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Sporting CP Demolishes Arouca in Lisbon After Early Red Card
Lisbon, Portugal – Sporting CP showcased their dominance at the Estádio José Alvalade, delivering a resounding victory against Arouca in a match defined by an early sending-off for the away side. The match, corresponding to the second matchday of the 2025 Primeira Liga, ended with a lopsided score in favor of the home team.
R. Mangas opened the scoring for Sporting in the 20th minute, followed by a penalty converted by L. Suarez in the 31st minute, after a red card was shown to D. Nandin of Arouca in the 30th minute. Trincao extended the lead just before halftime, in the 45th minute, assisted by G. Inacio.
The second half continued with Sporting’s absolute dominance. Mangas scored again in the 50th minute, assisted by G. Vagiannidis, followed by a goal from L. Suarez in the 62nd minute, this time assisted by G. Quenda. Trincao completed the rout with his second goal of the match in the 76th minute, again assisted by Quenda.
Sporting CP dominated possession with 58% and created numerous scoring opportunities, with 19 shots, 10 of them on target. Arouca, with one man down, only managed 6 shots, with only one on target. Referee Helder Malheiro showed one yellow card to Sporting CP and the aforementioned red card to Arouca.
Substitutions sporting cp: at minute 46 I. Fresneda came in and G. Vagiannidis went out., at minute 57 G. Catamo came in and G. Quenda went out., at minute 73 P. Goncalves came in and C. Harder went out., at minute 73 H. Morita came in and G. Kochorashvili went out., at minute 81 L. Suarez came in and Alisson Santos went out.
Substitutions arouca: at minute 46 H. Lee came in and Tiago Esgaio went out., at minute 63 A. Trezza came in and M. Flores went out., at minute 63 N. Djouahra came in and I. Barbero went out., at minute 78 Alex Pinto came in and Puche went out., at minute 78 A. Dante came in and A. Sola went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
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