Sporting CP 1-0 Atlético Madrid Europa League

Sporting Clube de Portugal vs Atlético Madrid: as it happened

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If Sporting Clube de Portugal thought they had an uphill task after losing 2-0 in the first leg at the Wanda Metopolitano, that became even more steep a challenge when the club's manager suspended most of the first team for not trying during the game even though they denied such a thing ever happened. They will try their utmost to turn the tie around against the rojiblancos regardless of talk of turmoil and suspensions with kick-off from Estádio José Alvalade at 21:05.

The Portuguese club's manager, Jorge Jesus, denied players had been suspended, however, according to the BBC: "The players, president and coaching staff had a meeting, which will remain private within the team," he said.

"What is important was the liberty that I was given by the president to play players of my choosing. There was never any refusal to practice from any player," added Jesus.

"Only back when I was a player did we refuse to practice because we weren't paid for seven months, that doesn't happen here."

Diego Simeone is expected to pick a similar to to the one that drew with Real Madrid in La Liga on Sunday with Costa and Griezmann expected to line out up front and Vitolo ready to continue in the starting line-up.