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Sporting Lisbon into Champions League quarter-finals after memorable comeback

Sporting Lisbon's Colombian forward #97 Luis Suarez celebrates scoring his team's third goal with Sporting Lisbon's Portuguese midfielder #23 Daniel Braganca during the UEFA Champions League last 16 second leg football match between Sporting CP and Bodoe/
Sporting won the game with two goals in extra time

Sporting Lisbon became the fifth team to overturn a three-goal first-leg deficit to progress in the Champions League knockout rounds with a 5-3 aggregate win over Bodo/Glimt.

The Portuguese club were swept aside 3-0 in the Arctic Circle last week.

But a 5-0 win after extra time at Estadio Jose Alvalade saw Sporting reach the quarter-finals for the first time since 1982-83.

Defender Goncalo Inacio kick-started the fightback in the 34th minute when he headed in from a corner.

Luis Suarez squared for Pedro Goncalves to score in the 61st minute and then levelled the tie in the 78th minute from the penalty spot.

Sporting won it in extra time as Maximiliano Araujo scored two minutes into extra time before Rafael Nel added a fifth in added time.


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