Jesus leads charges in last workout in South Africa

Jorge Jesus led his squad of 26 through a final training session in Cape Town this Monday, ahead of the return to the Portuguese capital.

Rúben Semedo, who was substituted against Crystal Palace with a knock to the shoulder, took part in the warm up, with the squad going through their usual exercises at the beginning of the session

Pereira looking to get Alvalade return off with a bang

João Pereira was in the press room ahead of the start of this week’s Cape Town Cup, speaking with the press about his side’s objectives in South Africa.

“It is an international tournament and we want to win the title. We will think about the Supercup when it comes to it, but for now we have to prepare”, opened the Alvalade wing-back, adding a word on his return to Lisbon: “Everything is going really well. Some things have changed of course and our objectives are more ambitious now.”

Jorge Jesus sits down with the press in Cape Town

The Cape Town Cup was officially presented in the Table Bay Hotel this week. Speaking with a crowd of gathered journalists, coach Jorge Jesus shared his thoughts ahead of the start of the competition.

“We have high expectations. We have the honour of being part of this tournament and it will help us carry on our pre-season development. We will treat this competition as one that has a great future. We are really proud to be here”, said the Sporting coach.

Meanwhile, Ajax Cape Town coach Roger de Sá, who is himself a Sporting fan, affirmed that he is expecting a good match on Friday: “It will be another challenge for a young team like ours. We want to carry on our preparations and we are expecting a good match.”

Crystal Palace and SuperSporting United coaches Alan Pardew and Gordon Igesund also proved excited with the tournament, setting out their objective of facing Sporting in the final.

Jesus puts squad through its paces

Sporting continues pre-season preparation in South Africa, ahead of this Friday’s Cape Town Cup.

Jorge Jesus’ squad of 26 faced heavy winds in training this week, going through some warm up exercises for the first 15 minutes of their sessions which were open to the press.

The Cape Town Cup tournament organisers have responded to the requests of fans who considered ticket prices as too high, making available tickets for 60 Rand.