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

The Sporting structure maintains full confidence in João Gião, despite the recent negative cycle. According to our newspaper, in an Exclusive Leonino, the administration led by Frederico Varandas does not consider dismissing the coach of the B team. The management believes in the coach's ability to quickly reverse the course of events.

The SAD officials consider that the 39-year-old helmsman is the right person in the right place. There is an internal conviction that this less favorable phase will be overcome with work and stability, while, at this moment, the focus remains on the development of talents at the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy, without yielding to external pressures or immediate results.

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

Sportingly, the current moment is not the best, with five consecutive defeats in the Second League. The secondary team of the lions now occupies the third position in the standings, with 18 games, nine wins, two draws, and seven losses. The 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 the Turkish club Alanyaspor. Since then, the coach - who worked in the formation of Benfica and was an assistant for teams like Sacavenense, Pinhalnovense, Melaka United, Académica, Grasshoppers, Lausanne-Sport, and Paços de Ferreira - led 26 matches, having won 14, drawn four, and lost eight.

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