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Tirson players celebrate with fans the victory against Elvas at the end of the Portuguese Cup Room game
Tirsense became the first team of the fourth echelon of Portuguese football to reach the Portuguese Cup semi-finals, winning at the Elvas stronghold 0-2, in a meeting between two teams of the Portuguese Championship.
‘I fell on which side’ fell, today it was right: it was going to be done History in the Portuguese Cup.
From the cup, ‘fell’ the Elvas…; Already the history of the cup ‘fell’ for Tirsen.
In 87 years of queen race (and 85 editions, since there was no competition in 1946/47 and 1949/50), never a fourth division team had reached the semi-finals.
Tirsena became the first team to do so by defeating Elvas for 0-2in a meeting between two teams of the Portuguese Championship, played at Domingos Patalino Stadium, the Alentejo team’s house.
Junior Francoat 45+2 minutes, and Daniel Rodriguesat 53, scored the goals of the outsiders, ninth of the Portuguese championship series A, which thus left the C -Series Alentejo in ‘white’.
Elvas, who is doing better in the championship than Tirsen, was considered the favorite team to the entrance of this confrontation. The Alentejo were also the ‘Carrascos’ from Vitória de Guimarães in the ‘octaves’.
At the end of the game, the players of the formation of Santo Tirso celebrated the historical passage to the dozens of fans who made almost 400 kilometers to support the Earth team.
Tirsense makes history and is the first team ever of the fourth division to reach the semi-finals of the Portuguese Cup!
— B24 (@B24PT)
In the semi-finals thrown by two hands, the Tirsense will face the winner of the elimination between the Benficarecord holder of victories in the race queen (26), and the Sporting de Bragawhich measure strength this Wednesday, at Estádio da Luz.
