34 minutes: Bad replacement by Didac Plana, recovery by Erick Mendonça and Fernando Cardinal, who ended up benefiting from the rebound, shot across, making the ball go over the left post of the Catalan goal.
33 minutes: Sporting plays in 5×4. Alex Merlin plays a forward goalkeeper. There are 7 and a half minutes left in the game.
33 minutes: On the counterattack, and after Pito’s pass, Matheus Rodrigues tries to increase the count, but Guitta saves for a corner.
31 minutes: Yellow card to Erick Mendonça.
31 minutes: First foul committed by Sporting.
31 minutes: Alex Merlim’s long-range shot, Didac Plana’s save.
31 minutes: Third foul committed by Barcelona.
29 minutes: Assist by Waltinho and strong shot by Tomás Paçó, far over the bar.
28 minutes: Second foul committed by Barcelona.
27 minutes: Miguel Angelo’s pass and Erick Mendonça’s shot off the right post of Didac Plana’s goal.
27 minutes: Adolfo Fernández, down the left flank, strikes a cross for Guitta to save.
26 minutes: Long-range shot by Fernando Cardinal, left foot, safe defense by Didac Plana.
25 minutes: Great pass from Pito to Carlos Ortiz, who shoots for a good intervention by Guitta.
24 minutes: Marcenio’s pass and Bernat Povill’s shot for Guitta’s careful save.
24 minutes: Alex Merlin’s cross, deflected by Bernat Povill for a corner.
23 minutes: Yellow card for Dyego and Fernando Cardinal.
21 minutes: First foul committed by Barcelona.
21 minutes: Barcelona goal! Carlos Ortiz and Ferrão’s long pass, after dominating with his left foot, shot with a right foot into the back of Guitta’s goal. 3-0.
Start of the second part!
Sporting arrives at half-time at a disadvantage, in a first half marked by balance, but where Barcelona turned out to be more effective. Sérgio Lozano and Pito, within the last five minutes of this initial stage, scored the goals that gave the Catalan emblem an advantage.
Of course, everything is open for the second 20 minutes, where, of course, Nuno Dias’ men will intensify the pressure and try to create even more finishing situations so that they can reverse the course of events.
The scenario, it should be added, is identical to last season’s final. At that time, remember, Barcelona also reached half-time winning by 2-0, but Sporting managed, then, to turn around the text and win by 4-3, thus winning their second European title. Will history repeat itself?
Interval! Barcelona 2 Sporting 0.
20 minutes: Yellow card to Tomás Paçó.
20 minutes: Fifth foul committed by Sporting.
20 minutes: Diego Cavinato’s cross shot, for Didac Plana’s careful save.
19 minutes: Barcelona goal! Pito, after recovering the ball close to the midfield line, shot for 2-0.
19 minutes: Dyego’s shot for Guitta’s difficult save.
18 minutes: Technical break requested by Jesús Velasco, Barcelona coach.
17 minutes: Excellent work by Pito, working with his back to the goal and then letting go of Marcênio, who shoots slightly to the side of Guitta’s right post.
16 minutes: Fourth foul committed by Barcelona.
16 minutes: Barcelona goal! Sérgio Lozano, down on the left flank, took João Matos out of the way and shot without a chance of defense for Guitta. 1-0.
16 minutes: Third foul committed by Barcelona.
15 minutes: Second foul committed by Barcelona.
15 minutes: Strong shot by Matheus Rodrigues, still from outside the area, with the ball hitting the left post of Guitta’s goal before going out.
13 minutes: Diego Cavinato headed assistance and Zicky Té, with right foot, shoots Didac Plana’s defense for a corner.
13 minutes: Technical break requested by Nuno Dias, Sporting coach.
12 minutes: Fernando Cardinal shot, after Tomás Paçó’s high recovery, next to the left post of the goal defended by Didac Plana.
11 minutes: Yellow card to Nuno Dias (Sporting coach).
10 minutes: Yellow card to Waltinho.
10 minutes: Fourth foul committed by Sporting.
9 minutes: Marcênio, at the edge of the area, shoots for Guitta’s defense. On reload, Ferrão shoots Diego Cavinato’s legs.
9 minutes: Alex Merlim’s left-footed cross shot for Didac Plana’s careful save.
