February 23, there was one of the matches of the Europa League. It was a meeting between "Midtjylland" (Denmark) and Sporting (Lisbon).
Europa League
"Middtjælland" (Denmark) - "Sporting (Lisbon) - 0:4 (0:1)
Goals: Sebastian Coates (21), Pedro Gonçalves (50), Pedro Gonçalves (77), S. Gartenmann (85)
Warnings: Ricardo Esgaio (34), Manuel Ugarte (75), E. Ashour (75), A. Gigovic (90)
FC Midtjylland and Sporting KP met at the MCH Arena in a UEFA Europa League match. Both teams started the game with attacks, trying to record their first point in the match. Sporting CP managed to open the scoring at the beginning of the game in the 21st minute, when S. Coates sent the ball into the net. SC then continued to practice attacking play, resulting in two yellow cards to R. Esgaio in the 34th minute and Paulinho in the 36th minute. Unfortunately for Paulinho, he received a red card, leaving Midtjylland with ten men. As a result, FC Midtjylland made two substitutions at the beginning of the second half: W. Andreasen replaced O. Sorensen and E. Chilufya replaced A. Selmani, while Sporting KP made one substitution in the same period: H. Bellerin replaced R. Esgaio.
In the 50th minute, Sporting KP scored their second goal of the match through the efforts of Pedro Goncalves and soon made two more substitutions: M. Fernandes replaced J. Morita and N. Santos replaced Artur Gomes. Three minutes later, FC Midtjylland made the last substitution of the match, M. Tihosen replaced J. Andersson. In the 75th minute Sporting CP received a yellow card after M. Ugarte made a mistake in the game, the same fate befell E. Ashur three minutes later. In the 77th minute, Pedro Goncalves doubled his goal total with another successful strike. M. Tanlongo then came on as a substitute in place of M. Ugarte in another Sporting substitution. FC Midtjylland made the last substitution of the game: F. Heiselberg replaced G. Isaksen. In the 85th minute Sporting KP scored an own goal due to an error by S. Gartenmann. After that, AFC Midtjylland received the last yellow card, with A. Gigovic being the offender. The match ended 0:4 in favor of Sporting.
| Middtjælland | Sporting | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Shots on goal | 7 |
| 5 | Strokes | 14 |
| 3 | Blocked kicks | 4 |
| 4 | Kicks from the penalty area | 10 |
| 1 | Kicks from behind the penalty box | 4 |
| 12 | Violations | 10 |
| 7 | Corner | 4 |
| 1 | Offsides | 2 |
| 36% | Ball possession | 64% |
| 3 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 1 | Red cards | 0 |
| 3 | Saves by goalkeeper | 2 |
| 266 | Total assists | 481 |
| 199 | Accurate passes | 421 |
| 75% | Accuracy of transmissions | 88% |