Sporting fight back from two goals down to draw 2-2 with Juventus | OneFootball

The Sporting juniors team drew (2-2) this Tuesday, November 4, against Juventus. In a match for the fourth round of the Youth League, the young green and whites came close to suffering their first defeat in the competition, but managed to rescue a point in the final minutes of the game.

In a match held at the Juventus Center in Turin, Sporting wanted to show their favoritism, but had some difficulties dominating the game and it was the opposing team that scored first, in the 11th minute. After a loss of possession by the lions, Josue Greulaud crossed for Patryk Mazur to finish first time. The 2-0 for the 'vecchia signora' came in the 26th minute. Gabriele Finocchiaro struck the crossbar of Miguel Gouveia’s goal with a powerful shot, before Marco Tiozzo fired the rebound into the back of the net.

In the second half, Sporting chased the deficit and managed to pull one back in the 88th minute. Sandro Ferreira played a delayed cross for Zaid Bafdili to finish with no chance for Riccardo Radu. The equalizer came right on the 90th minute. Flávio Gonçalves, from a direct free kick, hit the crossbar and, on the rebound, Paulo Simão made it 2-2, after also scoring in the previous round.

With this draw – the fifth in 15 games this season – João Gião’s men are provisionally in seventh place in the standings with eight points. Sporting will be back in action on Wednesday, November 26, against Club Brugge, at 1:00 pm, in Alcochete.

Starting eleven presented by the green and white club: Miguel Gouveia (Goalkeeper), Daniel Costa, Eduardo Felicíssimo, Lucas Taibo, Rayhan Momade, Ivanildo Mendes, Zaid Bafdili, Rafael Camacho, Chris Grombahi, Flávio Gonçalves, and Diogo Martins.

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