Sofia Oliveira: Vagiannidis not up to Fresneda at Sporting | OneFootball

Sofia Oliveira was asked to choose between Georgios Vagiannidis - a player who joined Sporting in the last transfer window - and Iván Fresneda, who have been competing for a spot in the starting eleven of the lions. Although the sports commentator considers that the Greek international will be more useful, she believes the Spaniard is better in a specific characteristic.

"He wasn't a player who convinced me right away, but the minutes he has had at Sporting - and they haven't been that many - the way he has managed to show himself, especially offensively, because defensively I think he falls far short of Fresneda, brings a different dynamic to Sporting's right flank", she began by saying, to 'Craques.pt'.

Next, Sofia Oliveira ended up admitting that she thinks the Greek will eventually take the starting position at Sporting: "Due to Fresneda's difficulties, who was even a player I held in higher regard some time ago, it doesn't work. I think Vagiannidis will easily win the spot over him. It may not be tomorrow, it may not be the day after tomorrow, but I believe he will end the season on the rise".

"He needs to improve a lot defensively if he wants to maintain the level in more challenging games, but I think what he offers offensively compared to Fresneda - and considering the context of the Portuguese league -, he is a player who could be very useful to Sporting", she also emphasized.

Sporting will return to the field this Thursday, September 18th, against Kairat Almaty. The match against the team led by Rafael Urazbakhtin, valid for the first round of the Champions League, will be played at the Estádio José Alvalade and is scheduled to kick off at 20:00.

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