Amorim also spoke about Ugarte, who played under him at Sporting, during his press conference.

“The first thing is adaptation to a new team, a new country,” he said. “Sometimes, you just look inside of the pitch but, off the pitch, you can have some trouble sometimes. 

“He is more adapted and then he needs more confidence, it’s also my job. If you look last year, take Bruno [Fernandes], who is always confident and look at the team, and the performance of the team if he doesn’t perform well. We can see today, when they are confident in their play, it seems like everyone can touch the ball and have confidence. it is more a team thing than individual.”