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For his return to his native country, Bernardo Silva was sparkling.
In all good shots, he is opportunistic and scores the second goal (17th).
On a corner badly cleared by the defense, he arrives launched into the box and his overpowering half-volley hits the bar before piercing the net.
A gem that Sporting fans will applaud, although Silva played for neighboring Benfica.
Served back by Sterling, he scored the fourth goal with a bit of success since his shot was blocked (44th).
Returning from the locker room, he catapults a header into Alan's cages, not all white on the spot.
After a minute of hesitation, his hat-trick was canceled by the VAR due to an offside of a few centimeters (51st).
His assist for Sterling on the last goal is harmless (58th) but beyond that,
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City full-backs flawless
John Stones and Joao Cancelo ticked all the boxes for a good full-back game on Tuesday.
Solid in the duels, they were never taken in depth and brought offensively in different registers.
The Englishman was very present in the opposing area.
He did not go far from scoring a goal (11th) on an error from Reis and it was he who was in the duel and allowed Silva's sublime half-volley (17th).
As for Cancelo, he was in the oven and in the mill, as usual.
Placed in the middle with the ball, he distills his caviars with turns (32nd, 54th, 76th), in particular his deep ball for Sterling on the fourth goal (58th).
The Portuguese supporters were magnificent
The Estadio José Alvalade was magnificent on Tuesday.
Before kick-off, the 50,000 spectators gave the 22 players chills as they sang the club anthem.
Fair play on the goal of Silva, they write a moment of history by applauding the goal of an enemy (17th).
And despite the cold shower with 3 goals conceded in 32 minutes, they never stopped supporting their proteges.
They never whistled their players when they went out and only a handful of them left the stadium before the final whistle.
During the last minutes and despite the very heavy score, Ruben Amorim, the coach of Sporting, cannot help but smile at the support displayed by the fans.
An atmosphere largely worthy of the greatest evenings of the Champions League.
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Reis and his mistakes cost dearly
Complicated evening for Matheus Reis.
The left side often found himself cornered in his area and was overwhelmed by the Skyblues offensives.
He is feverish from the start of the game and poorly relaunches an easy ball, which allows Stones to arm a dangerous header (11th).
On the third goal, that of Foden, he is at fault.
While the Brazilian is on the trajectory, he gets a hole and lets the ball slip away under his tackle.
The City striker did not ask for so much and has plenty of time to shoot Adan from 6 meters.
He will have less work on the rest of the meeting but his rare interventions lacked serenity, with the exception of a saving return on De Bruyne (82nd).
Gonçalves the allegory of his team
Pedro Gonçalves was the symbol of the Portuguese first half.
The midfielder tried a lot (20th, 22nd), was very voluntary and committed but also missed too much (27th, 36th).
Many times he makes the right choice but misses a few centimeters for his ideas to materialize.
His strike from a distance, a little desperate, is a clear admission of weakness.
He wastes an opportunity to counter after a bad recovery from Rodri in the center by being taken over by Laporte (22nd).
He leaves to applause at the start of the second period (52nd).
Sporting, bis repetita
History repeats itself for Sporting Portugal.
For the second round of 16 in its history, the "Lions" repeated the sad performance of their first, in 2009. At the time, the Lisbon people had challenged Bayern Munich.
Swept away on the first leg by the same score (0-5), they had conceded 7 goals in a river victory for the Bavarians (7-1) on the return.
In the end, an aggregate defeat of 12-1, the widest gap in a double Champions League confrontation.
Pablo Sarabia's teammates now have 3 weeks to think about how not to repeat this poor performance.
