Sporting loanee scores, Sá Pinto reaches next round ვიდეო | OneFootball

Sá Pinto had a dream night in the Europa League, leading Pafos to a historic comeback against Hajduk Split. After a 2-0 defeat in Croatia, the Cypriot side responded at home with a 4-0 thrashing, securing qualification for the competition’s third qualifying round. Biel got on the scoresheet.

The first sign of the comeback came in the 40th minute, when Guga, the former Rio Ave midfielder, opened the scoring with a high-quality strike from the edge of the box. Then, in stoppage time at the end of regular time, Goldar made it 2-0 in the 90+1st minute, levelling the tie and taking the decision to extra time.

That was when Biel stepped up. The Brazilian forward, loaned by the Lions to Pafos until the end of the season, took advantage of an error by the opposing goalkeeper to score Sá Pinto’s team’s third goal, putting the Cypriots ahead in the tie for the first time. The Brazilian thus confirmed an excellent start to his adventure in Cyprus, after less successful loan spells at Atlético Mineiro and Al Tawoon.

Qualification was definitively sealed in the 117th minute, thanks to a goal from Portuguese-Cape Verdean João Correia, following an assist from Pêpê. In the match, Domingos Quina started, while Alexandre Brito - also linked to Sporting - came on during extra time, on a night when several Portuguese players stood out.

With this victory, Sá Pinto moves on in the Europa League and already knows that the next opponent will be Austria’s Salzburg. As for Biel, the winger continues to make the most of his opportunity at Pafos and is showing promising signs to Sporting, who will closely monitor the player’s development throughout the season.

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