Manuel de Almeida / Lusa
Torreense wins the Portuguese Cup after 2-1 victory over Sporting
Torreense today became the first team below the main team to win the Portuguese Football Cup, by beating Sporting, holder of the trophy, 2-1, after extra time, in the final played at the National Stadium, in Oeiras. Braga drops to the Conference League, Famalicão outside Europe.
It was done history at Jamor Stadium. A penalty converted by He’s hitchhikingat 113 minutes, for a foul that led to the expulsion of Maxi Araújoguaranteed Torreense victory in the Portuguese Cup, a historic triumph for the team coached by Luis Tralhão.
At the end of regulation time, there was a one-goal tie, with goals from Kevin Zohi, at 4 minutesfor the ‘gray blue’ and Luis Suarezat 54 for the ‘lions’.
The formation of Torres Vedras, which is involved in the fight for promotion to the I Leaguewas present for the second time in the Portuguese Cup finalafter being defeated by FC Porto, 2-0, in the 1955/56 season.
It’s a late Carnival in Torres Vedras, and it’s another bitter afternoon for Sporting at Jamor, which for the third time reaches the Cup final as the clear favorite and loses the game.
En 2012, the lions lost 1-0 to Académica, in a game decided by an early goal from Marine; Briosa then lifted the trophy again 73 years later.
Six years later, In 2018, it was Desportivo das Aves that made history against Sporting. The team from Aveiro won 2-1, with two goals from Alexandre Guedes, winning the Portuguese Cup for the first time in its history. The late goal of Fredy Montero it was not enough to avoid another Leonine defeat in a final in which the theoretical gap between the clubs was evident.
In Jamor, the Cup once again reminded us that the shirt is heavy, but it doesn’t win games.
Winning the 86th edition of the Portuguese Cup, whose record is led by Benfica, with 26 trophies, takes away from Sporting its 19th trophy in the competition, and guarantees Torreense a place in the league stage of the next edition of the Europa League.
The result also dictates that the Sporting de Braga is left out of the Europa Leagueand will compete in the second qualifying round of the Conference League. Famalicão, 5th place in the I League, which would have qualified for the Conference League, is ultimately excluded from European competitions.
