UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, March 8, 2012
Manchester City WWWWW 0
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Sporting CP DWWWL 1
1st2ndT
MNC000
SCP011
1st Leg · Estadio Jose Alvalade · 34,371 att.

Lineups

SCP

  1. 1Rui PatrícioG
  2. 47João PereiraD
  3. 93Xandao D
  4. 4Anderson PolgaD
  5. 48Emiliano InsúaD
  6. 3Daniel CarriçoD
  7. 14Matías FernándezM
  8. 8Stijn SchaarsM
  9. 11Diego CapelM
  10. 10Marat IzmailovM
  11. 9Ricky van WolfswinkelF

Substitutes

  1. 12Marcelo BoeckG
  2. 2Alberto RodríguezD
  3. 6EvaldoD
  4. 25Bruno PereirinhaM
  5. 31Renato NetoM
  6. 18André CarrilloF
  7. 33Diego RubioF

MNC

  1. 25Joe HartG
  2. 22Gaël ClichyD
  3. 4Vincent KompanyD
  4. 28Kolo TouréD
  5. 13Aleksandar KolarovD
  6. 7James MilnerM
  7. 34Nigel de JongM
  8. 18Gareth BarryM
  9. 21David SilvaM
  10. 16Sergio AgüeroF
  11. 10Edin DzekoF

Substitutes

  1. 30Costel PantilimonG
  2. 6Joleon LescottD
  3. 15Stefan SavicD
  4. 8David PizarroM
  5. 11Adam JohnsonM
  6. 19Samir NasriM
  7. 45Mario BalotelliF

Timeline

  1. 12' Manchester City makes a sub: Joleon Lescott enters for Vincent Kompany. Reason: Injury
  2. 45' Marat Izmailov is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  3. 45'+2' Nigel De Jong is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  4. 51' Goal!! Alexandre Luiz Reame Xandao hits a very good right footed shot to the lower right corner from the right 6 yard (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Sporting Lisbon now leads 1 - 0
  5. 59' Manchester City makes a sub: Samir Nasri enters for Gareth Barry. Reason: Tactical
  6. 59' Sporting Lisbon makes a sub: Bruno Pereirinha enters for Marat Izmailov. Reason: Tactical
  7. 69' Sporting Lisbon makes a sub: Renato Neto enters for Matías Fernández. Reason: Tactical
  8. 71' Manchester City makes a sub: Mario Balotelli enters for Edin Dzeko. Reason: Tactical
  9. 75' Sporting Lisbon makes a sub: André Carrillo enters for Diego Capel. Reason: Tactical
  10. 78' Anderson Polga is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  11. 81' Joao Pereira is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  12. 84' Renato Neto is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  13. 90' End of the game
  14. 90'+4' Aleksandar Kolarov is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour

UEFA Europa League News

All news
News ESPN News Services AC Milan condemn racist abuse of Mike Maignan after red card vs. Bournemouth AC Milan have condemned what they called "serious and unacceptable racist abuse" directed at goalkeeper Mike Maignan on social media following his red card in Thursday's Europa League loss to Bournemouth. News PA 'If Mo Salah scores three...' - Hearts boss on puzzle to mark Trabzonspor star Wouter Vrancken hailed auxiliary left-back Rogers Mato for the way he stepped into the breach against Mohamed Salah as injury-hit Hearts produced a spirited display in a 2-0 Conference League defeat away to Trabzonspor. News Tom Hamilton Rose urges humility after Bournemouth rout Milan as Amorim rues red card Marco Rose said his Bournemouth team will stay humble after they dominated AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League while Ruben Amorim said the match was over as a contest for his team after Mike Maignan's red card in the first half. ESPN Tom Hamilton Bournemouth fairytale condemns Ruben Amorim to another nightmare in England Bournemouth never wanted this night to end. Ruben Amorim, however, would be happy to forget this evening on the south coast ever happened.