Sporting fall to Real Madrid, bow out of the Youth League | OneFootball

The Sporting junior team lost to Real Madrid 2-1 this Wednesday, March 18. In a Youth League quarter-final clash, the young green and white team ended up suffering a comeback from the Spanish side and missed out on reaching the semi-finals of the competition.

After the victory against Eintracht Frankfurt in the previous round, the lions had to endure defensively but managed to go into the break with a lead, thanks to a gift from Rivas, who provided the goal to Flávio Gonçalves, who did not waste the opportunity in front of the goalkeeper (43').

In the second half, Real Madrid turned the game around. Jacobo Ortega, with effort, took advantage of a pass from Carlos Díaz to level the score at 51 minutes. Shortly after, Gabriel Silva was close to putting Sporting back in the lead, but hit the post. The Spanish goal came at 63', with Martín delivering a powerful shot that Miguel Gouveia couldn't stop.

With this defeat - the ninth in 34 games this season - João Gião's team bids farewell to the competition after a great campaign. Sporting will return to the field only on April 4, Saturday, against Benfica, at 4:00 PM, in Seixal.

Miguel Gouveia, Afonso Lee, Rafael Mota, Lucas Taibo, Daniel Costa, Rayhan Momade, Eduardo, Felicíssimo, Zaïd Bafdili, Ivanildo Mendes, Flávio Gonçalves, and Gabriel Silva.

Check out Flávio Gonçalves' goal:

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