Liga Portugal – Sporting defeated Vizela in the dying moments of their first league match of the season (3-2).
Sporting got scared, very scared. After leading until the 76th minute, the Lions saw Vizela go down and then come back. At the end of extra time, Paulinho came on to score the survival goal.
Erling Geocris
The main attraction of this Saturday night’s meeting was Victor Geokers. He arrived from Coventry for a check for around €20mThe Swede was eagerly awaited by all Portuguese football observers. It must be said that, unlike his Lisbon roommate, Sporting is not used to spending this kind of amount. Even for a player who scored 21 goals and provided 12 assists in the tournament last season. But for the first time in front of his new home crowd, the 25-year-old striker didn’t flinch. Better yet, he came on twice to find Fabijan Pontic.
Paulinho as Savior
Despite this two-goal lead Sporting were initially comfortable with, Vizela came back to score thanks to two goals in quick succession, in the final quarter of the hour. Frenchman Samuel Esendi and Nuno Moreira stunned the comet, Antonio Adan, with the first goal. But as we headed towards Cádur’s second counter performance on this first day, Paulinho came on to give victory to his people, after 99 minutes of play, the former Braga striker, who saw himself relegated to the bench with the arrival of Giocres. Obviously, he still has an opinion.
