Lazaró made so many promises to young players about their futures at the club and horrendously overpaid completely average players that he felt guilty about the pain he was inflicting on every Barcelona supporter.
Winter has set in and we're pushing on towards warmer weather in Portugal, but Sporting Lisbon remain the team to beat as we head into the second half of the campaign.
The rebuilding effort at Sporting Lisbon seems to be defying the "Saving" aspect of the name of this particular save.
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.
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.
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.
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