Sporting triumph in extra time, reach Europa League quarter-finals | OneFootball

The Sporting women's football team defeated Glasgow City (3-1, after extra time) this Wednesday, November 19th. In the second leg of the UEFA Women's Europa Cup round of 16, the green and white team equalized in the last quarter of an hour, keeping the match open.

At the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy in Alcochete, the Alvalade Club faced many difficulties in the early minutes to find their game and even started the match at a disadvantage when, at 41', Glasgow City took the lead. The match reached halftime with a 1-0 score.

After the break, Sporting came out strong, determined to turn the score around. Telma Encarnação scored the equalizer at 73', and the lionesses came very close to a comeback in the following minutes. They couldn't finish, and the match went into extra time, where the Alvalade Club was clearly superior - Encarnação scored again at 100', putting the green and white ahead, and Armengol confirmed the 3-1 final at 106'.

With this victory - the sixth in 13 games this season - Micael Sequeira's team secured a spot in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Women's Europa Cup, the equivalent of the Europa League. With an aggregate score of 4-2, Sporting is among the top eight teams in the competition.

Sporting now turns its attention to the Portuguese Cup. The lionesses will face Académica OAF in the 3rd round of the competition. The match is scheduled for next Sunday, November 23rd, at ACAD BRIOSA XXI Campo n1 in Coimbra, starting at 3:00 PM.

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