Sporting beat Estoril 2-0, now just two points behind Porto | OneFootball

The Sporting U15 team defeated Estoril (2-0) this Saturday, February 28, in a match counting for the fifth round of the U15 Championship Qualification Phase. After drawing with Benfica in the previous round, the Lions returned to winning ways.

Playing away at the Canaries' ground, the first half saw chances for both sides, but it was the Alvalade club that showed a slight superiority in the match. Even so, despite their efforts, the deadlock persisted until the end of the first 40 minutes.

In the second half, the green and white team proved more effective in attack and scored the opening goal through captain Laurindo Mendonça in the 52nd minute. The second goal came 15 minutes later, in the 67th minute, by Igor Ribeiro.

With this victory—the 16th in 23 games this season—the team led by João Lourenço now has eight points in the standings and is provisionally in second place. Porto is first with 10 (with one game less). The next match is scheduled for Saturday, March 7, against Paços de Ferreira, at 5:00 PM, in Alcochete.

The team fielded by the green and white club was composed of: Tiago Gimo (Goalkeeper), João Rodrigues, Bernardo Lavos, Nicolás Aparício, Martim Sousa, Luís Gonçalves, Igor Ribeiro, Jacobo Aparício, Laurindo Mendonça, David Makinde, and Aladje Mussa.

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