| 2¹ | A shot from NUNO GOMES was headed off the line by SILVESTRE. |
| 5¹ | Uncertainty in the Sporting defence enabled BENAYOUN to hammer the ball just beyond the near post. |
| 8¹ | A tame strike from HEINZE bounced agonisingly wide. |
| 17¹ | LICATA made space on the right and knocked the ball to CAHILL who touched the ball wide. |
| 17¹ | MANTORRAS worked the ball to NUNO GOMES, VERÓN controlled his cross and booted the ball within easy reach of the Bolton Wanderers 'keeper. |
| 21¹ | TEN ROUWELAAR did well to hold onto a fierce strike from LICATA. |
| 22¹ | A great shot from BENAYOUN was dealt with by a fine stop from the Sporting 'keeper. |
| 29¹ | An inswinging corner was flicked into the arms of the 'keeper by WARNOCK. |
| 29¹ | DOWNING shot wide. |
| 31¹ | NUNO GOMES scuffed a simple chance. |
| 43¹ | A high foul gets ARTETA a yellow card. |
| 0² | BORGETTI ran onto a wonderful ball from BENAYOUN but dragged his shot wide. |
| 2² | A penalty box scramble resulted in ALESSANDRO tapping a low shot wide. |
| 3² | ALESSANDRO headed over. |
| 13² | A strike from MANTORRAS held no problem for the 'keeper. |
| 14² | The hapless Sporting 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from VERÓN dropped just over. |
| 16² | GOAL!! A short backpass by CAHILL enabled NUNO GOMES to nip in and drill the ball past the 'keeper. (1-0 Sporting)| 23² | GOAL!! A long ball from LICATA down the middle bobbled toward the lurking DOWNING who placed a right foot shot into the back of the net. (1-1)| 25² | MANTORRAS chipped the ball to ROMAGNOLI who forced it wide. | | 31² | GOAL!! A poor clearance fell to HEINZE who mishit a shot goalward, luckily NUNO GOMES was on hand to hit the ball into the net. (2-1 Sporting)| 33² | DOWNING beat two Sporting players and slammed a shot over. | | 41² | A accurate pass fell to ROMAGNOLI and his deadly shot flew narrowly over. | | | |