Photo Gallery – Real’s best caught moments of the match against Sporting Lisbon
Cristiano Ronaldo and Alvaro Morata ruined the party for Sporting CP with two late goals conveying Real from behind to win 2-1 in an emotional Champions League Group F experience at the Santiago Bernabeu.
The supreme champions searched set for a stunning rout before Ronaldo ventured up and chose the upper right corner straightforwardly from a set-piece 25 yards out, and Morata secured each of the three points with a 94th-minute header.
Ronaldo’s 350th appearance for Madrid came in the match against Sporting Lisbon, the club where he made his presentation, and it looked set to be a disappointing one when Cesar put Sporting Lisbon ahead two minutes into the second half.
The Portuguese side had mentor Jorge Jesus sent to the stands for his denunciations at arbitrator Paolo Tagliavento’s choice to book William Carvalho for a test on Luka Modric, and from that point, his group went under expanded weight.
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Cristiano Ronaldo shook the post from inside the six-yard box with seven minutes remaining, and he, at last, hit the net in the 89th moment, Sporting goalkeeper Rui Patricio kicking it into high gear a hand to the ball yet neglecting to stop it flying in off the upright.
The 31-year-old declined to celebrate against his previous club. However, 67th-minute substitute Morata – dropped with Zinedine Zidane favoring Karim Benzema from the begin – had no such doubts when he sent the home fans into delights in the fourth moment of stoppage time.
The turnaround was finished five minutes after the fact when Morata fueled in a header from substitute James Rodriguez’s left-wing cross.
The outcome will facilitate the weight on Madrid in front of a dubious outing to Borussia Dortmund on September 27, while Sporting will attempt to get the pieces when they divert Legia Warsaw.
Photo Gallery – Real’s best caught moments of the match against Sporting Lisbon
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