体坛英语新闻：Sevilla crashes out of Champions League to Sporting Brage

Sporting Braga scored a vital away goal after 31 minutes as Matheus fired home from inside the Sevilla area following a rebound. That goal meant that the Spaniards had to score three goals in order to secure a place in the group stage.

The lack of effective midfield play from Sevilla in the 15 minutes between the goal and the halftime whistle suggested that was going to be difficult and the fans in the Sanchez Pizjuan stadium booed their players from the pitch at the break.

The second half began with Sevilla again looking for a goal but once again the attack was lacking in clarity and it was Sporting who scored a second goal after 58 minutes.

Matheus made space down the right and Lima, who had only just entered the game sidefooted home his cross from the right.

That left Sevilla needing to score four times in just half an hour and Luis Fabiano pulled one back quickly with a right foot shot that Felipe should have done better with.

The goal gave fresh life to Sevilla and Jose Carlos hit the underside of the Braga bar from a tight angle before Jesus Navas drew a good save from Felipe, although Andres Palop had to be at his best to save from Silvio at the other end.

Navas leveled the scores with six minutes remaining, but Lima's second goal of the night made it 3-2 to Sporting and assured their place in the group stage.

Lima completed his hat-trick in the last minute of the game and although Kanoute scored Sevilla's third, there was no time for the Spanish side to save the tie.