Sporting Lisbon vs Real Madrid Live Coverage
After an important weekend at home, Real Madrid visit Lisbon for the second leg of the Sporting Lisbon vs Real Madrid Champions League match.ย Come join us for our live match coverage!
Thatโs Game! After an extremely exciting second half, Real Madrid managed to win 2-1
GOAL! Benzema scores the late match winner with a header that see the bottom left corner. Real Madrid leads 2-1
This is turning out to be an exciting end to what seemed like a one-sided match. Can Real score a late winner again?
GOAL!ย After an odd situation, the ref calls for a penalty, and Silva converts it perfectly. Sporting 1-1 Real Madrid
71โฒ Marcelo is subbed out for Coentrao. The final substitution has been made
64โฒ Red Card for Joao Pereira
58โฒ Gareth Bale goes down. His ankle had been giving him problems for a while now, but is finally subbed off limping. Asensio came on for him
50โฒ Sporting are dangerously close to scoring. At this rate, its only a matter of time
46โฒ Marcelo goes down. It looks to be a muscular issue
HALF TIME
43โฒ Gareth Bale wins a free kick in a dangerous spot for Sporting. Cristiano takes it and it goes out for a corner. Cristiano heads the corner, but the shot goes wide
39โฒ Marcelo fouls a Sporting forward and gets the first yellow card of the game. After some confusion, the ref calls it a free kick from less than a foot outside of the box. The free kick was taken beautifully and just misses the near post
38โฒ Gareth Bale begins another crazy counter, with a through ball from Marcelo. Unfortunately, the welshman is far to fast and doesnโt have anyone to play off of
36โฒ Real Madrid win a corner
32โฒ What a close call! Sporting almost score with a beautiful build up. Ramos managed to get a head on the ball to save the day
GOAL!! Modric takes the free kick and Varane takes advantage of an error to put the ball in the net. Real Madrid lead 1-0
28โฒ Cristiano Ronaldo wins a free kick in the final third
16โฒ After long build up play, Gareth Bale breaks through into the box and whips the ball in earning a corner
13โฒ due to Sportingโs high pressing, Real Madrid have switched to a 4-1-4-1 formation
9โฒ Gareth Bale starts a blazing counter and attempts a pass to Isco, but Sporting manage to intercept the play
2โฒ Sporting are looking like a team on a mission. Theyโre definitely trying to play a very attack-based football
KICK OFF
What a great atmosphere today in Lisbon
Less than 10 minutes from kick off!!
#TheDreamTeam
In the last 5 games, Real Madrid have scored no less than 3 goals per match. Hereโs hoping they keep it up
Cristiano seemed happy to be back in Lisbon when asked earlier today. He is still one of the most beloved players in Lisbon. Heโs still the only player to move through all the ranks of the club in less than a season!
It seems that Real Madrid are gonna use the same Starting XI from the Madrid Derby. Expect a shift from a 4-3-3 formation to a 4-4-1-1 depending on how much Sporting Lisbon press
Fun Fact: This is the first time Real Madrid visit the Jose Alvalade stadium. The last time they visited Lisbon was in September 12, 2000
1:57pm EST:ย Weโre less than an hour away from the second leg against Sporting Lisbon!