Jesus leads his first training session Warsaw ahead of Champions League matchday 6

Information from the Sporting CP medical department

Sporting Clube de Portugal's medical department has released the following clinical update:

Alan Ruiz: Flu

Joel Campbell: twisted knee

Lukas Spalvis: recovering from knee surgery

Ezequiel Schelotto: injury to the right calf muscle

Useful information for Sporting CP fans travelling for Champions League matchday 6

Sporting Clube de Portugal will be in Poland on Wednesday, for a 20h45CET Champions League matchday 6 kick-off against Legia Warsaw.

To ensure that matchday is enjoyed without incident, fans should take into consideration the following:

Temperatures are expected to be between 0ºC and -9ºC, with periods of snow and rain. We recommend that our fans remain indoors until heading for the stadium. The Polish authorities have deemed that not enough visiting fans will be attending to justify a meeting point.

The recommended mode of transport is taxi, to the following address: 4 Mysliwiecka Street, which is next to the stadium and the entrance for Sporting Clube de Portugal's fans, who will enter through Gate D1 – SOUTH Zone.

Buses for Organised Fan Groups will also travel to 4 Mysliwiecka Street. Polish police will be present before, during and after the match.

It is vital that away fans avoid the NORTH zone of the stadium, including Lazienkowska Street – where Legia Warsaw's radical groups generally gather.

We further recommend that all Sporting Clube de Portugal fans avoid wearing club scarves, shirts or other material associated to Sporting CP.

The use of pyrotechnical devices in Poland is a crime and Sporting CP will pay the upmost attention to the behaviour of our fans in this respect.

Other information:

• Gates open 2 hours before kick-off (18h45CET);
• SCP fans sectors - 221 and 222 (Upper Tier) Entrance D1;
• You must bring a form of identification with you, as it may be requested at the entrance to the stadium
• € (euros) are not accepted
• Polish currency – Zloty –  1euro = 4.46 Zloty;
• Polish time = +1 hour in relation to Lisbon.

Bruno de Carvalho unveils new Sporting Academy School in Athens

Speaking from Athens, where he is opening the doors to a new Sporting Academy School, president Bruno de Carvalho set out his plans for the rest of the current campaign.

“What matters is that we keep cool and stick together. Yesterday we had more than 43,000 people in the stadium and I think that the fans are calm with the excellent work we are doing. That is what I said when we were seven points behind, when we were five points behind and now when we are two points behind", said the Alvalade boss in the Greek capital, adding: "There are three really strong sides in the league: Sporting CP, FC Porto and Benfica. It will be tight race right until the end, but we have everything we need to bring the title home for the fans. This is a marathon, not a sprint. and it is the most consistent and intelligent team in the run in that will win it."

A crucial Champions League encounter with Legia Warsaw awaits on Wednesday, before the weekend's Lisbon derby. "Right now the coaching staff and the players are all in symphony and focused. We will have a tough game in Warsaw and then we will go to the Luz and do our job, which is bringing back three points", said Bruno de Carvalho.

Jorge Jesus pleased with his side's dismantling of Setúbal on Saturday night

"We scored two good goals. Vitória de Setúbal barely caused us any problems at all", affirmed Jorge Jesus at the final whistle this Saturday, before adding his usual analysis of the action: "The story of the match was pretty much how Sporting CP played in the first-half. For me it was a 4-0 win, but officially it was 2-0. Both of Bas Dost's goals were fine, but what I would stress if how well we played in the first-half. Seeing a goal ruled out when their was nothing wrong with it took the wind out of us a bit. The lads and the fans deserve to be congratulated for tonight."

The Lisbon derby is just around the corner, with Liga NOS top spot up for grabs, however Jesus is keen to keep his focus on the task at hand: "We are in the race, but what matters is the Champions League match we have coming up first."

Jesus and Co. secure three points to turn up the heat ahead of the Lisbon derby

A minute's silence, the message "Força Chapecoense" and the Brazilian side's logo on Sporting CP's shirts was a moving tribute before this Saturday's hosting of V. Setúbal, in Estádio José Alvalade, after the tragic events in Colombia earlier in the week.

"Vamos, Vamos Chapê" was the song ringing out from the Alvalade stands for most of the second-half, in a show of solidarity that is spreading around the world of football.

Every season has a Supporters' Clubs match in Alvalade and this year it was the hosting of V. Setúbal. The players were understandably keen to please and a goal almost came after just 22 seconds, when Gelson picked out Bas Dost with a wire-guided cross that the Dutchman saw denied by the legs of goalkeeper Bruno Varela.

Six minutes later, with Gelson the instigator through a blazing run past his marker, Adrien Silva got a shot away that again called the visiting keeper into action. It ws a case of third time lucky though, as William Carvalho headed in from the resulting corner to open the scoring (1-0).

Jorge Jesus's charges continued to push the pace and Setúbal could do little but bunker down and tried to see out the attacking storm. The only change the visitors has before the break was in the 11th minute, when Rui Patrício smartly controlled after a shot from Amaral. Bas Dost had the ball in the back of the net with an effort that was canceled out with a dubious offside decision, before an absolute work of art from Bruno César (37') saw the Brazilian fire into the top corner from the edge of the area (2-0).

