Committed to moving closer to FC Porto as vice-captain of the national youth team, Sporting transformed a temporary state of deprivation into … an expressive defeat against Academica (7-1). It all started after half an hour, when Rafael Motta allowed Joao Coelho to anticipate as Sporting’s defense unbalanced, allowing the Briosa striker to attack empty spaces.

The scoreboard was open, with the potential for a surprise… But everything changed when a good attack was parried by Konstantin Nikitenko from a penalty kick hit by Diogo Martins in the 40th minute. The second half, with six goals for the Lions, the first by Evanildo Mendes, quickly attacked The ball in the area after the first cut by Thomas Villau. The transformation was complete and from then on it was all about Sporting and Francisco Machado, with good work in the advanced area, recovering and assisting Giovanni Cuenda in the match 3-1.

Defeat will be completed in the last quarter of an hour. Manuel Kisanga, seeing wide in the central lane, favored Rodrigo Viola’s 4-1 inbound in the 75th minute, and goals followed. The fifth goal would arrive at 83′ by João Simões, in the area after good work from Telmo Coimbra, who again two minutes later was a faithful assist, but by Diogo Martins in a set move in the small area at 85′.

A similar situation would happen in the next minute, with the attacker insisting on the departure of the goalkeeper from the academy at his feet, which, despite the effort, did not avoid the hat-trick of ‘9’ Leonen … the end of 7-1.