LA BOLA – Lions close to breaking a national record (Sporting)



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If it is not easy to score goals, it is more difficult to score more than one and, above all, to do it in consecutive games. Especially in a club that is not a champion, he is 19 years old. However, this is what Sporting is doing in the 2020/2021 league: 3-1 to Gil Vicente, 2-0 to Paços de Ferreira and Portimonense, 2-2 to FC Porto and Famalicão, 2-1 to Santa Clara and Moreirense, 4-0 to Tondela and V. Guimarães.

The lions of Rúben Amorim have not yet failed, therefore, no route: they have always scored more than one goal. The last time this happened in the first nine games, in 1994/1995, most of the players in the current Leonese squad had not yet been born.

26 years ago, trained by Carlos Queiroz and with players like Figo, Balakov, Capucho, Dani, Iordanov, Juskowiak, Sá Pinto, Amunike and Cadete, to mention only those who have a striker streak, Sporting has been scoring more than nine games for the past one. goal: 2-0 to Farense, Estrela da Amadora, Marítimo, Tirsense, SC Braga and Beira-Mar, 2-1 to Belenenses, 2-2 to Boavista and 3-2 to Salgueiros.

Here is Farense

Now, 26 years after the last time they were close to doing so, the Lions can now break that record and score more than one goal in the first ten league games. The match is this Saturday with Farense, who conceded goals in all matches and more than one in three: 0-2 with Moreirense, 2-3 with Benfica and 3-3 with Famalicão.

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