Quenda scores in huge U21 win, ex-Sporting star shines | OneFootball

The Portuguese under-21 football team won, this Tuesday, October 14, against their Gibraltar counterparts by 11-0, and took the lead in Group B of the qualification for the European Championship in this category, to be held in 2027. Diogo Travassos (who scored twice) and Geovany Quenda - who has been closely followed by Chelsea - were the Sporting players who found the net.

In Gibraltar, the team known as "quinas" achieved one of their biggest victories ever with goals from Diogo Travassos (8' and 84), Gustavo Varela (11 and 67), Rodrigo Mora (28), Fábio Baldé (51), Mateus Fernandes (56), Gabriel Brás (57), Youssef Chermiti (70), Gustavo Sá (90, from the penalty spot), and Geovany Quenda (90+2).

Portugal, still unbeaten in the qualifiers, leads Group B with 12 points, three more than Czechia, who are second and lost today 2-1 to Bulgaria, who are third with seven points. The team led by Luís Freire, who in previous rounds beat Azerbaijan (5-0), Scotland (2-0), and Bulgaria (3-0), will visit Czechia in the next round, on November 18.

This result equals the biggest ever official win for Portugal's under-21s. The team led by Luís Freire thus replicated the victory achieved on October 7, 2021, against Liechtenstein, in the qualification match for the 2023 Under-21 European Championship.

This season, wearing Sporting's shirt, Geovany Quenda - valued at 45 million euros - has played in eleven matches, five as a substitute and six as a starter. In the 658 minutes played, the Alvalade club's prodigy already has one goal and four assists.

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