New Alvalade pitch hosts first game of the new season

Sporting officially unveiled the 2016/17 football squad with a hosting of Lyon this Saturday night, on a brand new Alvalade pitch.

The party got underway at 19h20, when the players first made their appearance in front of 30,000

Rui Patrício, the first player to come out of the dressing room, was given a fantastic ovation, followed by a similar reaction for fellow Portuguese national team heroes Adrien and William Carvalho.