Sporting will host Atalanta on Tuesday in the first leg of the round of 16 of the Europa League, which will see two teams meet in the group stage of the current competition.
The Lions will begin their battle to reach the quarter-finals by facing off against the opponents who won Group D and qualified directly for that stage, pushing the Green-Whites into second place and into the knockout stages.
Sporting lost 2-1 at home to the Bergamo team in October and drew 1-1 in Italy in November, and it was the result in Lisbon that decided the classification. ‘, which forced the green-whites to enter the playoffs, in which they eliminated the Swiss Young Boys.
Without Adan, Gonzalo Inacio and Pedro Goncalves, who have physical problems, Sporting, the current leaders of the Portuguese First League, are trying to reach the quarter-finals of the Europa League for the second season in a row after being eliminated by Juventus last season. at this stage of the season, in which he was also present in the 2011/12 and 2017/18 seasons.
The match between Sporting and Atalanta will start at 17:45 (Lisbon time) at the José Alvalade Stadium and will be officiated by German referee Daniel Siebert. The return match is scheduled for March 14 at 20:00 in Bergamo.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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