Pedro Silva on the weekend's Ledman LigaPro action against Gil Vicente

Sporting CP B keeper Pedro Silva sat down with the press this Friday to look ahead to the weekend's Ledman LigaPro action, which will see his side face Gil Vicente.

"Gil Vicente are a hard team, especially when they play on a good pitch. We want to turn things around as quickly as we can and winning is our only option", said the Sporting CP B shotstopper, continuing to speak about the recent change of management: "João de Deus going took us by surprise, but the club thought it was the best decision for what we need right now. We already know the new coach and we are sure things will work out well. Change always brings hope in football."

João de Deus praises work ethic and points to missed opportunities

"We had two chances right in front of the goalkeeper and didn't score", said João de Deus at the final whistle on Wednesday, reflecting on another afternoon of Ledman LigaPro action.

For the Sporting CP keeper, hard work is the only way out: "We just aren't putting away the good chances we are creating. It is upsetting, because I see that the players are working hard. This is a phase and we believe we will get through it."

Leonardo Ruiz on Sporting CP B's midweek Ledman LigaPro encounter

Understandably frustrated, but not about to throw in the towel. That it how Wednesday's scorer Leonardo Ruiz analysed Sporting CP B's current situation.

Sporting CP B miss out to Varzim and continue to search for a long awaited three points

Sporting CP B slipped to defeat this Wednesday, with a lack of a more clinical touch in front of goal and the odd individual error allowing Ledman LigaPro highflighers Varzim come away with the three points.

Sporting CP B concede two in the first 20 minutes in Fafe

Sporting CP B were unable to reset their recent run of Ledman LigaPro results this weekend, with a 2-0 loss in Fafe.

The final result was dictated in the first 20 minutes, when the hosts stick in the third minute through Samu and Lytvyn seventeen minutes later.

The result leaves João de Deus' side in 18th place overall.

João de Deus notes his side's improvement and is looking for a return to winning form

João de Deus' side are on the road this weekend, facing a tough visit to Fafe on Ledman LigaPro matchday 24.

"It will be a really competitive match. Fafe are a tough side and they have a well defined way of playing. They try to win the individual battles and from there they move forward", opened the Sporting CP B coach in an interview this Friday, adding: "We will try and do better than we have been recently. We looked a lot better against Sp. Covilhã and the players felt that too. Now we have to turn performances into wins."

Ivanildo Fernandes looks ahead to the weekend's visit to Fafe

Sporting CP B will travel to Fafe this weekend, for Ledman LigaPro matchday 24. With three points proving hard to come by as of late for João de Deus' side, Ivanildo Fernandes is hoping for a turn of luck, starting this Saturday.

"It has been a while since our last win. We are going through a negative run, but we have been playing better and hopefully we will get the three points against Fafe. We have been working hard as usual and there is no reason for us not to get the win", said the defender in an interview on Friday.

João de Deus on the week's draw against Sp. Covilhã

Coach João de Deus spoke with radio journalists after his side's draw against Sp. Covilhã (1-1), on an afternoon which saw Sporting CP dominate from start to finish.

Ary Papel puts in a solid performance in one of his first showings at the Sporting Academy

Ary Papel completed his first encounter at the Sporting Academy this week and came close to scoring with a fantastic effort from range.

"I can't say that I am satisfied, because we wanted to the three points. We have to keep putting the work in to win our next games", said Ary at the final whistle after the draw against Sp. Covilhã, adding: "We played well as you could see and we fought really hard until the end."

João de Deus on the weekend's defeat to the Ledman LigaPro leaders

Shaken by a heavy loss but motivated for the second half of the Ledman LigaPro campaign. That is how João de Deus approached his post-match interview this weekend, after missing out to the II Liga leaders, Portimonense.

"We knew it would be a very difficult match. The league table shows why Portimonense are in first. They are effectively the best team in the league and are much better than everyone else. We didn't play well in the first-half and Portimonense ended up scoring from the two chances they had. Two situations brought about by individual mistakes from us. The second-half was different. We were playing better and starting to create problems, but we knew they would come at us again. That is exactly what happened and they had two more chances and scored two more goals", explained the Sporting CP B coach at the final whistle, adding: "We need to turn in some wins to turn around this run of negative results. This is my third season with the team and every year this happens. We have spoken about it and we are expecting to have a better second half to the season."