Her second victory in the League Phase of the Champions League was celebrated by Sporting winning with an upset, 2-1, against Marseille in “José Albalade”. The “lions” took advantage of playing throughout the second half with a numerical advantage and reached 6 points, leaving the French team to 3.
The Marseilles “froze” Lisbon in the 14th minute when, in an excellent counter-attack, Paisão opened the scoring with an amazing place from the height of the area.
In the delays of the half came the phase that subjected the audience to a scotch shower. Emerson won a penalty for the visitors, but after a VAR tip referee Obrenovic not only overturned the decision, but punished the Marseille full-back for theatrics with a second yellow card.
Sporting, with a numerical advantage, pushed for an equalizer from the start of the second half. In the 64th Ioannidis he came on for Simao (Vagiannidis was on the bench and was not used) and five minutes later Katamo leveled the match with a beautiful spot-kick, with a goal upheld after a VAR check for offside.
Redemption for Sporting came in the 86th minute with Alison Santos shooting from the height of the area and after countering the ball tricking Rouli for the final 2-1. In the 90th minute, after a cockfight with Pavar, Araujo was initially sent off, but after VAR intervention, the red card became a yellow.
In Bergamo, Atalanta missed countless chances to get the win against the Slavia Prague finally staying at 0-0 and throwing away two valuable points. The home team’s best moment was in the 27th minute, when Krstovic’s shot from contact was instinctively saved by Markovic. He himself stopped Skamakas in the 85th minute, keeping the score 0-0 until the end. This result brought the “Bergamaski” to 4 points, while their second point in the League Phase was taken by the Czechs, who had Christos Zafiris in their starting lineup and played throughout the match.
Source: Sport Fm
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