Những Pha Phản Công THẦN TỐC - KINH ĐIỂN Của Real Madrid
Cristiano Ronaldo marked his 350th game in a Real Madrid shirt by saving their blushes with a late free-kick against Sporting Lisbon to help them stage a late comeback and win a game they looked like losing.
Ronaldo"s strike cancelled out the visitors" 46th minute opener and when Alvaro Morata headed in James Rodriguez" cross with the last move of the game, Zinedine Zidane"s team had somehow taken all three points from a match they struggled in throughout.
Jorge Jesus" lively Sporting side had taken full advantage of the fact that the Champions League holders were not so much resting on their laurels as fast asleep on them for the most part and Bruno Cesar gave them a rude awakening when he scored the opening goal.
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Alvaro Morata gleefully runs away to celebrate after completing Real Madrid"s comeback on a dramatic night at Bernabeu
Cristiano Ronaldo sends towards goal the free-kick that broke Sporting"s resistance on a night when Real didn"t get going
The Portuguese reins in his celebrations against the club where he first came to the attention of the footballing world
Bruno Cesar curls home the goal that gave Sporting Lisbon the most improbable of leads at Real Madrid"s Bernabeu Stadium
Cesar"s features betray a mix of delight and disbelief after he capitalised on Real"s hesitancy to clinically find the net
The Portuguese team"s players are c**k-a-hoop after grabbing an advantage in Madrid that must have surprised even them
MATCH FACTSREAL MADRID (4-3-3): Casilla, Carvajal, Varane, Ramos,Marcelo,Modric, Casemiro, Kroos (Rodriguez 77),Bale (Lucas 67),Benzema (Morata 68), Ronaldo
Unused subs: Yanez, Pepe, Kovacic, Danilo
Booked: Kroos.
Goals: Ronaldo 89, Morata 90+4
SPORTING LISBON (4-4-2): Rui Patricio, Joao Pereira, Semedo, Coates, Zeegelaar,Gelson Martins (Markovic 70), Adrien Silva (Elias 73),William Carvalho, Bruno Cesar, Dost, Bryan Ruiz (Campbell 90)
Unused subs: Beto, Schelotto, Paulo Oliveira, Andre Felipe
Booked: Adrien Silva,William Carvalho,Zeegelaar.
Goal: Bruno Cesar 47
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)
Ronaldo"s response was his 94th Champions League goal and as promised he barely celebrated it against the first team he ever played professionally for.
In truth there was very little to celebrate from such a below par performance from Madrid. But Ronaldo always scores against Sporting he did it twice for Manchester United - and his late free-kick was perfectly placed past Rui Patricio.
Real Madrid did not concede a single goal at home last season as they won this competition. Already that defensive record has been broken but the win is all that matters and Rodriguez and Morata, who both started the game on the bench, combined to deliver the three points.
Sporting were coming into the game on a run of four straight league wins and they had the first chance when Cesar found a surprising amount of space on the edge of the area and curled his shot just wide of Kiko Casilla"s right post.
They fashioned the second chance too when Gelson Martins shot from the right and Casilla had to palm the shot away.
Gareth Bale was the first to threaten for Madrid. He broke down the right cutting past Marvin Zeegelaar and his shot was smothered by Patricio at his near post. Bale then swapped wings and crossed dangerously from the left only for Ruben Semedo to clear. On the three year anniversary of the Welshman"s debut for Real Madrid he was their brightest player.
For Sporting, Martins was giving Marcelo a torrid time down the Madrid left. The 21-year-old looks like being the next big thing to come from the club"s Alcochete Academy and several times in the first half he exposed the space behind the Brazilian full back.
Sporting"s Euro 2016 winning keeper Rui Patricio just about stretches far enough to take the ball off Raphael Varane"s head
Sporting apply the squeeze to Ronaldo, with Portuguese"s compatriot Adrien Silva in pursuit and Sebastian Coates waiting
Sporting defender Marvin Zeegelaar adopts a rather rudimentary approach to trying to get a handle on Real Madrid"s Bale
Former Liverpool defender Coates shows no little athleticism to clear ahead of Real"s German playmaker Toni Kroos
When he crossed dangerously on 33 minutes all it needed was a touch from a team-mate on the edge of the six-yard area and Real would have been behind.
Bale was clattered by Joao Pereira and hobbled off at half time. It looked like 50-50 challenge but Real Madrid were awarded a free-kick and from it Ronaldo skimmed the top of the net.
The Wales star appeared to tell Zidane he was fine to carry on some good news for the Madrid manager after watching his side put in an average first half performance against a spirited and confident Sporting side looking every bit like the best team in Portugal on current form.
Bale did emerge for the second half but the real Real Madrid did not. They looked just as off the pace at the start of the second period and it was no surprise when they went behind on 46 minutes.
Real"s late act of escapology leaves Champions League Group F looking like most would have expected after Matchday One
Brazilian left back Marcelo gets his foot on the ball but the home team were lethargic from the outset against Sporting
Sergio Ramos, trying to become the first man to lead a side to successive Champions League triumphs, outjumps Bryan Ruiz
REAL MADRID: NEXT FIVE FIXTURES IN EUROPE27 September:Dortmund (A)
18 October:Legia Warsaw (H)
2 November:Legia Warsaw (A)
22 November:Sporting Lisbon (A)
7 December:Dortmund (H)
Not surprisingly it was Martins who carried the ball forward with menace but Sergio Ramos and Luka Modric seemed to get in each other"s way as both tried to clear and the ball ran to Cesar, who swept it in from the edge of the area.
Sporting coach Jesus was sent off for dissent after William Carvalho was booked but from his new position just behind the dug-out everything must have looked rosy with Real showing no sign of breaking down his team.
Zidane finally made changes with 20 minutes left. Bale was still feeling his hip after the knock he picked up at the end of the first half and he was replaced by Lucas Vazquez. Morata came on for Karim Benzema.
Vazquez made a difference with his direct running and from his cross Dani Carvajal volleyed over. Marcelo misplaced another pass and Zidane played his last card with Rodriguez coming on for Toni Kroos.
It was to be crucial when the Colombian set up the winner for Morata after Ronaldo"s timely intervention.
Ronaldo was continuing his comeback from the knee injury he sustained in the final of the summer"s European Championship
Real defender Dani Carvajal snaps into a challenge on the Portuguese team"s Costa Rican former Fulham attacker Ruiz
The two sides" respective managers, Jorge Jesus (left) and Real"s Zinedine Zidane, exchange pleasantries before kick-off
Sporting Lisbon"s travelling fans can"t conceal their excitement at the prospect of watching their team in action in Madrid
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3789767/Real-Madrid-2-1-Sporting-Lisbon-Holders-Real-turn-Champions-League-contest-head-break-Sporting-hearts.html
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