Sporting suffer painful defeat as late comeback turns the game around | OneFootball

The junior team of Sporting lost to Alverca by 3-2, last Sunday, August 24, in a match counting for the fourth round of the National Championship of the under-19 category. Playing at the FC Alverca Training Center, the lions added their second defeat in the league, after a hard-fought victory in the last match.

The Alvalade Club started more dominantly and took control of ball possession, frequently approaching the opposite goal. Despite the good performance of the green and whites, neither Sporting nor Alverca managed to score in the first half, and the game reached halftime with a nil on the scoreboard.

In the complementary stage, a completely different story. André Machado scored the first of the match, but in his own goal, leaving Sporting at a disadvantage. The lions reacted with two quick goals: at the 70' minute, Miguel Almeida tied the match, and two minutes later Cris Palamarchuk confirmed the green and white turnaround. Very close to the end, a cold shower for Mauro Miguel's pupils - Alverca tied the match at the 88' minute (Afonso Ferreira), and confirmed the victory at 90+1' minute, with a goal from Dinis Souza, throwing the final score to 3-2 in favor of the home team.

With this defeat - the second in four games this sports season - Mauro Miguel's team remains in second place in the table, with six points, one behind Torreense, the first place (with one less game). The under-19 lions will play again on Saturday, August 30, against Torreense, at the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy.

Team presented in the match by the green and white emblem: Luka Petric, André Machado, Cristiano Palamarchuck, Jakub Stasiak, Duarte Rosa, Paulo Simão, Frederico Gomes, Sandro Gamboa, Miguel Almeida, Simão Soares and Estefânio Domingos. On the substitutes bench, William Lodmell, Santiago Fernandes, Edgar Cequeira, Diego Coxi, João Rodrigues, Sérgio Siza, José Mendes, Leonardo Tavares and Argyris Christodoulou started.

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