Sporting lose 2-0 to Rio Ave, could be 17 points off top | OneFootball

Sporting’s under-17 team lost 2-0 to Rio Ave, this Saturday, May 23, in a match counting for the 15th round of the Championship Qualification Phase of the under-17 level. The Lions suffered their third consecutive defeat. The last one came against Benfica.

In a match played in Vila do Conde, the Alvalade club ended up paying dearly for the mistakes made in the opening minutes of the game. Just 2 minutes in, the home side took advantage of winning the ball back high up the pitch to open the scoring. After the half-hour mark, another defensive mistake by Sporting allowed Rio Ave to regain possession in a dangerous area and make it 2-0, a result that remained until the end.

In the second half, the green and whites still tried to cut the deficit, but to no practical effect, in a match that also ended with both teams reduced to 10 players, following the sending-off of Martim Ribeiro for the Lions.

With this defeat — their seventh in 33 games this season — Pedro Pontes’ side have 23 points and are, provisionally, in fourth place. Porto are first with 37 (with one game fewer). The next match is scheduled for Sunday, May 31, against Famalicão, at 11:00 am, in Alcochete.

The team fielded by the Alvalade club was made up of: Guilherme Fortunato (Goalkeeper), Francisco Cabeçana, Guilherme Varela, Mário Almeida, Salvador Fortuna, Martim Almeida (C), Francisco Simões, José Lino, David Almeida, Vítor Conceição and Martim Ribeiro.

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