Aruna Quadri and Bode Abiodun with excellent performances for Sporting retain the 2018 Portuguese Cup played at High Performance Center in Caldas da Rainha.
Aruna Quadri started the whitewash against ADC Ponta do Pargo with a 3-0 victory (11-7, 11-9, 11-8) after beating Énio Mendes to give Sporting the confidence going into the second match.
Portuguese international, Diogo Carvalho increased the lead for Sporting with another 3-0 (11-9, 12-10, 11-4) triumph of Nigeria-born Congo Brazzaville’s Saheed Idowu.
The partnership of Bode Abiodun and João Monteiro completed the 3-0 rout for Sporting as they defeated the duo of Idowu and Nigeria’s Jide Ogidiolu with a 3-1 (11-7, 14-12, 8-11, 14-12).
Since joining Sporting two seasons ago, Aruna Quadri has been instrumental to the team dominance of the Portuguese winning everything at stake in the league as well as becoming the first Portuguese team to feature in the ETTU Champions League and also making it to the quarterfinal of the championship.
In celebrating the victory, Aruna Quadri said:
“I am happy that we were able to retain this title because we worked hard for the title. It was not an easy win because every team in the league is now getting quality players and I must thank the management of Sporting for the huge support.
We will be playing the first leg of the ETTU Champions League this week against France’s Stella Sporta La Romagne and I hope that the win would help our confidence going into the Champions League quarterfinal match on Friday.”
