Sporting starlet surpasses Peyroteo in Alverca clash | OneFootball

Salvador Blopa became the youngest player ever to score twice for Sporting in his debut match, surpassing the green and white legend, Peyroteo. The Lions played the quarter-finals of the League Cup against Alverca, and Rui Borges started the young player in the lineup.

The match ended in a green and white rout: 5-1 on the scoreboard, and qualification for the League Cup final four was secured on a record-breaking night: Salvador Blopa became the first player trained at Sporting to score twice in his debut match since the National Junior Championship began (1938/39).

In addition to that achievement, Salvador Blopa surpassed a legendary name at Sporting: he became the youngest ever to score a brace for the Lions, at 18 years and five months old. Behind him now is Peyroteo, who held the record after scoring two goals at 19 years and seven months of age.

Salvador Blopa, it should be recalled, scored Sporting’s second goal in the match against Alverca. The youngster, who started on the left wing for the Lions, took advantage of great work from Fotis Ioannidis in the 30th minute to put the green and whites ahead 2-0.

In the second half, at the 70th minute, the young player shone again. This time it was Geovany Quenda who set up Salvador Blopa, who finished to make it 4-0 for Sporting. The young player thus completed his brace in his debut match for the green and white first team, right at Estádio de Alvalade.

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