Kairat squad’s viral reaction to drawing Sporting in Champions League (Video) | OneFootball

Upon seeing the Champions League draw, the Kairat squad could not hide their joy upon learning that they will face Sporting

The reaction of the Kairat squad to their regular phase draw of the Champions League went viral on social networks. In addition to facing Sporting, the emblem from Kazakhstan has a match scheduled with Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Club Brugge, Arsenal, Olympiacos, Pafos, and Copenhagen.

Seeing that the team from Almaty had drawn with several European giants, the players were incredulous at their result, but when the Club de Alvalade came out, the moment was particularly shared by two of their athletes, who are of Portuguese nationality: Jorginho and Luís Mata.

Jorge Monteiro or Jorginho is a right winger who completed his training at Braga and Celeirós. As a senior, he represented Merelinense, Fafe, Sanjoanense, Pevidém, and Differdange. Luís Mata is a central defender product of Porto's training, having passages in senior football by Cartagena, Pogon Szczenin, and Zagleibe Lubin.

It is worth remembering that the clash between Sporting and Kairat will be the longest distance traveled by a team in the history of the Champions League. Starting from Kazakhstan, the team will have a journey of 6,911 kilometers to the José Alvalade Stadium, in the Portuguese capital.

As for Sporting's draw, Rui Borges' pupils will have a match scheduled against PSG (home), Bayern Munich (away), Club Brugge (home), Juventus (away), Marseille (home), Napoli (away), Kairat (home) and Athletic Bilbao (away), in a schedule that is expected to be very challenging.

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