Sporting CP might be with out their group captain for the primary leg of their Champions League quarter-final towards Arsenal resulting from suspension.
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Tuesday evening was largely a really optimistic and historic one for Sporting CP, as they circled a 3-0 deficit to win their Champions League tie towards Bodo/Glimt 5-3 on mixture.
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But when there was one main detrimental from the efficiency, it was Sporting captain choosing up his fifth yellow card of the competitors and incomes a one-match suspension for his or her subsequent recreation.
Hjulmand has performed virtually each minute of Sporting’s marketing campaign to this point, solely coming off early in a single recreation towards Kairat Almaty and lacking one different by a earlier suspension.
Within the different eight Champions League matches, he’s began and performed by to the ultimate whistle, together with all 120 minutes on Tuesday. But he’ll now miss the Champions League quarter-final first leg at residence to Arsenal.
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Hjulmand will at the least have the ability to function within the second leg on the Emirates Stadium, which is nice information for him as a boyhood Arsenal fan with an Arsenal tattoo.
The participant : “After I began watching soccer, Arsenal had a incredible group and Patrick Vieira was the captain and performed in midfield. He was and is a superb inspiration for me.
“My father had supported Arsenal for a few years, and we began watching the video games after we had been youthful. Thierry Henry was additionally an unbelievable participant to look at.”
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The remainder of Arsenal’s fanbase will hope Hjulmand doesn’t find yourself eliminating his personal favorite facet in mid-April.
There might be nothing the 26-year-old can do on his residence turf in Lisbon, and the Gunners will look to reap the benefits of his absence to take a superb outcome again to north London.