Goalkeeper Viktor Gyereké Lights Up Net Zero, Sprinting Toward Football Fame!
Viktor Gyokeres replacement scores 31 Sporting CP appear to have already found an answer to losing Viktor Gyokeres as their new striker produces another remarkable scoring record. Photo by Octavio Passos/Getty Images When Arsenal signed Viktor Gyokeres from Sporting CP in the summer, they took a striker who had score 97 goals with 28 assists in 102 games. Replacing that level of output looked a significant challenge.
However Sporting, on their first try, appear to have found an answer in Luis Suarez (not the former Liverpool forward). Joining the 10th club of his career, Suarez has gone on to score 31 goals and provide six assists in 40 games, an impressive return for the Colombian since arriving from Almeria last summer. The Portuguese club signed Suarez for €22.
95m, roughly a third of the fee they received from Arsenal for Gyokeres. The 28-year-old believes his strong start in Lisbon has been built on settling quickly with his teammates. “The quick adaptation to the team and the teammates, the harmony with them I think was one of the key pieces,” he told Sporting TV .
“But at the end of the day this is my job, they trusted me and I think I am giving back in the form of goals and a lot of work every game. ” Photo by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Images Suarez is now preparing to try to help Sporting produce a remarkable comeback in the Champions League , with the side trailing Bodo/Glimt 3-0 after the first leg of their round of 16 tie. The striker has already spoken about the scale of the challenge and the belief within the squad ahead of the return leg.
“Yes, the game will be very complicated but we believe, it will be 90 minutes at our home, where we have become very strong and we will succeed. “We have this faith that we are going to achieve a positive result and that we are going to move on to the next round. “Yes, to the end!