Sporting boss frustrated after Alverca loss: Uncontrollables went wrong | OneFootball

After the defeat of Sporting's junior team against Alverca (2-1), the coach José João Gomes analyzed the match and admitted that Simão Soares' expulsion affected the team right in the early minutes of the game. Nevertheless, he refused to comment on the incident.

"The game was marked by the expulsion in the first few minutes. We started well, we had an opportunity where we could have scored 1-0, and then came the expulsion. I haven't seen the incident and I won't comment on the refereeing, we have to know how to deal with it. Then, being one man down for so long was very difficult, but we must value what these young players did," he began by saying.

Even so, he acknowledged that the team from Ribatejo performed well: "The opponent also had merit and we need to be more competent in the play of the first goal. We gave a good response in the second half and I'm happy about that. We reached the equalizer at a moment we've been working on, and then we weren't able to close the passing line in Alverca's 2-1. Today, everything we couldn't control went wrong, and that won't always happen," he said to Sporting's media.

For the coach, "it's natural that there are gaps that the opponent managed to exploit" when you're one man down for so long: "We will take the attitude and the good things we did during these almost 90 minutes in numerical inferiority to carry into the game with Torreense," he admitted.

Miguel Almeida, the scorer of Sporting's goal, highlighted the team's resilience: "We had a great attitude. This is the attitude we want to have for the rest of the Championship. We had the misfortune of an early expulsion. We ran a lot, worked as a team, and reached the equalizer. We conceded again and couldn't get the three points. We're already thinking about the next game," he concluded.

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