Rui Borges, Sporting coach, speaking at the press conference after the 3-2 victory over AVS in the quarter-finals of the Portuguese Cup: Analysis of the victory against AVS «Objective accomplished, that’s for sure. It was a competent game until 2-0 and then we went into indirect relaxation. I don't believe it was intentional. AVS wins two penalties in two furtive moves and believes in the result. In the last minutes we got into mental stress where we missed a lot of passes. The game is beautiful maybe because of that, football changes quickly and we get our act together due to that relaxation. The two wingers are very strong in transitions, we are here or there more unfocused in positioning for defensive transitions. They are happy with their moves, but they have merit because they believed.” Nuno Santos' return to the main team «Above all, happy to see him return to the pitch after such a long layoff. Seeing him come back is fantastic. It was a long break and he played more minutes than he should have. He is far from the Nuno he can be and who clearly makes a difference. You will get there, now you have some time and you have to be calm and patient. It is the player who gives us both solutions, both on the right and on the left. He has above average technical capacity. He adds a lot to the team.”
