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Sporting beat Boavista in Portuguese league

Xinhua, April 20, 2015 Adjust font size:

Sporting beat Boavista 2-1 on Sunday night in the 29th round of the Portuguese league at Alvalade Stadium in capital Lisbon.

Sporting opened scoring only in 5th second after the start by Adrien who got the ball in the area. Boavista's Portuguese player Ze Manuel equalized in the 7th minute with a header following a pass by Brazilian forward Leozinho.

Just before the end of first half Sporting's midfielder Tobias Figueiredo was expelled with a red card after he tumbled Leozinhon near the area.

The 10-man Sporting managed to score again in the 65th minute by Algerian forward Slimani with a header.

Sporting remains third in the Portuguese league with 63 points, while Boavista stands 13th with 29 points.

Also on Saturday, Penafiel lost to Arouca 0-2, P.Ferreira tied Moreirense 0-0 and Gil Vicente tied Rio Ave 0-0 while V.Setubal lost to Estoril 1-2. Endi