Sporting beat Tottenham 2-1, at Enfield (London), in a match in the penultimate round of Group D of the UEFA Youth League. A result worthy of qualifying for the round of 16 of the competition, the first place in the group remains to be discussed.
After a fatal blunder that allowed Lancashire to put Tottenham ahead in the first minute of the match, Sporting responded and it was in the 19th minute when Marco Cruz, after a shot on the edge of the area, set up a tie that lasted until halftime.
In a second with few chances, Marco Cruz completed the return of the Lions with a new shot.
With this victory, Sporting remained at the top of the group, now with 11 points, like Eintracht Frankfurt, who emerged victorious from the duel with Marseille (2-0).
In the final round, scheduled for November 1, the Lions welcome the Germans to a match that determines who will pass to the next stage as the group leader.
Here are the highlights of the game:
end of the match:
90 + 4 min: Rafael Neal (Sporting) replaces Rodrigo Ribeiro.
90 + 2 min: Free kick taken by Diogo Travasos (Sporting), Maguire matches it.
89 min: Manuel Mendonca (Sporting) replaces Marco Cruz, who scored the two black goals.
86th minute: Sanka (Sporting) also shoots towards the goal, but the shot crosses the goal.
Meanwhile, in the other group match, Eintracht Frankfurt consolidated superiority over Marseille (2-0).
81 minutes: Bisogo (Sporting) trains the shot, on the character of goalkeeper Maguire.
78 minutes: In Tottenham Olusei replaces Mondel.
77 min: Sporting coach Felipe Celikaia makes the first substitutions: Bisogo and Pedro Sanca enter, Diogo Cabral and Afonso Moreira leave.
76 min: A dispute between David Monteiro (Sporting) and Mondel (Tottenham Hotspur), both of whom were given a yellow card.
76 minutes: Yellow card for David Monteiro (Sporting).
74 minutes: Yellow card for Donnie (Tottenham).
70 minutes: Double change for Tottenham. Santiago and Dorrington leave and Moore and Ajayi enter.
65 minutes: Sports goal! (1-2). Marco Cruz scores two goals with another shot on the edge of the area, the first time he has scored since the first half.
Mark Cruz??
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64 minutes: Another change for Tottenham. Jaden Williams replaces Lancashire, who scored the Tottenham goal.
Wayne Burnett, coach of Tottenham, moves the team at half-time. Exit Jahziah Linton and enter Maxwell Mccknight.
The match starts again at Enfield.
rest time.
42 minutes: Donnelly’s (Tottenham) shot is without danger on the goal, which was defended by Diego Calai.
35 minutes: Yellow card Linton (Tottenham).
27 min: Good chance for Sporting, but Samuel Justo’s shot was rebounded by a defender. Corner without a risk to the Tottenham team.
19 minutes: Sports goal (1-1): Marco Cruz appears on the edge of the area and shoots into the back of the net. The tie is made.
Sporting tied with a superb goal from Marco Cruz ??
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7 minutes: Sporting is looking for an equaliser. Afonso Moreira appears in good shape, after a cross from Diogo Cabral, but he shoots wide.
In the other group match, Eintracht Frankfurt beat Marseille 1-0.
Tottenham lead after 45 seconds??
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1 minute: Tottenham goal (1-0): Lancashire opened the scoring on the first step of the match after a blatant error from the Leonen defence.
The start of the match.
Tottenham (4x3x3): Maguire. Abbott. Chaplin and Dorington (Ajayi, 70 minutes) and Linton (McKnight, 46); Devine, John (c) and Donnie; Santiago (Moore, 70 minutes), Lancashire (Williams, 64 minutes) and Mundell (Ulusese, 78 minutes).
Substitutes: Gunther, McKnight, Ajayi, Williams, Mathurin, Moore and Ulysses.
Coach: Wayne Burnett.
Sporting (4x3x3): Diego Callay; David Monteiro, Gilberto Batista, Joao Muniz, and Diogo Travasos; Samuel Gusto, Renato Vega (centre) and Marco Cruz (Manuel Mendonca, 89 minutes); Diogo Cabral (Bisogo 77d), Rodrigo Ribeiro (Rafael Neel 90+4) and Afonso Moreira (Pedro Sanca 77d).
Substitutes: Francisco Silva, Martim Márquez, Silva, Manuel Mendonca, Bisogo, Sandro Balde Sanca and Neil.
Coach: Felipe Celikaya.
Rule: Vitalijs Spagonikovs (Latvia)
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