Unknown to the general public only six months ago, Afonso Moreira is one of the great surprises of the season at OL. The young 20-year-old Portuguese winger is already unanimous.
Recruited from Sporting Portugal for only 2 million euros last summer, Afonso Moreira amazed everyone at Olympique Lyonnais. While we thought that his arrival was mainly for the medium or even long term at OL and that his arrival was not intended to immediately strengthen the professional group, the 20-year-old left winger surprised observers but also his coach Paulo Fonseca. The injury to Malick Fofana, who had been absent for several months, precipitated the launch into the deep end of Afonso Moreira, who was able to seize this unexpected chance by scoring 5 goals and delivering 5 assists in all competitions.
Afonso Moreira panics the counters at OL
Starting in Lille on Sunday evening in the round of 16 of the Coupe de France, the Portuguese shone again. He inherited the best rating of the match in L’Equipe with an excellent 8/10, placing him ahead of Endrick. “The Portuguese winger started his match very strong by scoring after just 45 seconds, taking advantage of a huge blunder by Bodart, the Lille goalkeeper, whom he pushed into a mistake. He then brought danger as soon as he touched the ball, almost systematically seeking to play forward. He is also at the origin of the second goal since he crosses for Tolisso, decisive passer (43rd) » underlines the national daily in its edition of the day. On social networks too, Afonso Moreira is unanimous at OL, where everyone is amazed.
“Afonso Moreira I like this guy so much, without being very strong he is a very pleasant profile, who works like crazy to progress and who gives EVERYTHING for a club he joined 6 months ago” likes an Internet user on X. Another agrees. “I found Afonso Moreira absolutely FANTASTIC. Whirling in attack, solid in defense, accuracy in his movements. It’s really amazing what he’s doing in his first professional season.”. The statistics also prove that there is disagreement between Afonso Moreira and OL since the Portuguese player has been decisive 10 times in his last 14 appearances as highlighted by the OL Data account. Suffice to say that for only 2 million euros, OL achieved a superb coup last summer. One more to the credit of the recruitment unit led by Matthieu Louis-Jean.
