In the first duel of the 1/16 finals of the Europa League, Astana has significantly worsened its chances of reaching the next stage of the tournament, losing a big score to Lisbon Sporting.

For the Kazakh team everything started very well. Already at the 7th minute, Tomasov opened the scoring in the match, and until the end of the first half, the advantage was for the hosts.

Nevertheless, in the debut of the second half of the meeting, the Portuguese team broke the resistance of the opponent, sending to the gates of Astana three balls at once from 48 to 55 minutes.

In the end, Sporting confidently brought the matter to a comfortable victory.

Astana - Sporting 1: 3.

Goals: Tomasov, 7 - Fernandes (pen), 48, Gelson Martins, 50, Doumbia, 55 Astana: Erich-Shitov, Anichich, Shomko, Beisebekov-Tomasov (Murtazaev, 86), Maevsky, Kleinhaysler (Stanoyvich, 56), Logvinenko , Despotovic (Maly, 64) - Tvumasi Sporting: Rui Patriciu - Ande Pinto, Coates, Coentrao (Battaglia, 58), Piccini - Acuna, William Carvalho, Gelson Martins (Ruben Ribeiro, 85), Fernandes, Ruiz - Doumbia (Montero, 61) Warnings: Logvinenko, Baisebekov, Maevsky - Coates, William Carvalho Removal: Logvinenko, 62 Do you want to learn the top football news first? Subscribe to our channel in Telegram! You can also follow our website in Viber and Twitter.