Down to 10 men, Sporting snatch late win over Santa Clara (Videos) | OneFootball

Sporting defeated Santa Clara 2-1, this Saturday, October 8th, in a match for the 11th round of the Liga Portugal Betclic. The winning goal came only in injury time, at a time when the Lions were playing with 10 men. See HERE how the match unfolded.

In a duel held at the Estádio de São Miguel, in Ponta Delgada, it was the Azoreans who started better and reached 1-0. At five minutes, Ousmane Diomande poorly handled a play, the ball fell to Wendel on the right of the area. The player crossed for Vinícius to tap in at the far post. The Alvalade club pressed for an equalizer and created several goal chances. At 32', Geny Catamo received on the right, shifted to his left foot, and delivered a pinpoint cross where Pedro Gonçalves headed in to equalize.

In the second half, the Lions, needing to score to overturn the scoreline, ended up showing some inaccuracy when shooting at goal. At 90 minutes, Maxi Araújo received a direct red card for stopping Brenner who was through on goal. Playing with 10, when everything seemed to be heading for a draw, Morten Hjulmand (90+4) responded perfectly to a corner from Geovany Quenda and saved the Lions. Sidney Lima and Adriano Firmino, a duo from Santa Clara, were also sent off, with Sporting already in the lead.

With this victory – the 13th in 18 matches this season –, Rui Borges' team now has 28 points and is in second place in the Liga Portugal Betclic standings. Porto (28) is in first place but has one less game played.

The green and white team will return to the field only on Saturday, November 22nd, against Marinhense. The match, for the fourth round of the Portuguese Cup, against the team led by Rui Sacramento, will be played at 6:00 PM in Alvalade.

Goal by Pedro Gonçalves (1-1):

Goal by Morten Hjulmand (2-1):

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