Ioannidis debuts for Sporting, some say he was out of position | OneFootball

Sporting beat Famalicão 2-1 and Rui Borges praised Fotis Ioannidis' first minutes in the lions' jersey

14 Sep 2025 | 07:56 |

Sporting defeated Famalicão, 2-1, in the fifth round of the Liga Portugal Betclic. Fotis Ioannidis made his debut for the lions and, after the end of the match, Rui Borges lavished praise on the striker's performance, who had his first minutes under the command of the Mirandela coach.

"Fotis [Ioannidis] entered very well, first playing out of position and having to defend", began the green and white coach, who launched the Greek international in the first instance to play simultaneously with Luis Suárez in the lion's attack.

Rui Borges mentioned that Ioannidis was "always very committed in that role, providing links in the interior game", until he moved further up the field: "Then, more in his zone, he helped the team to breathe when the game was more broken up".

This season, with the Sporting jersey, Fotis Ioannidis - valued at 15 million euros - has played one match. The Greek played 22 minutes of the duel against Famalicão, but has not yet managed to score or assist his teammates.

The Sporting will be back on the field on 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 the José Alvalade Stadium and is scheduled to kick off at 8:00 pm.

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