José Sena Goulão / Lusa
The two-time national champion Sporting today won the Portuguese Cup in football for the 18th time, beating Benfica 3-1, after extension, in the final of the 85th edition of the race, at Estádio do Jamor, in Oeiras.
He was turning That Sporting beat Benfica on Sunday, in the Portuguese Cup final 2024-25.
The incarnates presented themselves in the field on 3-4-2-1a different tactical system than usual, with which Bruno Lage surprised the opponent team.
The incarnate dominated during the first partthe lions were slow to adapt to the changes introduced by the eagle coach, and Pavlidis sent the ball to the post-diverted with the fingertips by the Leonino guardian, Rui Silva.
But the match reached the break tied to zero.
At the beginning of the second part, the Benfica came back in betterand just after 47 minutes scored the inaugural goal of the match, for Orkun Kökçüwith a strong and low shot from outside the area, which entered the pole.
Two minutes later, Benfica would reach 2-0 that could have definitely forwarded the cup to the hands of Captain Otamendi, but the goal was thenulated by lack of races about crank at the beginning of the bid.
O Sporting managed to reorganize and react to the incarnate advantage, dominating the game, pushing it to Bruno Varela’s area, but without creating much danger.
Until, at the last minute of extra time, the inevitable Viktor. Unmarked by Trincão, the Swedish scorer entered the large area of Benfica and was Raised by Renato Sanches.
In the conversion of the penalty, the best scorer of the championship did not forgive, also left his mark in the Portuguese Cup and pushed the match for extension.
A Turning happened on 99 minutes. After a cross from the left to the small area, the Danish Conrad Harder rose to the third floor, in CR7 fashion, and headed strong into the goal, doing 2-1.
And it was already at 120+1, when Benfica was trying to draw the game to the penalties, which Francisco Trincão sentenced the match. Final Result: 3-1, cup and double for lions.
In the ranking of the race, Sporting, which has not won since 2018/19 and sealed the seventh ‘double’ of its history, 23 years later, kept third place with 18 titles, behind Benfica, with 26, the last in 2016/17, and FC Porto, with 20.
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