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Chelsea-bound Geovany Quenda finally got the moment he had been waiting for, and it carried extra meaning for the winger.<\/strong><\/p>\n The 19-year-old ended a goal drought of more than five months this week, scoring again for Sporting before his expected summer move to Stamford Bridge. He got a 90th minute goal in a 4-1 win away at Rio Ave.<\/p>\n Of course, his goalless period was due to a serious injury<\/strong> that kept him sidelined from December 2025 to April 2026.<\/p>\n And apparently, that mattered a lot to him.<\/p>\n According to Portuguese outlet To Ball<\/strong>Quenda had made a personal promise to himself that he did not want to leave Sporting for Chelsea without scoring again for the Lisbon club.<\/p>\n The winger had not found the net since November 26, when he helped Sporting beat Club Brugge 3-0 in the Champions League league phase. Shortly after that, the fractured fifth metatarsal that disrupted his season arrived.<\/p>\n Between injury, rehabilitation in London and the difficult process of regaining rhythm, Quenda went nine matches without scoring. But that run is now over.<\/p>\n The goal may not completely erase the frustration of the past few months, but it does feel symbolic given everything surrounding his season.<\/p>\n Geovany Quenda\u2019s campaign never fully recovered after the injury setback.<\/p>\n Before the fracture, he had been one of Sporting\u2019s most explosive attacking players and one of the biggest stories in Portuguese football. Chelsea\u2019s agreement to pay around \u00a343.5m (\u20ac50m+) only increased the spotlight around him.<\/p>\n Then everything stopped. Chelsea took charge<\/strong> of the recovery process in London, keeping him at Cobham for months while building back muscle mass and preparing him physically for Premier League football.<\/p>\n When he returned, there were visible signs he still lacked some sharpness and explosiveness. Portuguese press openly questioned<\/strong> whether the Chelsea move was arriving at the right moment.<\/p>\n Even so, the numbers remain impressive for an 19-year-old dealing with such a major interruption. Quenda now has 6 goals and 6 assists in 27 appearances this season.<\/p>\n Unless something unexpected happens, Quenda has only two Sporting matches left before officially heading to Chelsea. And he\u2019s all ready.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Portuguese title race is already over, with Porto confirmed as champions, meaning Sporting\u2019s remaining league fixture against Gil Vicente carries little pressure.<\/p>\n However, there is still one more trophy available. Sporting will face lower-league side Torreense in the Ta\u00e7a de Portugal final, which should represent Quenda\u2019s final match before beginning his Chelsea adventure.<\/p>\n For months, Quenda\u2019s season became dominated by injury talk, recovery plans and debate over Chelsea\u2019s project. Now, at least briefly, the focus is back on football.<\/p>\n And importantly for him, he will not leave Sporting without scoring one last time.<\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Chelsea-bound Geovany Quenda finally got the moment he had been waiting for, and it carried…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Promise fulfilled before Chelsea move<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Difficult season still ends with strong numbers<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Final two games before Chelsea<\/strong><\/h2>\n