Exclusive: Poor Sporting results have Varandas eyeing bench changes | OneFootball

Mauro Miguel and José João Gomes, coaches who have already led the Sporting's junior team this season, have been a concern for SAD, Leonino has learned. The results below expectations since last season lead Frederico Varandas to consider making drastic changes.

As our Journal has found out, the last few months lived by the Club de Alvalade's training ranks concern the Board. After João Pereira's promotion to the main team in November 2024, the lions made numerous changes in the technical teams of the training ranks, which still have an impact on the results today.

For the under-19s, the green and whites hired Mauro Miguel, who was without a club. However, the performances of Club de Alvalade did not improve, with the lions ending the season in a distressing way and fighting not to be relegated. Since the 2002/03 season, Sporting has not been out of the national junior championship qualifying phase. 

Already this season, the coach has only played one game, having lost at home against União de Leiria (3-2) and giving way to José João Gomes. Even so, the performances continue to not convince and the lions are again in a precarious position in the standings.

At the moment, the under-19s are in fourth place in the table, with 14 points, just one place above the relegation playoff zone, which is occupied by Académico de Viseu (12), with whom they drew in the last round. Santa Clara is the leader (17 points and two fewer games than Sporting), followed by União de Leiria (15 and one less game) and Benfica (14 and three fewer games).

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