Alisson Santos craze: Sporting’s new signing wows foreign press | OneFootball

Alisson Santos was highly praised by the Italian sports press. Sporting’s 2-1 defeat against Napoli last Wednesday, October 1st, drew negative criticism for some of the Lions’ players, but on a positive note, the main highlight was the ‘number 27’, along with João Simões, Morten Hjulmand, and Geovany Quenda.

The Brazilian player – who has been getting more minutes in Sporting’s first team due to the club’s difficulties in signing Jota Silva during the transfer window – came on in the final stages of the match and earned praise from ‘TuttoMercatoWeb’: “Very clear and objective in managing counterattacks, [Alisson] never makes mistakes.”

However, the same source ended up considering Sporting’s goalkeeper as the worst player on the pitch: “He stood out by saving a curling shot from Politano, but failed miserably on Hojlund’s second goal,” it read.

Nevertheless, Inácio, Eduardo Quaresma, and Trincão also received some less positive remarks: “A center back with technical quality, but when Napoli stretched through the central corridor, a real abyss opened up,” they said about Sporting’s second captain, moving on to the ‘number 72’: “He misreads the situation during De Bruyne’s run.” Up front, the Portuguese international was also targeted: “He was more of a second striker than an attacking midfielder. He played alongside Ioannidis to give the forward more support, but never managed to shoot on target.”

On the other side of the coin, ‘TuttoMercatoWeb’ highlights Hjulmand, considering him the best player on Rui Borges’ team: “Juventus was willing to do anything to bring him back to Italy. Yesterday’s performance only fueled [the Old Lady’s] regret. Milinkovic-Savic prevented him from equalizing in the last second.”

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.