Match Report
| Sporting Lisbon | Sporting Lisbon |  |  | Desportivo Nacional | Desportivo Nacional | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nicolas Cruz | N. Cruz |  | 67 | G |  | 1 | | G | 61 |  | Kevin Kreek | K. Kreek | |||||||||
| Adrien Rascle | A. Rascle |  | 77 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 71 |  | Paulo Ramos | P. Ramos | |||||||||
| Luis Bérenguer | L. Bérenguer | | 69 | D | | 3 | | D | 66 | | Sergio Vieira | S. Vieira | |||||||||
| Francisco Gomes | F. Gomes | | 65 | D | | 4 | | D | 64 | | Fernando Viana | F. Viana | |||||||||
| Abel Moutinho | A. Moutinho | | 61 | D | | 5 | | D | 58 | | Sergio Campos | S. Campos | |||||||||
| Colin Mcallister | C. Mcallister |  | 77 | M | | 6 | | M | 80 | | Frederico Ramos | F. Ramos | |||||||||
| Helder Fonseca | H. Fonseca | | 74 | M | | 7 | | M | 65 | | Daniel Barros | D. Barros | |||||||||
| Nuno Viana | N. Viana | | 69 | M | | 8 | | M | 63 | | Jose Carvalho | J. Carvalho | |||||||||
| Sergio Lopes | S. Lopes | | 70 | A | | 9 | | A | 71 | | Luis Varela | L. Varela | |||||||||
| Diogo Carvalho | D. Carvalho | | 64 | A | | 10 | | A | 69 | | Romain Maoulida | R. Maoulida | |||||||||
| Kevin Niven | K. Niven | | 63 | A | | 11 | | A | 63 |  | Ragnar Hallfredsson | R. Hallfredsson | |||||||||
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Match Report
There is a slight drizzle in the air here at Estádio José Alvalade where Sporting Lisbon play host to Desportivo Nacional. A crowd of 20,079 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Both Sporting Lisbon and Desportivo Nacional are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
Both Sporting Lisbon and Desportivo Nacional are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
0.00
0-0Sporting Lisbon start the game by kicking off the first half!
18.18
0-1Sergio Vieira passes the ball forward to Frederico Ramos. Frederico Ramos kicks a strong pass forward to Luis Varela. Luis Varela plays a perfect one-two with Romain Maoulida and rushes in on goal... Luis Varela shoots from just inside the box. The ball dips under the bar and into the back of the net. Goal!!
24.53
0-1Francisco Gomes deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Colin Mcallister. Colin Mcallister knocks the ball to his team mate, Kevin Niven. Kevin Niven goes all the way! Kevin Niven takes a shot at goal but it goes wide for a goal kick.
26.20
Helder Fonseca flicks the ball to his team mate, Sergio Lopes. Sergio Lopes goes all the way! Sergio Lopes tries a spectacular strike. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
32.56
1-1Adrien Rascle threads the ball through to Nuno Viana. Nuno Viana chips the ball to his team mate, Kevin Niven. Kevin Niven plays a perfect one-two with Sergio Lopes and rushes in on goal... Kevin Niven cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal. Kevin Kreek easily smothers it.
39.36
1-1Paulo Ramos deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Daniel Barros. Daniel Barros knocks the ball forward to Romain Maoulida. Romain Maoulida makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Ragnar Hallfredsson but he's offside!
42.50
Frederico Ramos deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Ragnar Hallfredsson. Ragnar Hallfredsson finds some space and shoots from distance. It curls slightly but Nicolas Cruz manages to gather it comfortably.
45.00
The whistle blows and the first half comes to an end!
45.00
Desportivo Nacional start the second half!
47.45
1-1Sergio Vieira makes a probing pass to Jose Carvalho. Jose Carvalho surges forward with the ball. Jose Carvalho knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
51.07
Sergio Campos threads the ball through to Daniel Barros. Daniel Barros makes a simple pass to Romain Maoulida. Romain Maoulida shoots from 20 yards but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
54.23
1-1Romain Maoulida barges into Luis Bérenguer. Romain Maoulida is warned by the referee! Luis Bérenguer hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
59.27
Nuno Viana knocks the ball forward to Diogo Carvalho. Diogo Carvalho plays a perfect one-two with Kevin Niven and rushes in on goal... Diogo Carvalho tries a spectacular strike but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
60.40
Sergio Campos lofts the ball long. Romain Maoulida knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
61.36
Colin Mcallister deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Diogo Carvalho. Diogo Carvalho goes all the way! Diogo Carvalho takes a shot at goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
69.03
Daniel Barros clumsily knocks into Helder Fonseca. The referee calls over Daniel Barros and warns him to calm down! Helder Fonseca runs off the knock.
71.07
Francisco Gomes controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Helder Fonseca. Helder Fonseca makes a simple pass to Sergio Lopes. Sergio Lopes deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Kevin Niven. Kevin Niven makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
72.31
Colin Mcallister makes a simple pass to Diogo Carvalho. Diogo Carvalho tries a spectacular long range effort which easily beats the keeper. Goal!!
75.22
Daniel Barros takes it forward alone. Daniel Barros shoots from 20 yards. What a cracker!! Nicolas Cruz had no chance!! Goal for Desportivo Nacional!
78.51
Helder Fonseca surges forward with the ball. Helder Fonseca threads the ball through to Kevin Niven but he's offside!
83.42
Colin Mcallister knocks the ball forward to Sergio Lopes. Sergio Lopes makes a simple pass to Kevin Niven. Kevin Niven shoots from just inside the box but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
84.06
Jose Carvalho knocks the ball forward to Ragnar Hallfredsson. Ragnar Hallfredsson shoots from long range but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
85.24
Frederico Ramos kicks a strong pass forward to Ragnar Hallfredsson. Ragnar Hallfredsson sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal. It's miles wide!
90.00
Jose Carvalho makes a probing pass to Luis Varela. Luis Varela plays a perfect one-two with Ragnar Hallfredsson and rushes in on goal... Luis Varela takes a shot at goal but somehow Nicolas Cruz manages to keep it out.
90.00
The referee blows the final whistle
Match Statistics
Goals
2
2
Shots on Target
3
4
Shots off Target
5
3
Offsides
1
1
Fouls
0
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
58.4%
41.6%
Play Area
29.9%
44.2%
26%
Scorers