Pablo Sarabia’s Wolverhampton will face Coventry in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup. The ‘wolves’ beat Brighton 1-0 and, therefore, the formerSporting – who entered the match in the 56th minute – will face Viktor Gyokeres’ former team in the next round.
In a game that featured four Portuguese players on the field, the home team came out better and even managed to break the deadlock in the 2nd minute of the match through Mário Lemina, obtaining an advantage that remained until the end of the round.
In the second half, there were several opportunities for Gary O’Neil’s men who came very close to increasing their advantage. Even so, and despite the superiority in the match, the score remained at 1-0 that appeared early in the game.
Wolverhampton will, in this way, face Coventry City – the Swedish striker’s former team before heading to the Lions. The old gang goal scorer is in ninth place in the Championship league table.
Viktor Gyokeresremember, he arrived at Sporting at the beginning of this season, coming from Coventry, in exchange for 20 million euros, plus 4 for goals, with the English still having 15% of future added value (the lions can reduce this percentage to 10%).
So far, Viktor Gyokeres – valued at 45 million – has played 34 games In total, the Swede scored 31 goals and made 10 assists, being the great figure of the season so far. The striker has a contract with Sporting until June 2028 and a release clause of 100 million euros.