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Sporting Lisbon players and staff attacked by intruders at training ground

Guardian sportTue 15 May 2018 21.10 BST

• Forward Bas Dost and manager, Jorge Jesus, reportedly assaulted
• Around 50 people with faces covered forced their way into training

Jorge Jesus, the Sporting head coach, was reportedly one of those targeted by a group of intruders at the club’s Alcochete training ground. Photograph: Patricia de Melo Moreira/AFP/Getty Images

A group of around 50 people forced their way into Sporting Lisbon’s training centre on Tuesday and assaulted players and staff. The

Portuguese television channel RTP said that around 50 intruders, who had covered their faces to avoid being identified, interrupted team practice and assaulted players and staff. They also caused damage to a changing room.

The club confirmed the incident, issuing a statement condemning “acts of vandalism and the attacks on [our] athletes, coaches and professional staff”.

The Dutch forward Bas Dost, who has scored 34 goals for the club this season, reportedly suffered cuts to his head in the attack. Jorge Jesus, the team’s head coach, goalkeeper Rui Patrício and midfielder William Carvalho were also targeted, according to reports from the newspaper O Jogo.

“Sporting is not this, Sporting cannot be this,” the club statement added. “We will take all steps to establish responsibility for what has happened and we demand the punishment of those who have acted in this absolutely regrettable manner.”

The Portuguese league also condemned “the violent acts [that] the players and coaching staff of Sporting were subject to today. The perpetrators of these incidents are not fans of football. They are criminals.”

Sporting missed out on a Champions League place last weekend after Patrício’s late error led to a 2-1 defeat at Maritimo, allowing their bitter rivals Benfica to leapfrog them into second place.

Tuesday’s events at the Alcochete training centre 20km south of Lisbon mark a new low in a turbulent season. Last month the club president Bruno de Carvalho suspended 19 first-team players after a row on social media.

Sporting are preparing to play the Portuguese Cup final against Aves on Sunday.

"Spiegel"

Ex-Wolfsburger Bas Dost am Kopf verletzt Maskierte stürmen Trainingsgelände in Lissabon

Eklat im portugiesischen Fußball: Sportings Spieler und Trainer wurden in Lissabon von etwa 50 maskierten Personen beim Training überfallen - und mit Stöcken und Gürteln angegriffen.

Dienstag, 15.05.2018   21:32 Uhr

Am späten Dienstagnachmittag haben laut portugiesischen Medienberichten etwa 50 maskierte Personen das Trainingsgelände des Erstligisten Sporting CP in Lissabon gestürmt haben. Den Berichten zufolge waren die Angreifer mit Stöcken und Gürteln bewaffnet und attackierten sowohl Spieler als auch Mitglieder des Trainerstabs. Der ehemalige Wolfsburger Stürmer Bas Dost erlitt dabei eine Kopfverletzung. Auch die Assistenztrainer Mario Monteiro und Raul José seien verletzt worden, hieß es.

Das Sporting-Team sei von den Angreifern nach einer Trainingseinheit in der Umkleide überrascht worden. Sowohl die portugiesische Liga als auch der Klub verurteilten den Vorfall. "Das ist nicht Sporting, und das kann nicht Sporting sein", erklärte der Verein in einem Statement.

Sporting hatte am letzten Spieltag der Saison durch eine Niederlage die Qualifikation für die Champions League verpasst. Aktuell bereitet sich das Team auf das Pokalfinale am Sonntag gegen CD Aves vor. Das Trainingszentrum von Sporting befindet sich in Alcochete, etwa 20 Kilometer südlich von Lissabon.