Player who left Sporting reveals odd reward Jorge Jesus gave at Alvalade | OneFootball

Daniel Podence revealed a curious practice of Jorge Jesus during the period when they worked together at Sporting, between 2016 and 2018. The current Al Shabab player explained that the coach had the habit of holding an internal vote after every match.

“I’ve had many coaches throughout my career so far, but only one of them did something different after each game. The day after the match, he would show us some clips from the last game and share his thoughts on everything,” the Portuguese international began.

Before that meeting, however, Jorge Jesus asked all the players to choose the teammate they felt had been the best on the pitch. “But before the meeting, he asked us to write on a small piece of white paper the name of the best player on our team in that game”, Podence revealed.

The vote came with a symbolic prize closely linked to Sporting. According to the forward, it was all “just to give out a stuffed lion as a trophy… until the next game”, thus recalling one of the methods used by the current national team coach to encourage internal competition.

Podence played for Sporting’s first team before terminating his contract and continuing his career abroad, and he currently represents Al Shabab in Saudi Arabia. Last season, he recorded two goals and nine assists in 33 matches.

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