João de Deus unhappy with his side's loss to Atlético

João de Deus was evidently displeased with his side’s loss to Atlético this Sunday, on an afternoon completely dominated by Sporting B.

"We shouldn’t have lost this game, but I congratulate Atlético. We slipped up a lot with our finishing. We created more than enough chances to win comfortably and now we have to look at where we went wrong”, said the Sporting B coach at the final whistle.

Sporting B miss out to solo strike against Atlético

Sporting B missed out to Atlético this Sunday, on II Liga matchday 11.

After an early attacking spell from the afternoon’s visitors, Sporting B wrestled into the encounter and Gauld from range and Labyad had half chances to open the scoring. However, the most flagrant chance of the afternoon for the team form Alvalade fell to Viola just after 15 minutes, when Mickäel Meira denied the striker from the penalty spot.

Atlético capitalised on the let off, with Jorge Ribeiro finding the back of the net in the 24th minute. Both Labyad and Salomão could have drawn the game level at the break, but Meira proved to be in inspiring form to keep his side ahead.

Podence had the ball in the back of the net after the break, but his effort was ruled out before Viola, Labyad, Gauld and Sacko all saw the Atlético keeper pull off a string of unlikely saves.

The result puts Sporting B in fourth place in II Liga, with 18 points.

Daniel Cardoso for II Liga matchday 11

Daniel Cardoso, 30, from the Aveiro Football Association, has been named to take charge of Sporting B’s hosting of Atlético, on II matchday 11.

João Bessa Silva and Nélson Cardoso will act as linesmen.

Sporting B-Atlético will kick off at 16h00 on Sunday the 18th of October, at the Sporting Academy.

Sporting B coach on his side's draw in Famalicão

João de Deus highlighted his side’s ease in creating chances against Familicão this weekend, despite the points being split at the final whistle.

“We took on a quality side. We took advantage of their mistakes and we naturally created chances”, said the Sporting B coach about the first-half, adding: “After that we had to defend a lot, because there wasn’t much we could do with so many fouls, free-kicks and cards. We felt like we could have done more, especially in the second-half.”

Diogo Salomão also spoke with Sporting TV at the final whistle: “We knew that they are a good side who can create chances on the break, but we played well. We took the lead and ended up conceding a goal through a mistake, but we showed a good attitude.”

Sporting B held to draw on II Liga matchday ten

Sporting B were held to a draw in Famalicão this Saturday, on II Liga matchday ten.

In a well disputed first-half but with very few chances on goal, Sporting took the ahead 7 minutes before the break, courtesy of Ryan Gauld.

The hosts pushed forward after the break and began to create problems for João de Deus. The equaliser came on 67 minutes, when Silvério popped up at the far post to covert on a corner.

The result leaves Sporting B in third with 18 points.

Bruno Jesus names for II Liga matchday 10

Bruno Jesus, 33, from the Lisbon Football Association, will take charge of Sporting B’s trip to Famalicão, on II matchday 10.

António Franco and Cláudio Correia will act as linesmen.

Famalicão-Sporting B will kick off at 17h00 on Saturday the 3rd of October, in the Famalicão Municipal Stadium.

Sporting B notch up another three points in impressive II Liga start

Sporting B continued their impressive win streak this weekend, this time claiming Freamunde as victims with a 2-1 win in II Liga matchday eight.

After a goalless first-half, Daniel Podence found the back of the net three minutes from time with a strike that looked to have sealed the result, but there was still time for Matheus Pereira to make it 2-0 and Freamunde to grab a consolation.

The win sees Sporting B tighten their grip on 2nd place with 17 points; just a point behind the leaders FC Porto B.

Injury news on Riquicho

The under-21 international Mauro Riquicho suffered a fractured left fibula and a dislocation of the left angle in the match between Sporting B and Leixões, on II Liga mathcday seven.

The player will undergo surgery and more information will be made available as soon as possible.

Sporting B beat Leixões 3-1

Sporting B tallied yet another II Liga win this Wednesday afternoon, this time with a 3-1 victory over the visiting Leixões. The result moves Sporting up into second overall, while attention turns to Mauro Riquicho, who was stretchered off in the second-half.

Motivated by the thrashing of Oriental at the weekend, João de Deus’ side burst out of the blocks at half-time and after nine minutes were already two goals up, courtesy of Sambinha and Domingos Duarte. Despite the team from Alvalade completely dominating the park, Leixões did manage to pull a goal back just before the half-hour mark through Diogo Nunes.

The second-half saw Diogo Salomão get a run out as the pace slowed and the afternoon looked to be heading for an troubled conclusion, until the 66th minute injury to Mauro Riquicho left both sides looking concerned for the younger.

Cristian Ponde had a pair of chances on the 69th and 72nd minute to extend the lead, before Sambinha was shown a straight red for aggression 13 minutes from the whistle. The result was secure, but there was still time for an 89th minute strike from Ponde to round off the result.

Sporting B coach on his side's win against Oriental

Speaking with radio journalists after his side’s 4-0 masterclass against Oriental, João de Deus highlighted the quality of Sporting B’s performance.

“This was an important game for us, because it was here that our season picked up last year. We all wanted to win this one and to play as well as possible”, opened the Alvalade coach, adding: “In the second-half, I was happy with the way the lads got forward. We kept a clean sheet, but we were always looking to score more. We deserve a pat on the back today and on Wednesday we have another important game at home.”