Sporting Thrashes Arouca 6-0 at Home
Luis Suarez celebrating one of his goalsSporting delivered a dominant performance at the Estádio José Alvalade, thrashing Arouca 6–0 on Matchday 2 of the Liga Portugal. The Lions showed attacking flair and complete control, climbing to the top of the table.
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Arouca went down to 10 men at the 30th minute after Dylan Nandín was sent off for a foul inside the box that led to Suárez’s penalty.
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Sporting completely dominated possession and attacking play, creating chance after chance.
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With this win, Sporting now has 8 goals scored in the opening 2 rounds, without conceding once.
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The team showed collective strength, pressing high and punishing every mistake from Arouca.
Sporting lined up in a 4-2-3-1:
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Rui Silva (goalkeeper)
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Gonçalo Inácio, Zeno Debast, Ricardo Mangas, Iván Fresneda (defense)
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Hidemasa Morita, Morten Hjulmand (midfield)
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Francisco Trincão, Geny Catamo, Luis Suárez (attack line)
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With other options available on the bench such as Quenda, Catamo and Harder.
Goals
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Ricardo Mangas scored at 20’ and again at 50’.
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Luis Suárez converted a penalty at 31’ and netted another at 62’.
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Francisco Trincão added two more at 45’ and 76’.
