Leonino exclusive: Poor results prompt Sporting to act on João Gião | OneFootball

Sporting’s management maintains full confidence in João Gião, despite the recent negative streak. According to information gathered by our newspaper, in an Exclusive for Leonino, the administration led by Frederico Varandas is not considering parting ways with the B team coach. The board believes in the coach’s ability to quickly reverse the current situation.

The SAD officials consider the 39-year-old manager to be the right person in the right place. There is an internal conviction that this rough patch will be overcome with hard work and stability, while, at this moment, the focus remains on developing talent at the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy, without giving in to external pressures or immediate results.

The appreciation for the work done is such that the Club even discussed renewing his contract, as reported by Leonino, in an Exclusive. Besides a good start to the season – now tainted by recent defeats – João Gião even managed to secure promotion to Liga 2, after seven years of the Alvalade club in Liga 3.

From a sporting perspective, the current moment is not the best, with five consecutive defeats in the Segunda Liga. The Lions’ second team now occupies third place in the standings, with 18 games played, nine wins, two draws, and seven losses. Their goal difference stands at 27 scored and 15 conceded.

João Gião joined Sporting at the end of March 2020, after João Pereira’s departure to Turkish side Alanyaspor. Since then, the coach – who worked in Benfica’s youth system and was assistant coach at clubs such as Sacavenense, Pinhalnovense, Melaka United, Académica, Grasshoppers, Lausanne-Sport, and Paços de Ferreira – has led 26 matches, winning 14, drawing four, and losing eight.

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