Alioune Ndoye played 90 minutes on the field this Tuesday, in the game against Sporting (1-4), for the first time this season. He is not an undisputed number one for Luís Pinto, but he has already participated in 16 of Vitória de Guimarães' 19 games. The Senegalese arrived at the castle with a goalscoring status. Last year, the 24-year-old forward was the second top scorer in the Latvian league, having scored 22 goals in 32 games for Valmiera, where he was national champion in 2022. In January, after five seasons at the Latvian club (where he arrived at the age of 18 from Teungueth in Senegal), Ndoye went on loan to Swiss side Servette, scoring six goals in 15 games. In August, he left permanently for Guimarães. However, the goalscoring instinct that Ndoye accustomed fans to in previous seasons seems not to have come with him to Minho. Despite being one of the players with the most appearances - as many as Telmo Arcanjo and João Mendes and just fewer than Miguel Maga (17 games), Rodrigo Abascal (18) and Nélson Oliveira (19) -, the striker has not responded with goals. Ndoye made his debut by scoring from D. Afonso Henriques in the chest on the fifth round of the championship, on September 14, in the victory (2-0) against Estrela da Amadora. The powerful striker would score again three matches later, on October 4, against Santa Clara (2-1). Interestingly, there were two games in which he came off the bench. Since then, the striker has participated in eight games (four of which he started) and has never played again. invoice. Another of the squad's goalscorers was sent off in the game against Sporting and, for the first time this season, will miss a match. He was the only player on the squad who had participated in all the matches. The Portuguese international is the team's top scorer, with five tries. After three consecutive games to score, between November and December, the number 7 of the conquerors takes four without celebrating. Speaking of goalscorers: Guimarães, a new striker is arriving from Serbia. Ejike Opara comes from Serbian side Novi Pazar and signs for four seasons.