Sporting let lead slip, draw with Napoli in Youth League | OneFootball

Sporting and Napoli drew one-all on the afternoon of this Wednesday, October 1, in a match for the second round of the UEFA Youth League. Thus, the young lions were unable to follow up on the 3-2 victory in the first round against Kairat Almaty.

The green and white team started the game stronger, creating the main dangerous situations. After several approaches to the Neapolitan goal, the Alvalade Club managed to open the scoring through Flávio Gonçalves. The youngster was assisted by Gabriel Silva, who managed to steal the ball after a high pressure, near the opponent's penalty area. 1-0 at 39 minutes.

Andrea Caucci, through a low shot, made the nets of Sporting's goal shake and established the final 1-1.

In this game, the Alvalade Club took to the field with a starting eleven formed by Miguel Gouveia, Rayhan Momade, Eduardo Felicíssimo, Lucas Taibo, Afonso Lee, Zaid Bafdili, Flávio Gonçalves, Rafael Camacho, Salvador Blopa, Gabriel Silva and Chris Gombahi. On the substitutes bench were Daniel Ciesielski, João Rijo, Diego Coxi, Paulo Simão, Sérgios Siza, Frederico Gomes, Micael Sanhá and Diogo Martins.

After this draw with Napoli, Sporting now has four points in the UEFA Youth League. The next game of the young lions will be against Académico de Viseu next Saturday, October 4, at 3pm. The match will be played on enemy ground, at Campo 1º de Maio.

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