Intro:

Sporting trained at Schalke's Veltins-Arena in Monday (20 October), a day before facing the German side in the 2014-15 UEFA Champions League.

Script:

SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Marco Silva, Sporting coach:

"It's not about that single game, it doesn't matter which game. It is about facing a challenge however hard this challenge is. We know that Sporting has not won a single game in Germany yet but we take that as a fact that it is, nothing more. We are going into tomorrow's game in a good spirit, we have prepared well, and what we want is to play, at this highest level - which the Champions League is - a good game"

SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Joao Mario, Sporting midfielder:

"Our goal is to play well, to get three points. But we know that Schalke is a good team which is in good shape for tomorrow."