Sporting, still with seven casualties due to an outbreak in Covid-19, debuted this Sunday in the championship with a 2-0 victory in Paços de Ferreira.
Jovane Cabral, with a penalty, opened the scoring in the first half, being replaced shortly after due to injury. In the complementary stage, Coates made the attempt of tranquility.
After beating Aberdeen to the Europa League last Thursday, in what was their first official game at the time, the Leonine team also enters the league in the best way, despite not yet having the physical presence of Rúben Amorim (also recovering from Covid-19).