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Thousands of elated Sporting fans gathered in the capital Lisbon until the early hours of Monday

Sporting CP team celebrates with their supporters after winning the Portuguese League, in Lisbon, PortugalSporting CP team celebrates with their supporters after winning the Portuguese League to celebrate their club being crowned Portuguese league champions for the twentieth time in their history.

Soon after Benfica’s defeat, cars started to beep their horns in celebration and thousands of fans headed to Lisbon’s main square, Marques do Pombal, where players arrived on an open-top bus at around 1.40 a.m. local time. Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo, who plays for Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr, took to social media to congratulate Sporting, where he began his professional career. “Congratulations champions,” he wrote on Instagram.

The 2021 victory also completed a huge turnaround in fortunes for the club after the squad was attacked by angry fans at the team’s training ground in May 2018.

 

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