This Saturday Sporting accompanied Benfica in the ‘final four’ of the Futsal Champions League, beating the Italians Città di Eboli 5-0, winning Group A of the Elite Round with plenty of victories.
The Lisbon team, European champions in 2019 and 2021, reached the break winning 1-0, thanks to a goal from Zicky, but ‘shot’ the score in the second part of the game on the third and final day, with goals from Diego Cavinato, Miguel Ângelo, Diogo Santos and Sokolov.
The two-time Portuguese champion confirmed his favoritism in Aversa, Italy, by getting his third victory in as many games, after beating the Serbs from Loznica and the Ukrainians from Uragan, in both cases 4-2, in the two previous rounds.
Sporting, who was defeated 4-0 by FC Barcelona in the final of last season, will once again play the semifinals of the highest European club competition, in which they will be accompanied by their rival Benfica, champion in 2010, who also secured qualification today by winning Group C.
It was difficult for the ‘lions’ to break the resistance of the Italians during the first part, half of which they acted to the limit of the sixth foul, taking advantage of Zicky’s goal in the 10th minute -header, after a corner kick- -, to reach the break in advantage.
The second half accentuated the differences between the two teams, to which the early goal by Italian Diego Cavinato contributed, in the 21st minute, which definitively freed the two-time national champion and seemed to have taken away the last aspirations of the Italians.
Sporting built a resounding victory with three goals obtained with shots from outside the area, through Miguel Ângelo, in the 26th, Diogo Santos, in the 26th, and the Russian Sokolov, in the 33rd, without Eboli being able to lower even the goal. weight. of defeat
In the ‘final four’, the ‘lions’ will face Benfica, the Spaniards from Palma Futsal and the Belgians from Anderlecht, who beat defending champion FC Barcelona by one goal in their group.
Source: TSF
