SPORTING LISBON, LIVE-TVSTREAMINGSOCCER.com - Manchester City played a goalless draw against Sporting Lisbon in the first half perdelapan Europa League final at the Estadio Jose Alvalade, Thursday, 08/03/2012 time: 18:00 GMT.Since the early minutes, City getting tight resistance of Sporting Lisbon. City were surprised by the fast-paced game that was exhibited "Sportinguistas", the nickname of the host club.
When the game has been running for eleven minutes, Sporting defender, Joao Pereira, who managed to penetrate the City penalty box, fired hard. Unfortunately, the ball shot back numbered 47 players can still be pushed over by Joe Hart.
City retaliate. A raid geared towards Kolo Toure City. He headed a cross in the 14th minute. However, Sporting goalkeeper Rui Patricio, to ward off the ball with a glorious rescue.
Do not want to lose momentum, the City continued to press the home team. Roberto Mancini's team made it back to have a golden opportunity in the 24th minute. In the opponent's penalty box, Gareth Barry curled. England midfielder's efforts have paid off after the ball failed to hit the target.
By the mid-first round, "The Citizens" seemed to dominate the game. Even so, City struggled to create chances because it often made a mistake in releasing the bait and take advantage of opportunities in a hurry. The deadlock was not resolved until halftime that they were only able to play a goalless draw.
the lineup
SPORTING LISBON: 1 Rui Patricio, 4 Anderson Polga, 47 Joao Pereira, 48 Emiliano Insua, 93 Alexandre Luiz Reame Xandao, 3 Daniel Carrico, Stijn Schaars 8, 10 Marat Izmailov, 14 Matías Fernández, Diego Capel 11, 9 Ricky van Wolfswinke.
MANCHESTER CITY: 25 Joe Hart, 4 Vincent Kompany (Lescott 17), 28 Kolo Touré, Gaël Clichy 22, 18 Gareth Barry, 13 Aleksandar Kolarov, Nigel De Jong 34, 21 David Silva, 7 James Milner, 16 Sergio Agüero, 10 Edin Dzeko.
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