The second-half saw Sporting CP move into management mode, while V. Setúbal, who have already taken points off Benfica and FC Porto this season, pushed forward in search of a surprise. However their was little the visitors could do, with Rui Patrício in such brilliant form between the sticks. Vasco Costa looked to have pulled a goal back in the 61st minute, but a classy stop from point-blank range by the Alvalade stopper kept the margin at two.

Bas Dost (55') had another goal ruled out with an even more contentious decision, before the big Dutch striker blasted his last opportunity high over the bar after a cross from João Pereira.

At the final whistle, Sporting CP had secured a 13th consecutive undefeated home fixture (12 wins and 1 draw) and a 5th consecutive win. The result leaves Sporting CP just two points off Benfica, with Liga NOS top spot to de disputed in the coming Lisbon derby.

Squad showing their support for Brazilian side after this week's tragedy

Sporting CP will pay tribute to Chapecoense this weekend with a special shirt for the hosting of Vitória de Setúbal.

Every player's shirt will show the Associação Chapecoense de Futebol logo on the front, with NOS having agreed to show their logo on the back of each shit. The hashtag #ForçaChape is also written on the shirts.

Jorge Jesus on the weekend's hosting of Setúbal

"Setúbal are a club with a lot of history in Portugal and this season they are a hard team to beat", opened Jorge Jesus in his pre-match press conference this Friday afternoon, ahead of the weekend's Liga NOS action.

For the Alvalade boss, the key to the three points will be in how his side approaches the encounter: "They (Setúbal) have already taken points off our rivals and they are organised in defence, but we are feeling confident. We will try to push the pace in attack, which should open up space. If we do that then we will be closer to scoring goals.

The Lisbon derby is of course just around the corner, however Jesus's sights are set on the task at hand: "We are taking each game as it comes and the lads are focused on V. Setúbal. They drew with Benfica and FC Porto, which is a warning sign for us, but we are ready to do what we hae to do."

Jorge Jesus pleased with the three points from his must changed side

Jorge Jesus proved happy with his side's 1-0 CTT Cup win against Arouca this Wednesday night, in a match which saw the Alvalade coach ring the changes.

"Every player in the squad is important and that is why we made the decision to give the lads a run out tonight. We achieved our objectives for this match and it was a really positive night for us. The intensity dropped off in the last 15 minutes and you could see that both sides were tired. We could have done better collectively at times, but that is part if the growth of any squad", opened the Sporting CP coach, adding a further analysis on his rotation: "When you have a squad of 25 players and you are in various competitions, you have to give the everyone a chance or risk losing motivation. We have never won the League Cup and honestly this competition should have a Europa League place for the winner, which would make it more competative."

Speaking about the apparently injury to Luc Castaignos, Jesus prefers to wait for the results of scans before commenting: "It was a shock with the goalkeeper and he hit his knee. Frederico Varandas, who is a great doctor, will look at him tomorrow. Castaignos looked like he was trying to avoid contact a bit an unfortunately and it resulted in not scoring and getting injured."

Alan Ruiz strike secures three points in CTT Cup opener

"Força Chapecoense", the chant spread around the Estádio José Alvalade in tribute to the Brazilian side after this week's tragic events in Colombia. There was no shortage of tributes to Marcelo Boeck too, who is currently on loan with Chapecoense but who did not travel with the team.

After a minute's silence, the game got off to roaring start, with Rui Sacramento slapping away a shot from Elias. Sancidino responded a minute later for Arouca, but hit shot finished up the wrong side of the post.

On 10 minutes Alan Ruiz tried to steer a free-kick towards goal, but to little success. Five minutes later Markovic charged forward with possession and eventually released Alan Ruiz, who had the vision to find Joel Campbell down the left flank. The Costa Rican threw a poisonous looking cross into the box, but Scramento comfortably brought the move to an end with a secure safe.

Again Arouca rallied down the other end almost instantly and Vitor managed to ghost his way past various players before being robbed of possession by Elias. A free-kick on the half-hour mark gave Douglas golden opportunity with an unmarked header, but his effort proved off target. Campbell fired another shot wide of the mark on 34 minutes and with one minute left before the break Crivellaro stole back possession and Vítor broke through on goal, only to be denied by Beto once again. If you don't put your goals away then you always run the risk of conceding and Alan Ruiz obliged with a brilliant touch into space and low placed shot seconds before the whistle.

André could have made it two shortly after the restart after a latching on to the rebound from a Petrovic header, but he drove his shot straight at the Arouca keeper. Risking more going forward in search of an equaliser, Arouca began to leave space at the back and Markovic made the most of it to start bombarding the visiting 18-yard box with venomous crosses. Castaignos really could have made it two with a quarter of an hour left, after an inch-perfect pass from Campbell, but in the end the solo strike from Ruiz proved enough to seal the points.