Ex-César Peixoto aide shines at Sporting, wins player of the month | OneFootball

João Gião, former assistant to César Peixoto, was voted by his peers as the best coach of August in Liga 2. The coach of the Sporting B team garnered 24.44 percent of the coaches' votes, beating competition from Ricardo Sousa of Vizela (22.22 percent) and Vítor Matos of Marítimo (17.78 percent) of the choices.

After four rounds, the young lions, newly promoted from Liga 3, occupy second place with three wins and one loss, having scored five times and conceded only one goal. They recently beat Paços de Ferreira 3-0, after smaller victories over União de Leiria (1-0) and Torreense (1-0).

João Gião's journey includes various international experiences, having worked at clubs such as Melaka United (Malaysia), Bordeaux (France), Lausanne and Grasshoppers (Switzerland), as well as the Guinea-Bissau national team. In recent years, he has been in Portuguese football alongside César Peixoto, as an assistant at Paços de Ferreira and Moreirense, an experience that gave him the baggage to take on an ambitious project like Sporting B.

However, the lion team lost their last match against Oliveirense by 1-0, in a match counting for the third round of the Second League. After two consecutive victories, the lions suffered their first defeat in the competition and fell from the competition's leadership.

At this moment, João Gião's charges are in second place in the standings, with six points amassed. The next duel is scheduled for next Sunday, September 14, against Portimonense, by Tiago Fernandes. The match will be played at 11:00, in Algarve.

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