Sporting will meet Atalanta in Bergamo this Thursday at 17:45 in the match of the 5th round of the group stage of the Europa League. Check out Ruben Amorim’s picks for this match, as well as Gian Piero Gasperini’s picks.
Englishman Marcus Edwards, who was involved in an accident on the way to Lions training on Wednesday, starts the match on the bench. The 24-year-old striker started in Sporting’s last two matches in the tournament.
ELEVEN ATALANTA: Musso; Koopmeiners, Lookman, Ederson and De Roon; Djimsiti, Ruggeri, Kolasinac, Hatebur, Scalvini and Scamacca
Substitutes: Carnesecchi, Rossi, Holm, Pasalic, Muriel, Bakker, Zortea, Adopo, Bonfanti, Del Lungo, Al. Miranchuk and Cisse.
SPORTING ELEVEN: Adan; Saint-Juste, Diomande and Gonzalo Inacio; Ricardo Esgayo, Morita, Hjulmand and Matheus Reis; Pote, Trincao and Győkeres
Substitutes: Israel, Diogo Pinto, Coates, Edwards, Nuno Santos, Luis Neto, Dario Essugu, Paulinho, Catamo, Eduardo Quaresma and Afonso Moreira.
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Interval
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44′Offside, Sporting. Hidemasa Morita tried to make a through ball, but Victor Gyokeres was judged to be offside.
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43′Sead Kolasinac was shown a yellow card for a series of fouls.
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42′
Scalvini receives a yellow card for a foul on central defender Leonin. -
38′Gonzalo Inacio tries to shoot from long range, but the ball goes wide of the goal.
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38′Ademola Lookman was shown a yellow card for fouling the recovering Leo defender.
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35 minutesDieukeres intercepts the ball in the final third and sends Pote down the left flank. The Portugal international enters the penalty area and tries to attack the goalkeeper, but the technical gesture goes wrong and Mousso makes an easy save.
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31′Maarten de Roon cut the end line and gave Sporting a corner. Pote scores into the area where Musso appears to intercept the ball.
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30 minutesTrincao complains of being touched on his face in the Atalanta zone. The referee orders to continue.
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23 minutesThis is the goal! Atalanta scores through Scamacca, who runs away from Matheus Reis and shoots hard with his right foot. The Lions were asked for an unusual position but VAR confirmed the move.
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20 minutesVictor Dieukeres hits the post! Jylmand moves past the Swedish striker past centre-back Djimsiti, enters the penalty area and shoots with his right foot, knocking the paint off the Atalanta goal post. First big scoring opportunity for the Lions!
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17 minutesEsgayo tries to take a shot from Pote’s corner but the shot goes off the line.
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16 minutesKoopmeiners missed the corner in favor of Sporting. Pote scores for Esgayo, but he misses the target. It’s a goal kick for Atalanta.
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14 minutesScamacca appears isolated from Adan, who saves the shot but the move is disallowed for offside.
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11 minutesKoopmeiners takes a free kick with his left foot, but the ball goes to Adan, who easily fits into the play.
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11 minutes
Gonçal Inacio was shown a yellow card in the first minutes. -
7′Scamacca scores after a pass from Lookman, but the assistant referee rules it offside. VAR confirms this decision.
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