Sporting faces Tondela in a postponed 26th round match of the Portuguese Primeira Liga, and is forbidden from losing points in the fight for second place and qualification for the Champions League. The ‘leões’, with one less game played, are 10 points behind the leader FC Porto, which has 82 points and can seal the title on Saturday, and three points behind Benfica (75), who no longer depend on themselves to reach second place, as they have a disadvantage in the direct confrontation with the ‘encarnados’. At home, against the team from the Viseu district, Sporting has never lost in championship games, although it has conceded three draws in seven encounters between the two teams. Rui Borges speaks of a difficult game in a period when the team is going through physical exhaustion after being in all competitions until a few days ago. The game between Sporting and Tondela will be played at 20h15 and will have Fábio Veríssimo, from the Leiria Football Association, as the referee. A Tondela fighting for points The Tondela coach said in a pre-match press conference that he wants organization, ambition, and courage to be competitive in the ‘very difficult’ trip to Sporting's home, in the postponed 26th round match of the I Liga. The management will be done ‘game by game’, and although it is difficult to play against Sporting, Gonçalo Feio says he will go to this game to fight for points. Asked if he preferred the game to have already passed, Gonçalo Feio denied, saying he prefers ‘always to play and in bigger stages even more’, as will happen on Wednesday, at Sporting's home, the still bicampeão. ‘It's a team of great quality, this season, it was among the eight best in Europe, so the task is very difficult, but if they give me the choice, I will always choose to play and compete. The points are being disputed, they are difficult, but we will do to fight for them’, he said. The coach of the beirões added that the opponent ‘is a team with players of enormous quality and with very strong and difficult to stop dynamics’. Gonçalo Feio admitted that he will ‘manage the players’ for the encounter with Sporting, as on Sunday, the trip is to Casa Pia, a direct opponent, and in case of defeat, Tondela will descend to the II Liga.