Arantes Fontes backs Sporting, mocks Benfica and Porto: Guiness of blunders | OneFootball

This Thursday, November 13, Tito Arantes Fontes signs yet another opinion piece in Jornal Sporting, in which he celebrated the Lions’ victory over Santa Clara, with Morten Hjulmand’s controversial goal in stoppage time, but did not forget to leave a word for Porto and Benfica.

"[Geovany] Quenda’s cross, well measured, into the edge of the six-yard box, the best delivered of the dozen corners we had throughout the match… and Hjulmand, imperial, like a captain, rises to the “second floor” and – with a fantastic header – strikes and scores our second goal! Delirium in the stadium! Delirium all over Portugal," he began writing.

"Sporting’s victory was more than deserved and leaves no room for dispute. We finished the game with more than 70% possession, having made over 20 shots on the opponent’s goal, seven of which were on target. In all these parameters, we clearly, very clearly, totally clearly, outperformed our opponent. An unquestionable and thoroughly deserved victory," it also reads.

"A victory achieved on a pitch unfit for football, with a pitch in terrible condition, as became evident throughout the match, with Sporting lamenting the injuries of its key player Pote and also [Fotis] Ioannidis, the Greek who has been performing so well, increasingly integrated with the team," he added.

Next, the former president of Grupo Stromp moved on to the rivals’ matches: Porto’s hard-fought victory and Benfica’s draw with Casa Pia: "Meanwhile, elsewhere, our closest rivals had different fortunes. In Famalicão, Porto won in a hard-fought and breathless manner thanks to a solitary goal, after being shaken by seeing a shot from their opponent hit their own post. It’s a team that seems to me to be starting to show some signs of wear. Let’s wait and see."

"Benfica, on the other hand, drew at home against the gallant Casa Pia, who deserve credit for never giving up and for managing to come back in the last half hour of the match from a two-goal deficit," he added, before ‘joking’ about Tomás Araújo’s own goal.

"It should be noted that Casa Pia’s first goal [an own goal by Tomás Araújo] is – for those parts, where they now boast so much about feats that should be in the Guinness Book – a moment that, in itself, undeniably, is – yes, it is! – clearly worthy of Guinness… obviously, in the ‘Hilarious Bloopers’ section! It is surely the best rebound after a penalty save, especially in the difficult specialty of ‘rebound into your own net’! I recommend watching it… on loop, as is the fashion now," he concluded.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.