Luís Avelãs analyses Sporting star’s display: was having a tough game | OneFootball

Luís Avelãs was won over by Pedro Gonçalves’ performance against Nacional. The ‘number 8’ of Sporting was the man of the match last Saturday, August 23, scoring three goals and providing an assist in the 4-1 victory over the island team. Even so, the expert does not forget the less positive first half from Rui Borges’ side.

“Sporting practically started the match losing. Faced with such a scenario, Rui Borges’ team was forced to chase the deficit, to speed up the game. And while there was never a lack of will and initiative, in the first half the effort was not always matched by good decisions in the final pass,” the journalist told Record newspaper.

Next, Luís Avelãs spoke about the importance Pote had in enabling the lions to turn the game around: “The creative player was having a complicated performance (shot against the bar, two shots just wide of the post, and a sprain that nearly forced him off the pitch) until, after so much persistence – and with Nacional already reduced to 10 men since the 37th minute – he finally found the way to goal.”

“Then, with the class he’s known for, he completed the comeback, assisted Harder for the 1-3 that sealed the match and still had time to complete his hat-trick. He scored three, but it could have been four or five,” the journalist concluded about Pedro Gonçalves.

Before the end, Luís Avelãs still had time to talk about Conrad Harder: “It’s been clear for some time that Rui Borges is not particularly a fan of the young Dane’s qualities who, probably, just scored his last goal in a Sporting shirt. We’ll have to see whether the club will sign a better striker or just a different one.”

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