Sporting cruise to away win, stay top of the league | OneFootball

The Sporting youth team defeated Académica OAF 4-0 this Sunday, October 19th, in a match for the ninth round of the National Under-17 Championship. Recall that the lions had thrashed Torreeense 5-0 in the last match.

At the Briosa XXI Academy in Coimbra, the young lions faced a historic Portuguese football team, which posed many challenges to the green and white formation. Sporting had several goal opportunities in the first half, but failed to finish effectively, and the match reached halftime tied at zero.

In the second half, the game told a different story. Sporting came out strong to take the lead, which came through Sandro Ferreira in the 51st minute. Shortly after, Diego Farinha scored twice (66' and 69'), giving the young lions a comfortable lead. Before the end of the match, João Guerra sealed the final score at 4-0

With this victory - the sixth in nine games this season - the team led by Pedro Pontes now has 20 points and occupies the first place in the table. Benfica is second with 18 points but has one less match. In the next round, Sporting will visit Vitória de Setúbal. The match is scheduled for Saturday, October 25th, at 3:00 PM, at the opponent's ground.

The team presented by the Alvalade Club was composed of: Valdir Nascimento, Salvador Fortuna, Mário Almeida, Alexandre Rosado, Francisco Cabeçana, Francisco Simões (C), Diego Farinha, Leonardo Varela, Sandro Ferreira, Rafael Fial, and David Almeida. On the bench were Afonso Redondo, Rodrigo Nogueira, Paulo Rodrigues, João Guerra, Guilherme Figueiredo, José Lino, Lewis Dawley, José Garrafa, and Martim Ribeiro.

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