Former Sporting nemesis warns on Arouca: Seabra is very shrewd | OneFootball

, former Arouca captain and scorer of the goal that gave the club its only ever win over Sporting, analyzed the upcoming clash between the two sides. The center-back, who scored with a header from a corner in the 47th minute (on matchday 11 of the 2022/23 season), knows Vasco Seabra, the current Arouca coach, particularly well and has a warning for the lions, led by Rui Borges - who has three absentees.

"Vasco Seabra understands football very well, studies a lot, and I believe he will prepare a very good strategy. He is a very intelligent coach," he said in comments to A BOLA, warning about what he expects the Wolves' manager might prepare for the visit to Alvalade.

The former Arouca captain also recalled the strategy that allowed his team to beat Sporting in 2022/23. "We were very solid defensively, giving Sporting very few chances," recalled the Brazilian center-back.

The connection between João Basso and Vasco Seabra, however, goes far beyond matches against Sporting. Arouca's current coach managed the defender in Estoril's under-23s in 2018/19 and worked with him again in the Canaries' first team in 2024. Basso is deeply grateful to the coach and does not hide how important he has been in his career. "I owe a lot of my success in football to him. In 2018, Estoril wanted me not to be part of the squad, put me in the under-23s, and the coach gave me the confidence and the opportunity I needed," he said.

The Lions return to action next Saturday, September 19, against Arouca. The match, valid for the sixth round of the Liga Portugal Betclic, against the team coached by Vasco Seabra, will be played at 8:30 p.m. at the José Alvalade Stadium.

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