Fonseca wins on debut with Sporting as Lyon await a new coach

Paulo Fonseca won his first match on the Sporting bench on Saturday, just days after unexpectedly leaving Olympique Lyonnais. Meanwhile, Jorge Maciel, who has stayed in charge at Lyon, confirmed that a new coach is on the way.

A narrow win

According to L'Équipe, the Portuguese coach edged the game 1-0 against Moreirense on Saturday evening. The paper says Fonseca left Lyon in a hurry at the start of the week to join Sporting, which it describes as his boyhood club, in Lisbon.

Foot Mercato confirms that Fonseca took charge of his first match at the head of Sporting. The site notes that he was back on a bench after only a few days.

Maciel will go back to his assistant role

At Lyon, it is Jorge Maciel who has taken Fonseca's place on the team's bench. According to RMC Sport, he said on Saturday that he will very soon go back to his role as assistant, and he confirmed that a new coach will be arriving shortly.

The name of this future coach and the date of his arrival are not in the information available.