Ruben Amorim admits every player must be ready for Elland Road atmosphere

I just want to look at the bigger picture. When you look at where the team was post-Europa League final. Six months on, to be sixth and six points off the top-four places, in the bigger picture, are you happy with the progress the team has made heading into 2026?
“I think we are playing better when we have the full squad. It is clear that we are attacking better. We are not being good enough in the details. We should have more points in the moment, but, of course, we want always more. We should have more points in the table.”

Ruben, Daniel Farke’s Leeds now are a very different team than they were maybe two or three months ago. How difficult is this game going to be?  
“They have a lot of pace and, sometimes, we struggle with pace. They are confident, but we have proved we can win any game in any situation, in every context. So we will try to do that again. We know that they change the system. They have different players in [the] front. They can as, the last game, they rotated two players that usually are the starters. So they have good players, good manager, great environment. It is going to be a tough game.”

In terms of the rivalry, you obviously played for Benfica, you managed Sporting. Can you kind of equate that rivalry to what you will experience on Sunday?
“It is different than ever. I never experienced this one unfortunately, the rivalry here, it’s the same but just with different environments and a different culture. But the noise is going to be big. We just have to perform. It’s hard to compare different cultures, different bodies, a different history. Let’s just focus on the game that is 11 guys against 11 in the beginning and we will try to win.”