Sporting CP beats Sturm Graz in Champions League
Sporting CP defeated Sturm Graz 2-0 in the third matchday of the UEFA Champions League group stage. The match was played at the 28 Black Arena stadium in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria, and was refereed by Giorgi Kruashvili from Georgia.
The goals of the match came in the first half. Nuno Santos opened the scoring in the 23rd minute, after an assist from Gonçalo Catamo. Victor Gyokeres extended the lead in the 53rd minute, assisted by Zinho Vanheusden Debast.
Sporting CP dominated possession (61%), and created more scoring chances (15 shots, 5 on target) than Sturm Graz (9 shots, 5 on target). Sturm Graz was affected by yellow cards received by Michael Yacouye in the 39th minute and by Eray Yardimci in the 90th minute.
The result leaves Sporting CP with 7 points in the Group C standings, while Sturm Graz remains with 3 points.
Substitutions sporting cp: at minute 56 Matheus Reis came in and R. Esgaio went out., at minute 70 H. Morita came in and D. Braganca went out., at minute 70 P. Goncalves came in and M. Araujo went out., at minute 70 J. St. Juste came in and Z. Debast went out., at minute 84 G. Quenda came in and N. Santos went out.
Substitutions sturm graz: at minute 59 M. Johnston came in and N. Geyrhofer went out., at minute 59 L. Zvonarek came in and S. Jatta went out., at minute 70 E. Yardimci came in and T. Horvat went out., at minute 90 K. Schopp came in and D. Lavalee went out., at minute 90 S. Hierlander came in and M. Biereth went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
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