Player suffers serious injury at Sporting – AFS SAD and Lions send message | OneFootball

Antoine Baroan was brought on as a substitute on Thursday night, during the visit to Sporting for the quarter-finals of the Portuguese Cup, and suffered a serious injury within the first few minutes for his new club after a collision with Colombian Luis Suárez. After the match, Sporting wished the French forward a speedy recovery.

"Sporting wishes a speedy recovery to the AFS player, Antoine Baroan. We hope to meet again on the pitch soon", read a post on the official X account of the Alvalade club. The "terrifying" moment shocked the Sporting players who were around the athlete, who had just fractured his leg.

The AVS coach, João Henriques, confirmed that it was the first and last game of the season for the French striker. "Unfortunately, it’s the first and last game of the season, for sure. The injury is really very serious. That is the main fact of this game, despite the many positive things we could talk about," explained the coach in statements to Sport TV.

The 53-year-old coach further expressed his feeling of disappointment about the case. "It’s a really negative situation, sad for us, but above all for the player. We were all stunned by what happened in such a fortuitous way, obviously, it was not intentional. These are situations that happen, unfortunately."

It is worth remembering that Nuno Santos, who was recovering from a serious injury, returned to the pitch 15 months later and took part in the Lions’ 3-2 victory, securing qualification for the semi-finals of the cup, where the opponent will be Porto.

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