″I do have problems. Jorge Costa is not there, otherwise… ″

Remarks by Ruben Amorim, Sporting coach, in the press conference after the 2-1 victory over Arauca, in the first English League Cup final.

Ricardo Esgayo in the eleventh and Boro on the bench. Is it because of this Tuesday’s news that negotiations with Tottenham continued on Wednesday morning? “Obviously I’m not going to comment. Boro was left out because he had so many difficulties against Vizela, it was risky to leave him on the field for so long. Even today it was a risky 20 minutes. He came because he had to come, we needed a player who was unbalanced in Lobby. Let’s see how it goes on Saturday. Esgio came because he’s a player in our team, and I trust him a lot. He did well in the first half, in the second half he got tired because he didn’t have minutes. He’ll have to recover to prepare FC Harbor… [depois de pensar] or Visio. I already have problems, right? Jorge Costa is not there, otherwise … “