Carvalho was again involved, threading the ball through the Sporting defence, Zhirkov slipping the ball past Ricardo.

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The Sporting defender quickly worked the ball on to this right foot and unleashed an unstoppable curling shot into the roof of the net.

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Jose Bosingwa fired in a cross from the left towards Joao Moutinho but it arrived at an awkward height for the Sporting Lisbon midfielder, who diverted the ball over the bar with his thigh.

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Perhaps Headingley was a bit sporting but that said you still had to bowl the right style of ball to get the lift and a bad ball was still a bad ball.

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Sporting's creative players were too often given too much time on the ball and continued to threaten, with Veloso striking another free-kick and Izmailov striking wide after Everton wasted several chances to clear the ball.

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With Sporting's dominating possession, CSKA found it difficult in the first half to get to the ball to Brazilians Carvalho and Love.

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Sporting gradually increased the pressure and Howard made an instinctive save from Moutinho but could not prevent Veloso from stabbing the ball home from six yards.

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