Sporting starter accepts Champions League result: It was a fair defeat | OneFootball

Sporting’s defeat in Norway has left the team in a delicate position in the Champions League round of 16. After the 3-0 loss to Bodø/Glimt, Gonçalo Inácio acknowledged the difficulties faced by the team and pointed out the main problems that marked Sporting’s performance.

“We weren’t able to get the timing of our pressing right and we lacked attitude on our part. In the end, it was a fair defeat. Bodø managed to have the ball more often and, as I said, it was largely due to us not being able to press at the right moments against our opponent,” said the center-back in statements to Sport TV.

Despite the heavy disadvantage, the Portuguese international remains confident in a possible comeback in the second leg, which will be played at Alvalade. “We tried until the end to impose our game, we knew that at 2-0 it would be complicated, but for us nothing is impossible. Is it possible? Playing for Sporting, everything is possible,” he concluded.

In this 2025/26 sports season, Gonçalo Inácio – valued at 45 million euros – is one of the pillars of Sporting. The green and white center-back has, so far, played 3,158 minutes in 36 matches, in which he has already managed three assists and one goal.

The green and white team will return to the field next Tuesday, March 17, once again against Bodø/Glimt. The match, counting for the second leg of this Champions League round against the Norwegian side, will be played at 5:45 pm at Estádio José Alvalade.

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