13:13both here in Alvalade,
13:14as internally,
13:15within the club,
13:16and what we don't know,
13:17what has changed in Sporting,
13:19until today,
13:20and if these changes
13:22will remain,
13:24even after Ruben Ambrim leaves,
13:27after Guviana leaves,
13:29and more players can leave as well.
13:31Yes,
13:32I talked about this before
13:33even talking about my departure,
13:36the club is structured,
13:37there is a model,
13:38there is an idea,
13:39obviously,
13:40the companies are a lot,
13:41and the clubs are the human resources,
13:42you can have the best machines,
13:43etc.,
13:44but the human resources
13:45are what count,
13:46the squad is valued,
13:47we have this,
13:50we have this,
13:51whoever comes in here,
13:52for sure,
13:53will have the coach,
13:54will have the support of the president,
13:57will have the support of the structure,
13:58the performance department
13:59remains,
14:00the medical department remains,
14:01all this remains,
14:03and therefore,
14:04the club is prepared
14:05to take the next step,
14:06it has already happened in so many clubs,
14:07therefore,
14:08the club will continue
14:09without any problem
14:13its path,
14:14it was a long path
14:15that we built,
14:16and we used this path
14:17to build all these bases,
14:19for the club not to depend
14:20on one person or another,
14:21and therefore,
14:23everything will be fine.
14:24Record, up there.
14:25Ruan, here.
14:27Good evening, Bruno Fernandes for Record.
14:28I would like to ask you,
14:30what is the spot of support
14:31that takes you inside
14:32to Manchester,
14:34and if the support
14:35that is champion,
14:36two-time champion,
14:37as Almujo,
14:38if you can promise
14:39to the fans
14:40who come here to Lisbon
14:41to celebrate in Marquês
14:42with them,
14:44to cut a little bit of nostalgia here,
14:45I would like to ask you
14:46if Inácio can play in Morag,
14:47or not?
14:48We are trying,
14:49we are not going to risk
14:50Inácio,
14:51but we are going to try
14:52to see if he is
14:53fit for Braga.
14:55The affection for the club,
14:57and I will always have
14:58a special connection
14:59with the club,
15:00I never thought
15:01I would say this,
15:03but I will always be
15:05a supporter.
15:08Obviously,
15:09if I don't come to Marquês,
15:10I wouldn't have the courage
15:11to do that.
15:12I will be forced
15:13when I am the coach
15:14of the team,
15:15sometimes,
15:16although I really enjoy
15:17the moment,
15:18but I don't like
15:19those parties
15:21Obviously,
15:22I won't go to Marquês,
15:23but I will be very happy
15:24for them,
15:25for the new coach,
15:26for the president,
15:27for Vianna,
15:28for everyone,
15:29for all the staff.
15:30Let's say I will go,
15:31it's as if I was there,
15:32but obviously
15:33I won't go to Marquês.
15:35Let's open here
15:36some questions
15:37for the English press,
15:38starting here for you.
15:50What do you say
15:51after a performance
15:52like that
15:53from your team
15:54to the supporters
15:55of the club
15:56who you will be managing
15:57in a week's time?
16:00What I can say
16:01is that
16:03this doesn't mean
16:04anything.
16:06I already said this
16:07before,
16:08we can't
16:09transfer
16:10the responsibility
16:11of the club
16:12to the players
16:13of the club.
16:14We can't
16:15transfer the responsibility
16:16of the club
16:17to the players
16:18of the club.
16:19We can't
16:20transfer
16:21one reality
16:22to another.
16:23You can't play like that
16:24in a Chess United.
16:25You can't play
16:26so defensively
16:27and here
16:28we have to adapt.
16:29Obviously
16:30it's very difficult
16:31to beat this team
16:32and you are
16:33only talking
16:34about...
16:35I was listening
16:36to what you said
16:37about Miserepepe Guardiola
16:38and you are only
16:39talking about
16:40the coach,
16:41which will be
16:42worse for me.
16:43This doesn't mean
16:44anything.
16:45It will be
16:46a completely
16:47different world,
16:48we won't
16:49have time
16:50to train
16:51and we will
16:52start from
16:53a different
16:54starting point.
16:55I would say
16:56to the people
16:57of Manchester
16:58that this was
16:59a coincidence,
17:00let's say,
17:01we were lucky
17:02in the game
17:03and when I get there
17:04I will make
17:05other assessments.
17:06Two more questions.
17:07Hi Ruben,
17:08the fans
17:09obviously love you
17:10here
17:11and you've had
17:12a great time
17:13here,
17:14so this must
17:15be a dream
17:16way to say
17:17goodbye to
17:18Manchester United.
17:47Wow,
17:48congratulations
17:49Alex.
17:50I agree
17:51Ruben.
17:52I just
17:53wondered how
17:54you feel
17:55tonight,
17:56that send-off
17:57from your
17:58players,
17:59that send-off
18:00from,
18:01I know you've
18:02got another
18:03game,
18:04but tonight
18:05at home
18:06from the fans
18:07and what
18:08message does
18:09that send
18:10to the Premier
18:11League,
18:12that performance?
18:13It's
18:14missing
18:15a lot
18:16it's misleading
18:17like I was
18:18saying
18:19we were
18:20very lucky
18:21today
18:22in the game
18:23so
18:24but the
18:25feeling with my
18:26players,
18:27the way they
18:28celebrate this
18:29win,
18:30the moment with
18:31the fans
18:32was very,
18:33very special
18:34so I take
18:35this to Premier
18:36League,
18:37when I arrive
18:38there is a
18:39different world,
18:40different pressure,
18:41I will try to
18:42be the same
18:43so
18:44it will be
18:45very fun
18:46and
18:47I'm ready
18:48for the
18:49challenge.
18:50Thanks for your
18:51help this week
18:52and your
18:53understanding.