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Great Sporting Lisbon Run! |
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Thursday, 26 April 2012 22:05 |
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First, great run by Sporting and there is a good young foundation if they can keep these players for a few seasons before selling them. Sporting played with honor and showed great fortitude the last few months.
Second, the failure to get a third goal in the first leg proved costly.
Third, I was surprised Carrico did not start the game. It would have been more settling to have started him in the first half. I don't think the starting midfield made sense unless someone knows something I don't. Pereirinha is decent but certainly not someone I would have played with other options available.
Martins is a promising player but like many of the young players seems to lack a final ball. Not sure if Fernandez was fully fit but I would have left him in.
It proved down the stretch that the attacking options brought on were not capable (Jeffern and Carrillo). These options did not help the Sporting cause and Sporting's fate was sealed late. Given what was left on the field it was going to be difficult to get a positive outcome.
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