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."

Gelson Dala and Ary Papel make debuts in Ledman LigaPro

Sporting CP B were outgunned by Portimonense (4-0) this weekend, in Ledman LigaPro matchday 22.

Sitting comfortably at the top of the league table, the hosts were always going to be dangerous in attack and after 17 minutes the ball was in the back of the net for the first time, when Jorge Pires flicked on a cross for Paulinho to finish.

Nine minutes later, Jorge Pires made it two with a well taken bicycle kick.

João de Deus' charges tried to rally and did manage to settle the play and go on the attack, but the hosts were proving clinical in defence and kept chances to a minimum. Debutantes Gelson Dala and Ary Papel were unable to make their mark, but will be a pair to watch in the future.

Portimonense weathered the Alvalade efforts to get back into the game and again took control of proceedings, when Amilton made it 3-0 after a defensive lapse. With a few seconds left on the clock, Ewerton had the simple task of tapping in the rebound from a shot from Ricardo Pessoa and made it 4-0.

João de Deus left speechless by a goal denied to his side in Saturday's loss to Sporting de Braga B

Speaking with the press at the final whistle after Saturday's loss to Sporting de Braga B, coach João de Deus did not hide his frustration at the day's refereeing.

"This is becoming an surreal situation in football. The referee apologised for what happened and he didn't have to. We all make mistakes. I do, my players do, we all do. This was an important match for us and we worked hard to turn things around and avoid he mistakes we have been making", said the Sporting CP B coach, going on to reflect on the Braga B goal scored after a puzzling decision by the assistant official: "I really don't know what to say. The refereeing team created a goal today and that cannot happen. This really has to stop. We all make mistakes, but like this it is impossible. What can I tell these young players? We played well, we were the best side in the second-half, we created chances, we did everything we could to score. In the second-half we were brave and equalised, but the match had already been messed around."