Eintracht – Sporting 0: 3: Triumph in 17 minutes for the “Lions”

THE Athletic sought his first victory on German soil and finally came forcefully, thanks 3-0 on her unity in Frankfurt for the premiere of the 4th group of the Champions League.

The game was much more balanced in the first half than the final score would suggest. The Germans were competitive, had more shots on goal, even if the ball was longer at the feet of the “lions”.

In the 2nd half, Ruben Amorim’s men improved their partnership on the German’s pitch and started seeing results in the 65th minute when Marcus Edwards completed a team effort, helped by luck with a tackle from Eric Ibib. The Englishman came back on the break two minutes later, looking for a shot, but Trincao finally found the ball and took the penalty to make it 2-0.

The dejected Germans didn’t react to their attacks and in the 82nd minute it was Nuno Santos’ turn to hit the net and perfect his team’s triumph Sotiris Alexandropoulouwho remained on the bench and did not debut in competition.

unity: Trapp, Jakic (84′ Knauf), Tuta, Entika, Lenz (46′ Pellegrini), Embib (66′ Bore), Shaw, Linstrom (74′ Alario), Götze, Kamada (84′ Hasebe), Kolo Muani

ATHLETIC: Adan, Coates, St Just (52′ Carlos), Inacio, Poro, Morita, Ugarte, Reyes, Trincao (79′ Paulinho), Gonsalves (79′ Santos), Edwards (73′ Rosinia)

The results of the 1st round

The ranking of the 4th group

The program of the 2nd game day