Presented as AVS reinforcement on the last day of the winter marketAntoine Baroan had an unhappy debut. The French forward was launched by João Henriques in the 57th minute, against Sportingbut, in added time of the Cup quarter-final game, he suffered a very serious injury. Baroan slid across the pitch, using a cart, to block a shot from Luis Suárez and the Colombian striker, in an attempt to shoot the ball, hit his opponent's leg, who was left very badly treated and with pain written all over his face. The French player's colleagues were immediately worried at the scenario of a broken leg and not even the Sporting squad escaped their consternation. On the bench, Maxi Araújo looked very worried, while Suárez, after seeing the condition of Baroan's leg, put his hands on his head. Chilling injury to Antoine Baroan who had to leave on a stretcher 😔Best wishes, cracker!#sporttvportugal #CUPnaSPORTTV #Portugal Cup #SportingCP #AFS pic.twitter.com/fa9Zt2aPiz — sport tv (@sporttvportugal) February 5, 2026