Sporting win with late goals, still 7 points behind Benfica | OneFootball

The Sporting women's football team defeated Valadares Gaia 2-0 this Sunday, February 22. In a match related to the 12th round of the Liga BPI, the green and white team was fortunate with a goal in injury time, after being eliminated from the UEFA Women's Europa Cup by Hammarby.

The game started with good chances for the lionesses, but the goal remained elusive. Flor Bonsegundo and Brittany Raphino took turns creating good opportunities for Sporting, but when the American was forced to be substituted due to injury, things got complicated for the Alvalade Club - which was also without Telma Encarnação, who also had physical problems. In the second half, the green and white team kept searching for the goal, but the home team did not give up and managed to cause some 'scares' to Anna Wellmann's goal. It was in injury time that Ana Tomaz's moment came: she scored at 90'+4 and, with the game resumed, at 90'+7.

With this victory - the 14th in 26 games this season - Micael Sequeira's team occupies the second place in the National Championship with 25 points. Benfica, on the other hand, remains in first place with seven more points than the Alvalade Club (32).

The green and white emblem now turns its attention to the semi-finals of the League Cup. Sporting's next match is scheduled for Wednesday, March 11, at 16:00, again against Valadares Gaia, at Estádio Aurélio Pereira in Alcochete.

The starting eleven presented by the green and white emblem consisted of the following athletes: Anna Wellmann, Beatriz Fonseca, Mackenzie Cherry, Ashley Barron, Érica Cancelinha, Andreia Bravo, Brenda Perez, Carla Armengol, Flor Bonsegundo, Carolina Santiago, and Brittany Raphino.

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