Kairat squad’s reaction to Sporting Champions League draw goes viral (Video) | OneFootball

The reaction of Kairat's squad to their Champions League regular phase draw went viral on social media. In addition to facing Sporting, the Kazakhstani club is set to meet Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Club Brugge, Arsenal, Olympiacos, Pafos, and Copenhagen.

Upon seeing that the Almaty team had been drawn with several European giants, the players were incredulous at their result, but when Sporting was drawn, the moment was especially shared by two of their athletes, who are Portuguese nationals: Jorginho and Luís Mata.

Jorge Monteiro, or Jorginho, is a right winger who completed his training at Braga and Celeirós. As a senior, he played for Merelinense, Fafe, Sanjoanense, Pevidém, and Differdange. Luís Mata, on the other hand, is a central defender who came up through Porto's academy, with senior stints at Cartagena, Pogon Szczenin, and Zagleibe Lubin.

It is worth recalling that the match between Sporting and Kairat will be the longest distance ever traveled by a team in Champions League history. Departing from Kazakhstan, the team will have a journey of 6,911 kilometers to Estádio José Alvalade, in the Portuguese capital.

As for Sporting's draw, Rui Borges' men are set to face PSG (home), Bayern Munich (away), Club Brugge (home), Juventus (away), Marseille (home), Napoli (away), Kairat (home), and Athletic Bilbao (away), in a schedule that promises to be very challenging.

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