Sporting made their debut in the Portuguese league on the right foot. In a thrilling final stretch, the Lions beat Vizela 3-2, to José Alvalade. Swedish striker Gyokeres scored twice, while Samuel Essende and Nuno Moreira found the net for the visitors. In added time, Paulinho delivered the coup de grâce to the delight of the Lions fans.
In the next round, Sporting will play against Casa Pia, on Friday (18th), at 16:15 (Brasilia time), at Pina Manique. Vizela, in turn, plays Sunday, at 16:30 (Brasilia time), under his domains, against Arouca.
PRESSURE FROM LIONS
With so much volume and intensity of play, the home team started the match looking for the first goal and annoyed the opponent. Goalkeeper Butinic had to work hard to avoid a possible own goal at the very start when he shot across.
PIVOT GUNS
Better on the pitch, Gyokeres moves into the box and shoots the marker for men coming from behind. The attacker takes advantage of a cross in the area and on the defense’s rebuttal he cuts the defender and takes for a corner, opening the scoring for Sporting.
SWEDISH INSPIRATION
Less than two minutes after his first goal, Gyokeres received it on the edge of the area and with style took the defender out of the game and ended up increasing the scoreboard. The Swede was inspired by José Alvalade.
DEFENSIVE ERROR
Apathetic in the second half, the Lions were careless in defense and saw Samuel Essende receive alone in front of goal. The player shared with the Sporting archer, but managed to finish on a discount.
STRICT HIT
Sporting showed their venom by conceding two goals in two minutes. Thus, after the defense played badly, the visitors took advantage of it, in a quick counter-attack, and inflated Antonio Ádan’s goal with Nuno Moreira.
TOTAL PRESSURE
At the end of the match, Sporting attacked in a disorderly manner and took advantage of aerial maneuvers to try to win. In this sense, Vizela’s defensive system has shown dedication and a lot of effort to avert the danger. Gyokeres had a chance to score a hat-trick, but she was stopped by the defense, who effectively blocked her.
GOAL RESCUE
Finally, when the lights went out, the ball was dropped to Paulinho to finish and give the Lions the sensational victory, practically on the last shot of the match.
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