8 minutes: Diego Cavinato tries his luck, still from outside the area, but the Italian international’s shot collides with Dyego and does not go towards Didac Plana’s goal.
8 minutes: Yellow card to Michelangelo.
8 minutes: Third foul committed by Sporting.
7 minutes: Sérgio Lozano, in a forward position, tries to aim at Guitta’s goal, but Zicky Té, giving his body to the bullets, prevents the Barcelona captain’s shot from causing danger to the leonine goalkeeper.
6 minutes: Guitta’s mid-range shot, with the ball coming out slightly to the side of the right post of the goal defended by Didac Plana. And Tomás Paçó, next to the pole, couldn’t manage the detour by very little…
5 minutes: First foul committed by Barcelona.
5 minutes: On the counterattack, and following a pass by de Pito, Matheus Rodrigues tries to poke the ball over Guitta, but the leonine goalkeeper makes an excellent intervention.
4 minutes: Second foul committed by Sporting.
4 minutes: Alex Merlim, down the left flank, shoots a cross for Didac Plana to save.
4 minutes: First foul committed by Sporting.
3 minutes: Crossed shot by Adolfo Fernández to save Guitta.
2 minutes: Alex Merlim’s shot and Didac Plana save for a corner.
Start of the match!
Barcelona: Didac Plana, André Coelho, Dyego, Adolfo Fernández and Ferrão
Substitutes: Alex Lluch, Miquel Feixas, Bernat Povill, Matheus Rodrigues, Sérgio Lozano CNicolás Brown, Pito, Marcênio and Carlos Ortiz
Trainer: Jesus Velasco
Sporting: Guitta, Tomás Paço, João Matos CDiego Cavinato and Alex Merlin
Substitutes: Bernardo Paçó, Zicky Té, Fernando Cardinal, Erick Mendonça, Pauleta, Waltinho, Miguel Ângelo and Esteban Guerrero
Trainer: Nuno Dias
Referees: Nikola Jelic and Vedran Babic (Croatia)
There are already teams!
Jesús Velasco in anticipation of this final: «We are ready and our motivation couldn’t be greater. The players are a little tired after the effort against Benfica, but this game will still give us more strength for the final. There’s not much to say about Sporting because now everyone knows how good they are. They are where they are with merit and are the defending champions. We are talking about a top team, which stands out in every moment of the game.”
Nuno Dias in anticipation of this final: «The team is in good shape, both mentally and physically. It’s no secret that we’re going to face a very difficult opponent, but we’re going to prepare in the best way possible so that we can reclaim the title. I think the best way to explain the success we have had in recent years has to do with the fact that we are always in a constant learning process. Barcelona are a team used to winning and the way they beat Benfica says everything you need to know about them. Our success will depend on our ability to overcome those times when we will have to suffer and others when we will need to be effective when we are being superior.”
Looking at the coaches of the two teams in particular, we are in the presence of two authentic icons of world futsal: Nuno Dias, who in the semi-final meeting, against ACCS, reached 50 games in the Champions League (always at the service of Sporting ), and Jesús Velasco, who played 57 matches in the competition, are the two coaches with the most presence on the benches in the most prestigious club competition in Europe.
But history still says (much) more to Sporting: the green and white emblem is the first to reach five finals in six seasons and could be the first to win three European titles in four seasons.
Still with regard to the leonine prospects, it should be noted that, if they win this afternoon’s match, Sporting enters the restricted group of teams that managed to win the trophy in two consecutive seasons – something that, so far, only Playas Castellón and Inter Movistar ( both from Spain) succeeded.
Both Sporting and Barcelona, it should be added, were present in five finals. The lions won two and lost three and, conversely, the Catalans won three and lost two. Today everything can be tied in this chapter… Inter Movistar (Spain), it should be noted, is the team that has most times been present in a final of the Champions League (8), being also the record holder of trophies won (5).
It should be remembered that Sporting has the possibility of winning the third Champions League in its history (after the titles achieved in 2018/2019 and in 2020/2021), and if that happens, Nuno Dias’ team will equal Barcelona. with three trophies won.
Sporting will face Barcelona this afternoon (16 hours) in a match that will decide the European futsal title. As always, A BOLA online will follow all the incidents of the match, where the lions will want to repeat the feat achieved last season, when they beat, precisely, Barcelona (4-3). Come on, dear reader…
Good afternoon!
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