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35 Edition

The Sporting CP B Sentinel

29 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match27 Mar 2027

No end in sight to Sporting CP B's wait for a win

11 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Sporting CP B has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad29 Mar 2027

Eduardo Felicíssimo is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Squad29 Mar 2027

Manuel Mendonça in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Sporting CP B this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings29 Mar 2027

Pedro Lima runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad29 Mar 2027

Words at Sporting CP B training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Pedro Lima is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The terraces29 Mar 2027

The crowd has taken to David Moreira

At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Squad29 Mar 2027

Sandro Gambôa signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Sandro Gambôa commits to Sporting CP B for another 5 years.

Player ratings29 Mar 2027

The afternoon belonged to David Moreira

A mark of 7.28, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.

Match27 Mar 2027

Sporting CP B and Oliveirense cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Oliveirense came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

In brief

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30 Edition

The Sporting CP B Sentinel

22 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match22 Feb 2027

Sporting CP B are in real trouble now

Position 16, 25 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Player ratings22 Feb 2027

Manuel Mendonça runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 29. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match20 Feb 2027

The wait goes on for Sporting CP B

6 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Match20 Feb 2027

The goals have deserted Sporting CP B

6 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Sporting CP B can tell you which week it ends in.

Squad22 Feb 2027

Tempers go at Sporting CP B

Manuel Mendonça was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

The terraces22 Feb 2027

The crowd has taken to Chris Grombahi

At 18 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Squad22 Feb 2027

The manager makes an example of João Muniz

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match20 Feb 2027

Felgueiras take the points off Sporting CP B

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad22 Feb 2027

David Moreira falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

In brief