Halfway through the Portuguese
Primeira Liga, the sports journal
Record, which rates every player’s performance after each game, has published the
best starting eleven of the first half of the season.
Estoril’s best player and top scorer,
André Franco, represented by
Promoesport, is part of it. He is being the most influential player in a team involved in the fight for the European positions.
After 17 games –one less than their rivals, in absence of their match against
Arouca–, Estoril find themselves in the
sixth spot, two points from the fifth position, which gives access to the
UEFA Conference League. André Franco
scored 7 goals and delivered 4 assists, which means he has produced half of the goals the entire team has got so far. Besides, he deliveres 1,3 key passes per game and wins most of his individual duels. His transcendence in the team, both on a statistical and playing level, is evident.
Vitória SC is awaiting for the next league match-week, a direct rival in the fight for the top spots. It is an important week for the André Franco’s club, with the chance of leaving a competitor behind and then facing the delayed game against an inferior rival, such as Arouca, motivated by the possibility of bursting into the first five positions in the table.