Spray, wipe, you’re done! An amazing Manchester City set up a party at its headquarters Lisbon Sporting in the context of the first meeting between them for them «16» of Champions Leaguewith the final 0-5 -even if the regulation of the away goal is no longer valid- to turn the rematch of March 9 into a formal procedure.
Four goals from the first half for the “citizens”, who transformed almost every opportunity into goals. The “lions” turned out to be inferior to the circumstances, which reminded of the last (and only) time they were in the “16”, when in 2009 they were excluded from the Bayern Munich with an overall score of 12-1.
Two goals from him Bernardo Silva (17 ‘ and 44 ‘), from one the Mahrez (7 ‘), Fontaine (32 ‘) and Sterling (58 ‘).
The match:
With a good pace from the first minutes of the game, with Sporting being quite active. However, at the same time she had several gaps in the back in her attempt to push high. Something that did not let City go unexploited.
In the 7 ‘ The Antan blocks his shot Fontaineby Machrez to be all alone in the second year, after his pass De Bruyne, scoring from close range. Although initially the goal was canceled for offside in the Belgian midfield, the examination of the phase by VAR showed that there is no infringement, with 0-1 to be awarded.
In the 11 ‘ the head of the promoter Stones passed next to the right beam, to come to 17 ‘ The Bernardo Silva to write it 0-2: Awesome one-piece shot from the Portuguese midfielder, from a diagonal position between a large area and a penalty, with the ball going to horizontal beam and inside!
The sovereignty of the “citizens” is absolute at the start of the match, with Pep Guardiola’s team proving to be absolutely perfect cynical. At the same time, Sporting could not threaten with claims. To get to 32 ‘when Mahrez, making a nice action from the right, made the parallel turn, with the ball reaching the Fontaine in the small area. There City’s “pseudo-nine” without substantial pressure (and with Koates on the ground) calmly made the 0-3.
The dreamy first half for City could have scored another goal. And that came in 44 ‘When the Sterling left in the back of the home defense, to break in Silva who with a strong shot (who countered) scored his second personal goal in the match.
City came in quite controlled in the first minutes of the second half, wanting to control the pace. Which of course did not stop her from finding nets again at 50 ‘but with his hat-trick Silva not to be awarded after the latter was exposed.
Nevertheless, City would reach a fifth goal in 58 ‘the most beautiful in the match with his signature Sterling. Terrible fake shot by the English ace, which ended up in the right window of the opponent’s home!
Then the minutes passed without anything special, with the pace dropping. City had some aggressive flashes, of course having more of her mind on the clock. On the other hand, Sporting seemed unable to score even the goal of … honor, with 0-5 remaining until the last whistle.
A huge respect to the friends of Sporting, who despite the “five” adored their team:
ΜVP: The distinction will go to Bernardo Silva. Two goals, one assist and many quality touches from the Portuguese midfielder.
The whistle: In any difficult phases he had to face Srdan Jovanovictook his place VAR (Marco Fritz), with all the final decisions being correct. Among them is the award of 0-1.
The compositions:
Sporting Lisbon (Ruben Amorim): Adan – Esgaio, Koates, Inassio – Poro (83 ‘Neto), Palinia, Nunes, Reyes – Sarabia (75’ Tampata), Paulinho (75 ‘Slimani), Pedro Gonzalves (50’ Ugarte).
On the bench for the hosts were left: Paulo, Virginia, Fedal, Nuno Santos, Vinagre, Edwards, Braganca, Esteve.
Manchester City (Pep Guardiola): Anderson – Cancello, Dias, Laport (85 ‘Ake), Stones (61’ Zinchenko) – Bernardo Silva (85 ‘Delap), Rodri (73’ Fernandinho), De Bruyne – Mahrez, Fontaine (61 ‘Gidoglin).
On the bench for the guests were left: Carson, Slicker, Boat, Embete, Makati, Lavia.
Watch the live of the match here.
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