The Sporting CP coach talks before Friday's game against CF Estrela Amadora

This Friday, at 8:15pm, Sporting Clube de Portugal host CF Estrela Amadora on Liga Portugal Matchday 10.

Coach Rúben Amorim previewed the game, highlighting the team's ambition to remain unbeaten in the competition and surpass another record.

“Our goal is to have the best start, and we always want to do better. There has been little time to recover, there were players who did nothing in training and others who moved around a little, but we did mostly tactical work," he told the media.

"We need to win the game, we want to play well at our stadium and maintain our position in the table.”

Revealing that Pedro Gonçalves is back in the squad and that Eduardo Quaresma will not be available yet, Amorim said he knows what to expect from CF Estrela Amadora, who are currently with an interim coach.

“They seem like a slightly more aggressive team, and that can be seen in the details. Against Vitória SC, they changed to a 3-4-3, were very well organised in their pressing, and the way they celebrated the goals shows that they are united. This reveals a lot about their confidence and I also saw the statements in which they said they would be the first team to win at Alvalade. We want to avoid that. We know what we are going to face, the context we are in, and we want to play well. We have prepared well and we are ready for this game.”

Regarding his own possible departure to take over at Manchester United, as has been heavily rumoured this week, Amorim said that he will speak tomorrow “after the game” because now is the time to be focused on the match with CF Estrela Amadora.