Sporting back on top with convincing 3-0 win at Rio Ave

PortuGOAL

·18 January 2025

Sporting back on top with convincing 3-0 win at Rio Ave

Portuguese champions Sporting put in their strongest performance since the Ruben Amorim era with a 3-0 victory at Rio Ave tonight, the home side only averting a thrashing thanks to the outstanding display of Polish goalkeeper Cezary Miszta.

An early Aderllan Santos own goal and a penalty converted by Sporting captain Morten Hjulmand gave the Lions a comfortable two-goal cushion midway through the first half.

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With star man Viktor Gyökeres on the bench nursing an injury, his deputy Conrad Harder had chances galore to increase the lead but a mixture of poor finishing and Miszta heroics frustrated the young Dane.

Gyökeres came on for the final 10 minutes and showed his fellow Scandinavian how it’s done with a typically clinical goal to seal a 3-0 win that takes Sporting back to the top of the table.