There's a bug going round at Sporting: club legend worried by new slump | OneFootball

Sporting managed to open their home campaign in the new season with a 3-2 win over Vitória de Guimarães, but the performance left some doubts among the fans. Despite taking all three points, the drop in performance in the second half once again raised concerns.

António Bessone Basto liked what the Lions showed before the break, but was quite displeased with what he saw afterwards: "I liked the first half, but I didn’t like the second. The flu we caught in Amadora is still affecting Sporting," he told the newspaper 'Record'.

Sousa Cintra also acknowledged a clear difference between the two halves of the match: "Sporting won, but suffered, and I don’t like that," began the former Sporting president, who described the first half as "the Sporting way," but once again identified problems similar to those seen in Reboleira. Despite the difficulties, he admitted that the result was "without a doubt a deserved victory."

Tito Arantes Fontes followed the same line of thought and spoke of a team with two distinct versions: "Sporting once again showed two faces. They had a good first half, attacking, but did not come out the same way in the second half," the lawyer said.

The Lions will be back in action on Saturday, August 22, against Alverca. The match, part of the third round of the Liga Portugal Betclic, against the side coached by Sérgio Ferreira, will be played at 8:30 pm at the José Alvalade Stadium.

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