Tag: Sporting Lisbon

Benfica take sponsorship too far, put airport check-in desk on the pitch

This is so wrong

(James Fielden)

Sunday’s Lisbon Derby was the type of event where all the stops are pulled out. This, apparently, is why Benfica sponsor Emirates airline decided to stamp out the last embers of all that is good and pure in football by setting up a mock airport check-in desk on the pitch for the players to run past after warming up before the match.

Despite enduring this soul crushing shame, Benfica still beat Sporting 2–1. Thankfully, Benfica fans were there to provide some actual, non-corporate atmosphere.


Teo Gutierrez celebrates goal by stealing referee’s vanishing spray

It was only a matter of time before a footballer decided that the vanishing spray was entirely too much fun to let referees keep to themselves and Sporting Lisbon’s Teo Gutierrez is that footballer. After completing his side’s comeback against Besiktas in the Europa League with their third goal in a span of 10 minutes, he swiped the referee’s bottle of vanishing spray and tried to write a message on the pitch.

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Nani scores a goal so good that it made him cry

Manchester United’s forgotten man, Nani, scored a thunderous half-volley from distance in Sporting Lisbon’s 2-0 win against Gil Vicente. And after he did it, he dropped to his knees in tears.  Read more