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Sporting CP wins thrilling match against Lille
Lisbon, September 17, 2024. Sporting CP defeated Lille 2-0 in a UEFA Champions League group stage match played at Estádio José Alvalade. The match was marked by the expulsion of André Gomes in the 40th minute and by Sporting’s dominance, who knew how to take advantage of their opportunities to take the three points.
The goals came in the 38th minute, when Viktor Gyökeres took advantage of a pass from Pedro Gonçalves to open the scoring. In the 65th minute, Zeno Debast extended the lead after an assist from Daniel Bragança.
Sporting CP dominated possession and created more scoring chances than their opponents. The French barely managed to generate danger on the home team’s goal, despite having a better start to the match.
Gomes’ expulsion after seeing two yellow cards in the 40th minute was a turning point in the match. The home side took advantage of their numerical superiority to control the match.
Lille, for their part, fought until the end, but could not find a way to goal. Despite changes made by their coach, the team failed to generate a real threat on Sporting’s goal.
Sporting CP: 50% possession, 18 shots (5 on target, 7 off target), 3 corners, 16 fouls, 2 yellow cards, 0 red cards
Lille: 50% possession, 3 shots (2 on target, 0 off target), 2 corners, 16 fouls, 5 yellow cards, 1 red card
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Substitutions sporting cp: at minute 13 Matheus Reis came in and G. Inacio went out., at minute 46 D. Braganca came in and H. Morita went out., at minute 73 M. Araujo came in and G. Quenda went out., at minute 88 C. Harder came in and Trincao went out.
Substitutions lille: at minute 64 T. Santos came in and T. Meunier went out., at minute 64 M. Fernandez-Pardo came in and J. David went out., at minute 64 A. Bouaddi came in and A. Mandi went out., at minute 71 R. Cabella came in and O. Sahraoui went out., at minute 82 G. Gudmundsson came in and M. Bakker went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Sporting CP
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Lille
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