Sporting come from behind to steamroll past Galatasaray in dominant second half

[p]The visitors had the first chance of the game after just three minutes when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sanchez-davinson/dbPhv0VQ/"]Davinson Sanchez[/a] headed a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gomes-gabriel/OYlVjZg3/"]Gabriel Sara[/a] delivery just wide.[/p][p]That proved to be a warning that [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sporting-cp/tljXuHBC/"]Sporting[/a] did not heed, as just three minutes later, the Colombian flicked on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/elmali-eren/OObz6ieb/"]Eren Elmalı[/a]’s long throw. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/silva-rui/GErUsMSq/"]Rui Silva[/a] managed to keep that one out, but despite hooking the ball away, he couldn’t keep out [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/torreira-lucas/YDRDxdU6/"]Lucas Torreira[/a]'s follow-up that ultimately went down as a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/goncalo-inacio/0vh9xYsD/"]Goncalo Inacio[/a] own goal.[/p][p]Sara then tested Silva with a low shot almost immediately, before Sporting started to gain a foothold. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/suarez-luis/fV4fAvB8/"]Luis Suarez[/a] had the ball in the net on 20 minutes, but his effort was ruled out due to an earlier offside in the build-up.[/p][p]However, the hosts levelled the game on 27 minutes when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/catamo-geny/29eth6dF/"]Geny Catamo[/a] punished Gala with a low left-footed strike into the bottom corner after the defence failed to clear inside the box. [/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sane-leroy/GlTyfr8U/"]Leroy Sane[/a] did come close to re-establishing the visitors’ lead just before the break, but his left-footed strike curled just over the bar.[/p][image alt="Sporting CP - Galatasaray match momentum" id="8f87bb01-c242-4a9a-b22b-aa07655993b3" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="9f7a477c-f8c8-4c4f-a77d-9aefba168f62" original-width="3840" original-height="2160" /][p]However, little over 10 minutes after the restart, Sporting turned the game on its head. Norwegian referee Espen Eskas pointed to the spot when Suárez rounded [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cakir-ugurcan/p858Jtvs/"]Ugurcan Cakır[/a] and went down after colliding with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jakobs-ismail/0YpRCTwo/"]Ismail Jakobs[/a]. The Colombian international kept his composure despite a VAR-imposed delay and beat Cakır low to his right, despite the keeper guessing correctly.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/buruk-okan/llNtoV6C/"]Okan Buruk[/a] introduced Sporting academy graduate [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/leao-rafael/AqOPWN5s/"]Rafael Leao[/a] to jeers and whistles from the home crowd, and a summer arrival at the Estádio José Alvalade soon had them out of their seats just moments later. [/p][p]Rodrigo Zalazar was making his UCL debut, having arrived from Braga, and he unleashed a stunning free-kick into the top corner just after the hour mark. Ultimately, the Turkish champions could not find a way back into the game, which extends their winless run against Portuguese opposition to six (D1, L5).[/p][p]Meanwhile, last season’s UCL quarter-finalists continue their impressive run against sides from Turkey as they have now lost just two of 11 games (W6, D3).[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zalazar-rodrigo/viSZFJO9/"]Rodrigo Zalazar[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sporting-cp/tljXuHBC/"]Sporting CP[/a])[/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/galatasaray-riaqqurF/sporting-cp-tljXuHBC/?mid=QaIiWiUj"]Check out the match summary with Flashscore[/a][/b].[/p]