After Antonio Adam and Pedro Porro, also Pablo Sarabia. The 29-year-old Spanish striker turned the league page before joining the Spanish national team with two assists from Mateus Nunes and Nuno Santos, with whom Sporting beat Aroca 2-1.
Sporting now has three Spaniards, two of them with clear undisputed status and with the emblem of the national champions, to which is now joined by Sarabia, on loan to Paris Saint-Germain for the remainder of the season, participating in the sale. Nuno Mendes to the French coat of arms.
And if Sarabia said goodbye to the lion ahead of the break in the squad’s commitment with two assists, Pedro Porro is already back in the form that made him famous last season and allowed him to equally be called up to the main squad. the national team of a neighboring country, in March last year. After an injury that caused him to be eliminated from the UEFA European Championship and the U21 European Championship, as well as physical problems in the preseason that prevented him from playing the first games of the new season, Porro returned to competitive indicators. 2020/2021, adding to goals and assists: after Nuno Santos scored in the derby against FC Porto, the 22-year-old right-back, also on loan from Manchester City in Alvalada, but with the guarantee that he will have a lion in his chest so that after this concession he scored in two games in a row, with Estoril and Maritima, both from the penalty spot and both with a decisive character, as they meant six points for the reigning champion of the country with two wins by a narrow margin.
Pablo Sarabia played 12 matches, Pedro Porro – only one. But he is the most experienced of the Spaniards, as if the only totalist in Sporting’s squad so far – 990 minutes in 11 games – one who has never been called up to the main Spanish national team, despite periods in Real Madrid, Atlético. Madrid and Betis. However, at 34, Antonio Adan still believes in calling La Roja.
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