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Madjer seals ticket for Sporting

A strategically designed ‘hat-trick’ by Madjer got Sporting into the quarter-finals of the II Mundialito de Clubes Beach Soccer.

The Portuguese maestro fielded again his devastating left canon to get his side amongst the best eight, killing any option for Al Ahli.

With one stroke in each period, the Lusitanian captain torn down the Asian expectations of going on at the most competitive club beach soccer festival.

Sporting’s opener came no later than three minutes after kick-off, and that got things uphill for spirited Al Ahly.

Despite they kept trying, the Leões’ experience was always felt on the pitch, and Madjer widened the gap with his second hit today, having the way steeper for Hilal’s lads.

The green and white hero was not done, yet, though, and again by mid third period, he hit Abbas’ nets again.

Things had turned almost impossible for the UAE squad, but they would not stop fighting.

Datinha was the one to manage a little price for such a combative attitude, but the reward went no further, clarifying things in group C, in which Sporting joins Corinthians and Lokomotiv in the quarter-final pot of the world event on the exotic beaches of Brazil.