Overview
- Sporting beat Olympique de Marseille 2-1 in Lisbon after trailing at the break, with substitutes Geny Catamo and Alisson Santos scoring in the 69th and 86th minutes.
- Marseille finished with 10 men after Emerson was sent off for a second yellow in first-half stoppage time, a sequence that factored into key VAR-reviewed moments highlighted by coach Rui Borges.
- The result gives Sporting six points from three matches and 12th place in the overall table, a slot that currently projects a path into the playoff round.
- Rui Borges credited the team’s spirit and late-game verticality from his bench options, while Maxi Araújo and Catamo pointed to halftime corrections as central to the turnaround.
- Earlier, Sporting’s handball team overturned a 19-15 halftime deficit to beat Kolstad 34-30 in Trondheim, climbing to eight points and third in Group A behind a standout nine-goal display from Francisco Costa and clutch saves by Mohamed Aly.