Sporting Lisbon Sacks Head Coach, Joao Pereira
Sporting Lisbon has dismissed its manager, Joao Pereira just over a month after he replaced Ruben Amorim at the helm, with Rui Borges appointed boss on Thursday.
Pereira was named coach when Amorim left for English giants Manchester United but has paid the price for Sporting’s sudden loss of form.
The capital club, who had a 100-per-cent record in the Primeira Liga this season before he took over, lost the top spot in the Portuguese top flight to Benfica following a 0-0 draw with Gil Vicente last weekend.
Pereira lost his first four Premier League and Champions League matches in charge.
The 43-year-old Borges was the coach of sixth-placed Vitoria Guimaraes, whom he also led to a second-place finish in the league phase of the Uefa Conference League.
