Change of plan! Sporting v Kairat to be played in Oeiras | OneFootball

The first match of the Sporting under-19 team in the Youth League will not take place at the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy. The game against the Kazakh side Kairat will therefore be played at a borrowed venue, specifically at the Cidade do Futebol, in Oeiras.

Renovation works to replace the pitch at the Aurélio Pereira Stadium have forced a change of plans. The new turf will not be ready in time for the Lions' first match in the European competition, so the home of the national teams will host the encounter.

Thus, the European campaign of the green and whites begins on September 18 against Kairat, at 11:00 am, and continues until December 9, when Sporting visits Bayern in Munich. Along the way, there will also be matches against Napoli, Marseille, Juventus, and Club Brugge.

Sporting’s junior team defeated Torreense 2-0 in their last match, a fixture for the fifth round of the National Under-19 Championship. With this victory, Mauro Miguel’s squad is at the top of the table with nine points, two more than Santa Clara, who are in second place (with two games less). The under-19 Lions will play again next Sunday, September 14, against Tondela, at 3:00 pm, at the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy.

Last season, Sporting said goodbye to the Youth League in the round of 16 after a 3-2 defeat to Stuttgart, following an immaculate run up to that stage, with one draw and six consecutive wins, during which they scored 17 goals and conceded only three.

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