Sporting midfielder scores screamer vs Porto B, but Lions lose 2-1 | OneFootball

Sporting’s B team lost (2-1) to Porto B this Sunday, January 11, in a match counting for the 16th round of Liga 2. The green and whites suffered another defeat and remain unable to break their streak of four games without earning any points in the competition.

In a match played at Estádio Luís Filipe Menezes, in Vila Nova de Gaia, it was the young Lions who took the lead at 1-0. After a corner from the right, the opposing defense poorly cleared the ball to the edge of the box and Samuel Justo – who will leave at the end of the season – scored a stunning goal.

In the second half, the scenario was reversed. In the 50th minute, Dinis Rodrigues took a tense corner from the right and João Teixeira appeared in the six-yard box to head in the 1-1. In the 55th minute, Dinis Rodrigues crossed to the edge of the area and there, Gonçalo Sousa controlled with one foot, spun with the other, and struck a half-volley for the 2-1.

With this defeat – their sixth in 17 games this season – João Gião’s men are in third place in the standings, with 29 points, the same as Académico de Viseu. Marítimo leads with 36 points. The next match is scheduled for Monday, January 19, against Torreense, at 6:00 pm, at Estádio Aurélio Pereira, in Alcochete.

The starting eleven fielded by the green and white club was: Francisco Silva (Goalkeeper), David Moreira, José Silva, Lucas Taibo, Rodrigo Dias, Eduardo Felicíssimo, Samuel Justo, Manuel Mendonça, Paulo Cardoso, Rafael Nel, and Rodrigo Ribeiro. 

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