Match already underway. 0-0 ONZE DO SPORTING: Rui Patrício; Schelotto, Paulo Oliveira, Coates e Jefferson; William Carvalho, João Palhinha, Bryan Ruiz e Gelson Martins; Alan Ruiz e Bas Dost. Palhinha in Adrien's place.
GOAL! Bryan Ruiz scores after a nice cross from Alan finds Bas Dost, who passes to Bryan for the tap in.
Damn, I missed most of the game, but got see the 2nd goal. Nice pk, but honestly an undeserved pk since Bas Dost was initially off-side just prior to when the defender brought him down. 1-0 would have sufficed to collect the 3 pts.
The highlights are all about Gelson making scoring chances after scoring chances. The kid is huge. He'll be in the NT this year.
The amount of times we've had bad calls against us it's about time we got one in our favour to be honest. Good solid win
Wasn't able to watch the game today but watched the highlights earlier. Can't believe I'm saying it but scheletto has actually looked decent the past few games. Also, how did Palhinha get on in the 8 role, did he play further forward than William or did they rotate ?
The way I saw it William was actually playing the 8 role, but Palhinha was constantly pushing up and also had a nice dribble and pass for Gelson's clear cut chance which he missed. It seems like their positioning was off though, but Palhinha was putting his body in front of the ball/shielding and using his strength and height to protect the ball whenever Estoril tried to attack.
Thanks for the info guys, really want Palhinha to do well for us. Excellent to hear William was on form too