Definitely, Sporting Portugal must believe that they are cursed against Olympique de Marseille.
A week ago at the Velodrome, despite an opener from the start, the Lisbon players had a nightmare in the first half hour, conceding three goals and seeing their goalkeeper Antonio Adan sent off in the 23rd minute. game. And this Wednesday, the scenario was, more or less, reproduced …
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Indeed, on a ball deep in the Lusitanian area, Amine Harit pulled away to get ahead of Ricardo Esgaio and push the ball with his toe.
Impossible, suddenly, for the Sporting player to brake.
Moreover, he did not even try and violently hit the Marseille attacking midfielder.
The penalty was obvious, but also the expulsion, especially since Esgaio had just been warned less than two minutes before.
After reviewing the video to be sure of the upcoming double sanction, the Spanish referee of the match, Mr. Alejandro Hernandez, did not hesitate and took the red card out of his pocket.
in the process, Matteo Guendouzi, with the help of a returning post, opened the scoring for OM in the 20th minute of play. Before Alexis Sanchez doubled the lead just half an hour into the game (0 -2).
And in total, over 180 minutes between the first leg a week ago and the return this Wednesday evening, Sporting Portugal will only have played eleven short minutes.
Way too little.