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 | | Sporting Lisbon kicked Ca Pinto after the pratfall against Videoton6.10.2012 |
Oseano Cruz was appointed as temporary head coach of Sporting (Lisbon) instead of the fired yesterday Ricardo Sa Pinto. The reason for the removal of Sa Pinto was 0:3 defeat of Hungarian Videoton in the Europa League, and his successor Oseano is a former Portuguese international and currently leading the second team of the Lisbon Lions'.
"Ricardo Sa Pinto is no longer the coach of our team," said from the club to the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
The dismissal of former coach comes two days before the visit of Sporting Porto in a match of the local league, one of the derbies awaited with interest. Currently Sporting is on 7 th place in the league with six points from five matches.
In the last three seasons Sporting is far from the other two giants in the country, Porto and Benfica, and in the standings finished in a serious distance from gold medals.
For the last time Sporting won a championship in 2002, a year. The last participation of the team in the Champions League is four years ago, and since then the financial problems are the most commented part of the club policy.
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