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.

Igualdade a uma bola no segundo particular realizado hoje em Melgaço

Portugal's under-20's were held by Holland in a friendly this week, hosted in the Melgaço Sports Complex.

Sporting youngster Ivanildo Fernandes again featured in Edgar Borges' starting line-up, while Jorge Silva was introduced in the second-half for Hildeberto Pereira. After a goalless first-half, Zakaria El Azzouzi netted in the 48th minute, before Romário Baldé leveled 16 minutes from time.

First under-20 training camp of the year

Goalkeeper Pedro Silva, the defender Ivanildo Fernandes and the midfielder Rafael Barbosa have all been called up by Edgar Borges for the first under-20 national football team training camp of the year, being held in Rio Maior.

The squad will gather at 14h30 on Monday for a total of four training sessions.