Lions play the last day of the Champions League this Thursday and want to pass directly to the quarterfinals, which never happened
Sporting plays this Thursday in Poland at 7:45 pm, against Orlen Wisła Płock with the mission to go directly to the top-8 of the largest European club test for the first time in history.
The impressive Champions League lions campaign can take on even higher proportions after the last group game game, as the draw is enough for national champions to celebrate the achievement of 2nd place in Group A, well with the historic and unprecedented direct qualification for the quarterfinals.
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After securing seven wins in so many European games played at the João Rocha Pavilion, Ricardo Costa's team traveled to Poland without Kiko Costa, with an injury that forces the indefinite time, but motivated to repeat the one that was the first victory in this race in September last year.
The current Polish champion, who has already secured a place in play-offit has three wins in the last three games, with Paris Saint-Germain, Fuchse Berlin and Dinamo bucresti, but returned to taste the defeat-for the first time on the inside-last Sunday against the direct rival in the title fight, the Kielce industry. But so far, Płock presents the best defense between the 16 teams that make up this edition of the race.
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“We were surprised by what we have done since the beginning of the group stage, especially in our home -our fort -because we played against big teams,” said Mamadou Gassama, Sporting player. «Wisła Płock comes from three consecutive wins, but we know what we have to do. We want to be in final four And this is first to win on Thursday. We want to pass directly to the rooms because there are two less games in a difficult calendar, ”he took the 31 -year -old.
Only the top two classifieds in the group go straight to the quarterfinals, avoiding a play-off of qualification. The Leonina team guarantees the second place, and joins the Hungarians of Veszprém, if they win or draw in Poland with Wisla Plock. If you get lost with the Polacs, you have to expect Fuchse Berlin and PSG not to win on the last day.