Overview

• Sporting decided the match with three goals in a four-minute burst from the 65th to 68th minutes.
• Francisco Trincao scored twice, with Alisson Santos and Geovany Quenda also on target, before Edmilson netted a late reply for Kairat.
• Kairat’s 18-year-old goalkeeper Sherhan Kalmurza saved a first-half penalty from Morten Hjulmand after a foul on Luis Suarez.
• The visitors, making their Champions League debut, pressed early in the second half but faded after the hour.
• Reports said the trip from Almaty to Lisbon spanned about 6,923 km across five time zones and lasted roughly nine hours, believed to be a competition record.