With goals from Hjulmand, Gyökeres and Diomande, all in the second half, Sporting defeated Moreirense (3-0). Triumph in the fifth round allowed the Lions to take the lead in the I League, level on points with FC Porto.

Rúben Amorim’s side, who surprised by leaving Paulinho on the bench and betting on Marcus Edwards, went into halftime with a scoreless score but came determined to decide the match in their favor. And it showed the talent of Hjulmand (he scored for the first time in the 55th minute) and Gyökeres (he scored the Lion’s third goal in the 61st minute), who ended Moreirense’s resistance in six minutes .

After 90 minutes, Diomande, at 90’+6′, closed the count.

The victory puts Sporting in the lead in the league, with 13 points, the same as FC Porto, but with a better goal difference.while Moreirense occupies 16th place, with four, in the danger zone of the table.

Amorim’s message about fans’ impatience

According to Rúben Amorim, Sporting had “a very complete performance”, albeit with some difficulty in the first 10 minutes: “Moreirense is a very well-worked team, with good players in midfield. In the first half against a well-organized team, we they must tire [os jogadores adversários]. Sometimes the audience doesn’t realize this. When Seba [ Coates] the ball stops and the fans want it faster must understand that these are the coach’s orders and not the players’ orders. Then thanks to the quality of the players we scored three goals, but I think we should have scored more.”

As for Viktor Gyökeres’ performance, an outburst and proof: “Above all, the realization that not everyone was sleeping. He really wanted to come to Sporting, the [Hugo] Viana showed me the proposals. The club proposals he had were not exactly where he wanted to go… God gave him that physique and it helps us a lot to expand the game.”