Sporting CP president Bruno de Carvalho has reportedly suspended 19 of the club's first-team players after they suffered a 2-0 defeat to Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their UEFA Europa League quarter-final on Thursday.
Carvalho came out in criticism of certain players following Thursday's defeat in Madrid, leading 19 senior players to share the same message over social media regarding their displeasure in his actions. In response, Sporting's president suspended each of those who spoke against him, per O Jogo (h/t Sport Witness' Lucas Sposito).
Metro's Portuguese football expert, Jan Hagen, suggested this controversy will lead to Carvalho's reign as Sporting president coming to an end:
Jan HagenBruno de Carvalho has done a magnificent job with Sporting, no doubt about that, but there's no way he can recover from this.