By Melody Gross 
Sporting beat Lille on Tuesday. 2-0in Alvalade, and entered Champions League With the right foot.
In this match against the French, Ruben Amorim changed two pieces in his chess compared to the match against Arouca last Friday. Ousmane Diomande and Jenny Catamu replaced Matheus Reis and Nuno Santos.
And it was the “Lions” who came out in full force. The trio of Pedro Gonçalves, Victor Guequeres and Francisco Trincao led the Leonen attack and kept their opponents' heads in the water but the ball insisted on not going in.
In the 13th minute, the green and white team suffered a setback. Gonzalo Inacio was not in the physical condition to continue playing and was replaced by Matheus Reis.
but Sporting did not respond and continued searching for a goal, until Lille's net was shaken in the 38th minute.
Terrible move from central defender Alexandro who “offered” the ball to Botti. The Portuguese international passed the ball to Guequeres who turned inside and fired a powerful shot towards the far post. The score was open in Alvalade.
Rodrigo Antunes
Two minutes after conceding the goal, it was the French team's turn to suffer disappointment. They were reduced to ten units after Angel Gomes was sent off. The Portuguese-English midfielder committed a foul on Guqueres and received a second yellow card and a subsequent red card.
In the second half, the Lions wanted to score a calming goal and there was no shortage of opportunities.
In the 65th minute, the score reached 2-0 at high speed. After a Pass from Daniel Bragança, Zeno Debast threw a “rocket” from the middle of the street that only stopped in the back of the net in Lucas's custody. Chevalier. The French goalkeeper just watched the ball go past.
Rodrigo Antunes
The “green and white” team, who will play again on October 1, at the Eindhoven stadium, need to be in the top eight to reach the “eighth” place or between ninth and twenty-fourth places to compete in the play-off to reach the last eight. 16.