With two goals from striker Pedro Gonçalves, Sporting had a real goalscoring feast with a resounding 4-0 win over Midtjylland. The goals of the game for the local were scored by . Outside, the goals were scored by Sebastián Coates (20′ 1T), Pedro Gonçalves (4′ 2T and 31′ 2T) and Stefan Gartenmann (39′ 2T, against).
Pedro Gonçalves rocked the stadium with his definition, at minute 4 of the second leg. It was a great goal that the striker started and finished: he kept the ball on the left and, from the big box, finished to put the ball in the goalkeeper’s left post.
Pedro Gonçalves was the party figure. The Sporting Lisboa striker scored 2 goals and touched the opposing goal 6 times.
Another relevant player in the game was Gonçalo Inácio. The Sporting Lisboa defender was important to throw 5 balls outside the danger zone.
Midtjylland midfielder Kristoffer Olsson made Sporting Lisboa midfielder Hidemasa Morita dance and gave him a blowjob in the 36th minute of the first round.
The course of the match was very tight and intense, with more nerves than game. There were several warned: Ricardo Esgaio, Paulinho, Manuel Ugarte, Emam Ashour and Armin Gigovic. Paulinho was sent off after receiving his second yellow card in the 37th minute of the first half.
Midtjylland coach Albert Capellas presented a 4-3-3 strategy with Jonas Lössl in goal; Joel Andersson, Henrik Dalsgaard, Stefan Gartenmann and Paulinho on the defensive line; Oliver Sorensen, Armin Gigovic and Kristoffer Olsson in the middle; and Gustav Isaksen, Astrit Selmani and Valdemar Andreasen in attack.
For their part, those led by Ruben Marques Amorim stopped with a 3-4-3 scheme with Antonio Adán under the three sticks; Jeremiah St.Juste, Sebastián Coates and Gonçalo Inácio in defense; Ricardo Esgaio, Hidemasa Morita, Manuel Ugarte and Arthur Gomes in midfield; and Marcus Edwards, Paulinho and Pedro Gonçalves up front.
Referee Ivan Kruzliak was chosen to carry out the actions of the match.
Sporting qualified for the 2022-23 Europa League Round of 16 and made their dominance clear with the landslide victory in the second leg.
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