After the draw with Ipswich Town, Ruben Amorim had a post-match interview with Sky Sports. The sports channel's presenter - Kelly Cates said that one of the most noticeable things about a Man United coach is the post-match commitments. Cates' joke implied that recent "Red Devils" coaches have failed a lot and often make promises to improve after each match. Amorim could be a similar case.
"I want to say this is the last time. It feels like this week alone, I have spoken more than in four years at Sporting. When you speak a lot but the team doesn't win, it's really not a good situation.
I just want to tell my players, that's all. Right now, I have a new mission in the Premier League, let's wait and see what comes next" - Ruben Amorim shared.
After the match against Ipswich Town alone, Amorim gave interviews to 4 units including Sky Sports, BBC, MUTV and talkSPORT. In addition, the Portuguese strategist still had to attend a post-match press conference with many media units. That is the standard for a Man United coach to answer the media and there may be more in the future.
In Portugal, after each Primeira Liga match, no television unit conducts on-field interviews. Coaches are only required to answer one television unit, Sport TV. Therefore, the burden of having to face the media for Amorim was much smaller than before.
Although he is not very interested in having to answer the media so much, Amorim's attitude, at least during this period, does not show any discomfort. On the contrary, the 39-year-old strategist often jokes to reduce the pressure. Maybe the M.U captain wants to show the English fans his positivity. With the English media, if a coach has aggressive words, they will easily be "beaten up". Jose Mourinho used to do that, but Ruben Amorim did not choose to follow his compatriot's path.
Amorim is said to be getting to know the English media. Before the Ipswich game, he agreed to let the club’s YouTube channel post a video of his first training session during FIFA Days in November. After that, a series of analyses of the 3-4-3 formation and personnel arrangements were published all over the press. Combined with the interview with four TV channels after the Ipswich game, perhaps Amorim has now taken the hit and is gradually becoming more cautious.
That was evident in the "this is the last time" quote above and in the Man United starting lineup at Portmand Road, which was almost completely different from what was posted in the first training video. If the British media were to trap Amorim through live interviews, the young coach would know how to respond accordingly.
As Amorim said, the most important thing is to focus on rebuilding the club and talking more with the players. That is what will make Amorim truly successful, not the media's bragging. In the past few years, when Man City was so powerful, the English media never "dared" to touch Pep Guardiola. To achieve that, Ruben Amorim will have to make great efforts right from the very beginning.
