Europa League Round of 32 Second Leg
Sporting Lisbon 3-0 Everton (Agg 4-2)
Attendance: 17,609
Another chance to visit a top European venue, just a shame it was so soon after my last visit to Lisbon.
I'm sure many of you witnessed this debacle on television. All I can say is that to me it looked like Everton were sent out to play for a goalless draw and f*ck*d it up big time (why the negativity Moyes?). Another European journey ending in an embarrassing defeat to, quite frankly, poor opposition as Sporting overturned a 2-1 first leg deficit with goals from Miguel Veloso (64) Pedro Mendes (77) and Matias Fernandez (90).
Speaking to a few Sporting fans prior to the game, even they thought they were going to be pasted, hence the low crowd turnout of just over 17,000. With this defeat, the planned trip to Athletico Madrid in the next round vanished in the Lisbon night sky
The only bright spot was the return of Phil Jagielka after nearly a year out with injury, he got a tremendous welcome from the travelling blues when he came on as a second half substitute.
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