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The Famalicão curse and a record nobody wants: Gonçalo Inácio matches Coates
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The Famalicão curse and a record nobody wants: Gonçalo Inácio matches Coates

ZAP Notícias14 September 2026 at 11:15

Portuguese centre-back Gonçalo Inácio made history by scoring two own goals in two consecutive matches. First, on Wednesday, against Turkish side Galatasaray in a Champions League match at Alvalade, and then on Sunday, in a Portuguese league match against Famalicão.

This record equals a unique feat at Sporting, previously achieved only by former Uruguayan captain Coates. It is a record nobody wishes for, but which Gonçalo Inácio ended up achieving involuntarily.

In Sunday's match against Famalicão, Inácio scored the own goal in stoppage time, at 90+1 minutes, cancelling out the lead Sporting had taken only 10 minutes earlier. The goal that gave Sporting the advantage had been scored from a penalty by Luís Suárez, at the 81st minute.

Gonçalo Inácio's own goal thus goes down in history, not positively, but as marking a rare moment in Portuguese and European football, with the centre-back repeating a feat that had not been recorded at the Alvalade club for a long time.

Why this matters

This article is of interest to football fans in Portugal, especially those supporting Sporting CP, as it documents a rare negative feat in the club's history. It is a sequence of own goals that cost the team points, first in the Champions League and then in the national league, and which may have an impact on the team's position in the table.

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