Sporting off to a flying start in the UEFA Youth League, beat Kairat | OneFootball

Sporting defeated Kairat Almaty 3-2 on the afternoon of Thursday, September 18, in a match for the first round of the UEFA Youth League. The Lions used the Football City in Oeiras as a borrowed home, as there are ongoing changes to the turf at Aurélio Pereira Stadium.

Alvalade Club managed to open the scoring at 13 minutes. After a corner taken by Chris Grombahi, central defender Daniel Ciesielski appeared at the first post to head the ball into the opponent's net (1-0). The Lions kept adding new opportunities and managed to increase the lead, at 24', through Flávio Gonçalves, who shot placed after a brilliant individual move (2-0).

In the first dangerous moves of the second half, Sporting managed to make it 3-0. This time, Flávio Gonçalves assisted a strong shot from Diogo Martins (56'). Subsequently, the game even got complicated for the Lions. Flávio Gonçalves missed a penalty at 63 minutes that revived hope for Kairat. The Kazakhs managed to reduce the lead through a brace from Azamat Tuyakbayev.

In this match, Alvalade Club fielded a team of Miguel Gouveia, Daniel Costa, Daniel Ciesielski, Lucas Taibo, Afonso Lee, Eduardo Felicíssimo, Flávio Gonçalves, Rafael Camacho, Salvador Blopa, Diogo Martins and Chris Grombahi. On the substitutes bench were Alexandre Tverdohlebov, Denilson Santos, João Rijo, Rayhan Momade, Sandro Nascimento, Paulo Simão, Miguel Almeida, Micael Sanhá and Frederico Gomes.

Thus, the Sporting The next game for the young green and whites will be against the Azoreans of Santa Clara, at 12:00 on Sunday, September 21.

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