In the transfer market, the club keeps waiting for another player to complete the squad. There are some rumours in the media, but the time when the fans would read endless reports of future signings, many of which were without foundation, are a thing of the past. The manager and his team are very careful not to talk with the media, and some of the most representative transfers in the recent years have been completed without the knowledge of the press.
Regarding the pre-season, Preciado's guideline is always the same. Playing at Sporting means running and battling in every match and in every training session. This Wednesday we played our first pre-season match drawing 1-1 against Langreo, an amateur team of the Spanish third division.
The game was not a proper match. There were two different line-ups for each half and players only played for 45 minutes.
First half: Juan Pablo; Pedro Orfila, Gregory, Jorge, Canella; Luis Morán, Rivera, Sergio Álvarez, Ayoze; Barral, Bilic.
Second half: Raúl Domínguez; Lora, Alain, Botía, Alex Menéndez, Nacho Cases, Alex Barrera; Ayoze, Trejo, Nacho Novo; Sangoy.
The goals were scored towards end of the match. Langreo took the lead in the 78th minute and Sangoy salvaged the draw two minutes from time with a shoot from 45 yards.
And finally, the most controversial topic has been the new home shirt. The club has been oblied to rectify it in order to stop a public demonstration on Saturday against the strip described by the fans as "The Pijama". Personally, I think the shirt is rubbish and disrespectful to Sporting's history. Kappa has announced that they are developing a replacement shirt for this season, but it is difficult the shirt will be ready for the first match against Villarreal. Meanwhile, Sporting will play all pre-season matches in the away shirt.
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