Starting against RC Lens, the Italian-Ivorian midfielder Issa Doumbia scored his first Champions League goal in Sporting CP’s 2-0 win at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis on matchday 2.
The Portuguese took all three points from Bollaert-Delelis. On Tuesday 13 October 2026, they won 2-0 on RC Lens’s turf on matchday 2 of the Champions League league phase, reports TV5MONDE.
Starting in midfield, Issa Doumbia, a 22-year-old central midfielder, scored the goal that made it 2-0 in the 74th minute, from an assist by his teammate Silas Andersen, a midfielder.
A first goal in the Champions League
The young Italian-Ivorian player is thus a scorer for the first time in the competition. According to Football Italia and Foot Africa, it is the very first goal of his career in the UEFA Champions League.
The Portuguese club now has two wins from two league phase matches.
Sporting CP will first return to the Liga Portugal for their next league matchday, before tackling matchday 3 of the Champions League league phase.