The Sporting CP Herald
Match11 Dec 2027
Whatever happens, Sporting CP do not lose
19 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Match11 Dec 2027
Rafael Nel wins the derby for Sporting CP
Derby days make names, and Rafael Nel made his against Benfica. 1‑0, bragging rights secured, and one half of town will be tired of hearing about him by Tuesday.
Match11 Dec 2027
The run at home goes on for Sporting CP
21 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.
The dugout13 Dec 2027
Brandon Aguilera says Sporting CP went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Player ratings13 Dec 2027
Rafael Nel wins the derby
There are goals, and then there are goals against that particular opponent. The Sporting CP support have their bragging rights for a year and they know exactly whose name is on them.
Squad13 Dec 2027
Tempers go at Sporting CP
Gonçalo Inácio 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.
Market13 Dec 2027
Marlon Gomes has his eye on Europe
It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether Sporting CP can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.
Squad13 Dec 2027
Gerardo Romo 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.
Squad13 Dec 2027
Andre Santos signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Andre Santos commits to Sporting CP for another 4 years.
In brief
- Loan watch Pedro Miguéis counts the days
- The dugout Maximiliano Araújo gets picked when it counts
- The dugout The view from the dugout