Sporting and last-gasp goals: Luis Suárez stands out by a mile | OneFootball

Sporting has made the final minutes a decisive space this season. The team has scored 19 goals in the last quarter of an hour of the game, four of them beyond the 90th minute, numbers that help explain several victories snatched at the limit. The belief until the end has become a trademark of the Club, which rarely gives up seeking the goal even when the clock approaches the end.

Luis Suárez takes particular prominence in this record. The Colombian forward has scored five goals after the 90th minute, being responsible for recent victories secured in the final moments. Right behind are Pedro Gonçalves, with three late goals, and Ioannidis, with two.

The overall numbers reinforce this view. Sporting - which received recent ‘criticism’ - scored more goals in the second half than in the first, and many of them had a direct impact on the result, whether to unlock balanced games or to confirm existing advantages.

Even in matches resolved with a greater margin, the team led by Rui Borges has continued to score near the end, demonstrating a consistently competitive attitude. The lions seem not to slow down after gaining an advantage and maintain the pursuit of the goal until the final whistle.

Still, this pattern has also been reflected in the opposite direction. In some of the few internal slips of the season, Sporting ended up conceding decisive goals in the final minutes, losing points or being knocked out of competitions. A fact that does not invalidate the positive balance but shows how the final moments have been crucial, both for and against, in a season marked by decisions until the last second.

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