Football Soccer - Sporting Lisbon v Borussia Dortmund - Champions League - Group F - Alvalade stadium, Lisbon, Portugal - 18/10/16. Sporting's Gelson Martins in action against Borussia Dortmund's Felix Passlack . REUTERS/Pedro Nunes
BERLIN (Reuters) - Borussia Dortmund's young guns shone in the absence of almost a dozen injured regulars to keep the side firmly on track for the Champions League knockout stages with a defiant 2-1 victory at Sporting Lisbon on Tuesday.
Dortmund have struggled without Marco Reus, Raphael Guerreiro, Sven Bender, Andre Schuerrle, Adrian Ramos and Gonzalo Castro among others, picking up a single point in their last two Bundesliga matches with an inexperienced lineup.
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