Expert hails Sporting signing: "He’ll finish the season on a high" | OneFootball

Sofia Oliveira believes that Georgios Vagiannidis has great potential to have a good season playing for Sporting. The sports commentator compared the strengths of the Greek international to Iván Fresneda, ultimately giving her opinion on the profile of both players.

"He wasn't a player who convinced me right away, but the minutes he has had at Sporting – and they haven't been that many – the way he has managed to show himself, especially offensively, because defensively I think he falls far short of Fresneda, brings a different dynamic to Sporting's right flank," she began by saying, to 'Craques.pt'.

Next, Sofia Oliveira admitted that she thinks the Greek will eventually claim the starting spot at Sporting: "Because of Fresneda's difficulties, who was even a player I held in higher regard some time ago, it just doesn't work. I think Vagiannidis will easily win the spot over him. It may not be tomorrow, it may not be the day after tomorrow, but I believe he will finish the season on the rise."

"He has to improve a lot defensively if he wants to maintain his level in tougher matches, but I think what he offers offensively compared to Fresneda – and taking into account the context of the Portuguese league – he is a player who could be very useful to Sporting," she emphasized.

Sporting will return to the field this Thursday, September 18, against Kairat Almaty. The match against the team led by Rafael Urazbakhtin, valid for the first round of the Champions League, will be played at Estádio José Alvalade and is scheduled to kick off at 8:00 p.m.

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