Matheus Nunes recalls career highlight, still remembers Sporting | OneFootball

Now in his third season with Manchester City and fourth in the Premier League, Matheus Nunes was asked to identify the most memorable moment of his career so far, at the age of 27, and he pointed without hesitation to his time at Sporting.

The Portuguese international highlighted winning the National Championship with the Lions in the 2020/21 season as the highest point of his career, above other trophies won in Portugal and also in England, where he has collected three titles with the Citizens, including the Premier League in 2023/24 and the Intercontinental Cup in 2024, as well as his debut for the National Team.

"I could choose several moments, but I think I would say when I became champion with Sporting," said Matheus Nunes in an interview with DAZN, explaining the emotional impact of that episode, which took place in a context still marked by the pandemic. "When the game ended, when the referee blew the whistle, I remember it was still kind of during Covid. The fans still weren’t in the stadium and they allowed two or three family members to be in the boxes. They had to be in individual boxes, because there was no contact with other families."

The midfielder also recalled his reaction after the final whistle and the family significance of that moment: "And when the game ended, I even, imagine, I fell to the ground, I didn’t really realize that we had become champions, and then I looked up at the box. My mother was up there and that’s when everything hit me," he described.

Matheus Nunes explained that this moment brought back memories of his personal journey and the sacrifices made over the years: "All the thoughts from my childhood started coming back. All the things we went through, what she gave up so we could live that moment. That’s why I think it was a moment I loved experiencing, because it was, if not the most beautiful, one of the most beautiful."

Check out the excerpt from the interview:

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