The rebuilding effort at Sporting Lisbon seems to be defying the "Saving" aspect of the name of this particular save.
The Journeyman | Saving Sporting: Part 6 – A Somewhat Sluggish Start
Sporting Lisbon's defence of an unexpected title win in the first season began with two matches FC Porto, who we hadn't beaten in three attempts. First was the Supertaca Candido de Oliveira - or Supercup - then we were drawn to visit Porto on the opening day of the league campaign.
The Journeyman | Saving Sporting: Part 5 – Title Battle Goes To The Wire
Sporting Lisbon's attempt at a first Liga NOS title since 2002 boiled down to the last two games of the season after the big six matches featured in Part 4 left them 5 points clear of FC Porto.
The Journeyman | Saving Sporting: Part 4 – Six Season-Defining Matches
Sporting Lisbon's unexpected assault on the Liga NOS title boiled down to six season-defining matches against teams around us at the top of the league.
The Journeyman | Saving Sporting: Part 3 – The Rebuild Begins
We've begun putting our stamp on Sporting Lisbon by selling off several of the club's older, non-essential players during the first January transfer window. But it's not affected Sporting's fine form in our first campaign.
The Journeyman | Saving Sporting: Part 2 – A Strong Start
Our reign as manager of Sporting Lisbon got off to a flying start as Leões (The Lions) picked up four wins out of four in August then progressed to a strong position before the Winter break.
Atalanta Avventura | Part 7: Rewriting History
Mid-way through the 2020/21 campaign we found ourselves once again exceeding expectations, sitting nicely in the top four and with a decent chance of challenging the mighty Inter Milan, AS Roma and Juventus for the Serie A title.
