Benfica and Sporting star in this Sunday at the Jamor National Stadium, the Portuguese Cup final. Rui Borges, on the lions side, foresees a highly competitive game among the two best teams of the season, while Bruno Lage, the incarnated coach, assumes the ambition to win the trophy, although he admits that a victory will not erase all the frustrations of the time.
The final of the Portuguese Football Cup between the Benfica and the Sporting CP is scheduled for this Sunday, May 25, 2025, to 17h15no Jamor National Stadiumin Oeiras.
This will be the First meeting between both in the final of the competition since 1996when the eagles won 3-1.
Lions want to win the first double in over 20 years
On the lions side, the Sporting coach, Rui Borgesanticipates a extremely competitive gamestressing that it will be a duel among the two best teams of the championship.
Sporting searches on Sunday, in the final of “Queen Proof”, conquer your first double in over 20 yearswhile Benfica plays the near future in Jamor.
After winning the championship and In over 70 years, Sporting can now reach the doublesomething that last happened in 2001/02, and reinforce a time that is already historical.
Sporting has 17 cups in its museum, the last one reached in 2018/19, This is its second final in a row, after being beaten by FC Porto last season.
Game can can dictate continuity (or not) by Bruno Lage
Benfica coach Bruno Lage expressed the ambition to win the Portuguese Cup titlebut admitted that a possible victory will not be enough to save the time. Still, it stressed that the Team always works with maximum demand and commitment.
In a very different position compared to Sporting Benfica appearswith the national stadium game worth more than the conquest of a trophy, since You can dictate the continuity – or not – by coach Bruno Lage.
Benfica is a record holder in the Portuguese Cup, with 26but for almost a decade that has not been winning Jamor (the last time was in 2016/17, with Rui Vitória) and has been his back facing the competition in the new century.
