Sporting made history against the reigning European champions | OneFootball

Sporting defeated the reigning European champion in the Champions League, by triumphing at home against the French team Paris Saint-Germain (2-1), and thus, achieved their first-ever victory against a holder of the "big-eared" trophy, improving a record of three losses and one draw.

The Lions played their fifth match against reigning continental champions in the prestigious competition, after four encounters against the Spaniards of Real Madrid, record holders of titles in the main European club competition, with 15, and the results were not favorable.

The first encounters took place in the 2000/2001 season. The "merengues" began their title defense from the previous season with a draw at the old Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon (2-2), in the opening match of the first group stage. In the fifth and penultimate round, the Spaniards would go on to win 4-0 at the Bernabéu.

More than a decade and a half later, in 2016/17, the green and whites faced Real Madrid again in the main phase of the Champions League and lost in the first and fifth matches of Group F, always by 2-1. Real Madrid was coming off two consecutive wins in the competition and had as their main star Cristiano Ronaldo.

By now breaking the trend against PSG, of Nuno Mendes, the Lions joined their rivals Benfica and Porto in the group of Portuguese clubs that have defeated European champions in UEFA's main club competition. The Lions will face Athletic Bilbao in the last match, on the 28th, starting at 8 PM.

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