14 minutes into the match, the 25-year-old Swede made a strong effort in the penalty area and scored the lead goal for his new club. Just a minute later, Gyökeres got another chance and took it – and could thus claim to be the two-goal scorer after a quarter of an hour.
Despite that, it was not a walking victory for Sporting Lisbon. At the end of the match, Vizela picked up the deficit with two quick goals in the space of a couple of minutes. In the end, it was Paulinho who scored the decisive 3-2 goal for the home team in the 99th minute.
It was in mid-July that it was announced that Viktor Gyökeres would leave England’s Coventry City, where he has been a key player since arriving in 2021, for Sporting Lisbon.