João de Deus sent off, but happy with his side's 3-1 win

João de Deus saw the first red card of his career this Wednesday. However, with spirits high after seeing his side win for the five outings, the Sporting B coach proved willing to speak with the press at the final whistle. "I think I owe an apology, because I am a father of two and I was sent off. I asked if it would be worth us coming out for the second-half and I want to speak about what happened, because it is the first time in many years that I have been sent off. I accept that I was sent off, but I don't except that Tiago (Sporting B goalkeeping coach) was", said the Alvalade boss.

Although without their coach on the sidelines, Sporting B scored twice in the second-half to close out a 3-1 win. “It wasn't only in the second-half that we should have been ahead by two goals. In the first-half we also had the best chances to score. Daniel scored and I think he would have had another one, but he was stopped by an opponent in a debatable situation. In the second-half we showed more quality and it is normal that Sporting B's players are better than Atlético in terms of quality", affirmed Deus, going on to finish: "The difference between the first and the second-half was that we played some more serious stuff."

Sporting B rediscover winning form

Sporting B rediscovered their winning form this Wednesday with a convincing 3-1 victory against fellow Lisbon side Atlético. It was the Alvalade midfield that particularly stood out over the 90 minutes: Ryan Gauld managed to key passes, while Francisco Geraldes and Kikas created another.

Sporting CP needed just 11 minutes to open the scoring, when Podence finished off an excellent pass from Gauld. Atlético then drew level against the run of play courtesy of Cephas Malele, a few minutes after Cristian Ponde could have extended his side's lead from an excellent chance on goal. Half-time arrived with the sides deadlocked, but João de Deus' side finally ran away with the result in the second-half. Domingos Duarte rubber stamped an excellent performance with a goal in the 66th minute after a free-kick from Francisco Geraldes, before Betinho came off the bench and netted his side's third after two just minutes following another deadly pass from Ryan Gauld.

Bruno Jesus named for Ledman LigaPro matchday 34

Bruno Jesus, 33, from the Lisbon Football Association, has been named to take charge of Sporting B's trip to Atlético, on Ledman LigaPro matchday 34.

António Franco and Cláudio Correia will act as linesmen.

This will be Jesus' second time in charge of the team from Alvalade this season, following the trip to Famalicão on matchday 13. 

Atlético-Sporting CP B will get underway at 15h00 on Wednesday the 9th of March, in Estádio da Tapadinha.

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 in friendly at the Academy

Sporting B were held to a 1-1 draw against Atlético this week, in a pre-season friendly at the Sporting Academy. Diego Rubio was on target for the team from Alvalade and Quinaz for the visitors, with both goals coming from free-kicks in a match that saw Sporting dominate from start to finish.

João de Deus started the encounter with a team comprised of Guilherme Oliveira, Mauro Riquicho, Domingos Duarte, Ivanildo Fernandes, Seejou King, Zezinho, Francisco Geraldes, Ryan Gauld, Chaby, Matheus Pereira and Diego Rubio.

The second-half saw wholesale changes, with Stojkovic, Jorge Silva, Samba, Fokobo, Rúben Ribeiro, Caicedo, Murilo, Fábio Martins, Podence, Dramé, Betinho and Luís Elói all seeing action.