After the draw with Ipswich Town, Ruben Amorim had a post-match interview right on the field with Sky Sports. The host of this sports channel - Kelly Cates said, one of the most noticeable things of a Man United coach is the commitments after the match. This joking statement from Cates implies that the "Red Devils" coaches have recently failed a lot and often make better promises after each match. Amorim may be the same case.
"I want to say that this is the last time. It feels like I've spoken more than I've spoken in 4 years at Sporting this week. When you talk too much but the home team doesn't win, the setting is really not good.
I just want to talk to my players, that's all. At the moment, 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 answered interviews with 4 units including Sky Sports, BBC, MUTV and talkSPORT. In addition, the Portuguese strategist still has to attend the post-match press conference with many media units. That is the standard for a Man United manager to answer the media and there may be more in the future.
In Portugal, after each Primeira Liga match, no television unit conducts interviews right on the field. Coaches are only asked to answer to one broadcaster, Sport TV. Therefore, Amorim's burden of having to face the media before is much smaller.
Although he was not very interested in having to answer the media so much, Amorim's attitude, at least at this stage, did not seem uncomfortable. On the contrary, the 39-year-old strategist often laughed to relieve the pressure. Maybe the M.U captain is trying to show England fans his positivity. With the British media, if any 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 approaching to understand the nature of the British media. Before the match against Ipswich, he agreed to let the club's YouTube channel post a video of the first training session during the FIFA Days in November. After that, a series of analysis articles on the 3-4-3 formation and personnel arrangements were published throughout the newspaper. In addition to the interview with 4 TV channels after the match against Ipswich, perhaps Amorim has now absorbed the blow and gradually become vigilant.
That is proven by the saying "this is the last time" above and from the Man United starting lineup at Portmand Road. It is almost completely different from what was posted in the first training session video. If the British media intends to leave Amorim in a dead end, this young coach also knows 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 helps Amorim truly succeed, not the tricks of the media. In the past few years, when Man City was so powerful, the British media had never "dared" to touch Pep Guardiola. To achieve that, Ruben Amorim will have to make great efforts right from the first days.
