Benfica Sporting Chronicle Cup 1947

SUMMARY OF THE GAME

OR Benfica won the first edition of the Roller Hockey Cup in 1947! The Eagles drew 3-3 with Sporting in regulation time (overtime included), but on penalties there was dominance by Alejandro Domínguez’s men (3-2). Another trophy for the Benfica Museum: Cosme Damião!

The beginning of the meeting, at the Pavilhão Municipal do Luso, two teams quite uphill, trying to cause some discomfort to the opponent in making decisions. This strategy prevented so many one-on-one moves, or even shots from medium range. TO 7 ‘, and after spending a while in the red halfway, the greens and whites reached the it’s inaugural. Gonzalo Romero bet on the center of the field and was happy (0-1). A low shot with the ball near the right post Pedro Henriques.

The mandate Alejandro Dominguez chose to play a more direct game. Miguel Vieira me Lucas Ordoñez acted closer to Ângelo Girão’s goal, while Carlos Nicolía me Valter neves They tried to help their colleagues in the best way. TO 10 ‘ there was even a shot from the eagles 9 sweatshirt to the right post of Leo’s goal.

TO 18 ‘, Miguel Vieira He had a great opportunity to tie. OR red player He took advantage of a failure of the Sporting defense, went on the counterattack, but at the moment of the shot, already face to face with Ângelo Girão, he could not deflect the ball from the opposing goalkeeper. OR Light club he wanted to get to a draw and was circling the opposing players close to the opposing goal, yet the right opportunity to materialize insisted on not showing up. On the break: 0-1.

At the start of the game, Sporting managed to extend the lead … Ferran Font changed speed, left the red players behind and, already falling, managed to shoot at the back of the goal Pedro Henriques (0-2 to 29 ‘). A cross shot with the ball entering near the left post. Sporting did not score and Benfica took advantage of it.

The goal of the eagles ended up arriving two minutes later … Diogo Rafael, to 31 ‘, advanced on the left side, approached the opposite goal and tried to look Lucas Ordoñez. The pass went out with force, the ball hit Matías Platero’s skate and entered the goal (1-2).

the Hoquistas benfiquistas were more active on the court. Even on the verge of being able to commit the tenth foul, the eagles needed to be in possession of the ball to try to reach the goal … Miguel Vieira He committed the tenth foul and the referee pointed to the direct free kick mark. Ferran Font, specialist in these plays, took advantage, and after executing the “picadinha”, scored the third goal for Sporting in 41 ‘ (1-3).

TO Four. Five ‘, Sporting committed a penalty and Carlos Nicolía did not hesitate2-3). Ângelo Girão opposed the Argentine’s first shot, but on reloading he no longer had reflexes to defend. The red momentum continued and the tie came in the next minute! Lucas Ordoñez was called to take the free kick for the opponent’s 10th foul and, after an expert free kick, he yelled Benfica goal (3-3 to 46 ‘). Until the end of regulation time there was a lot of fear of making mistakes and the result was maintained 3-3.

A first part of overtime with many transitions from one side to the other. Pedro Henriques and Ângelo Girão were not called upon to make complicated interventions, they simply had to pay more attention to the mid-range shots. In the second half the irons were the protagonists … Valter neves He was very close to the goal when he shot on goal, and then it was Pedro Gil’s intention to hit the red right post.

So he decision went to penalties. Here, Benfica was stronger and won by 3-2. Verona finished defending Pedro Henriques, Lucas Ordoñez it did not materialize either; Platero did not score, Valter neves neither; Pedro Gil scored the penalty, Diogo Rafael it did not fail either; Toni Pérez could not beat Pedro Henriques, Edu lamas he did not hesitate and moved the nets; Gonzalo Romero scored, Nicholas gave victory to Benfica (3-2)! The eagles thus raised the trophy of the 1st edition of the 1947 Cup !!!

DECLARATIONS

Alejandro Domínguez (Benfica coach): “My first words are for the rival: Sporting was a great team, capable, in many moments of the game, to overcome our pressure and be better than us. They played a great game. But today it was a final, and the final is moments of character, of collective energy, and this team has shown that it has spirit, claw, strength when it wants something, perseveringly pursuing that goal, the fruit of hard work. We are the first champions of the 1947 Cup in a well deserved way, with a lot of work. I am very happy for the players and for our fans, because I know that they are always supporting us so that we can succeed. Benfica is a very big club, very demanding, and this is what the people of our club deserve And that’s what we have to give them much more often. Now let’s enjoy it, well, and get back to work. “

Valter Neves (Benfica captain): “This achievement was very tasty on several levels. We came from a period of confinement in which we were, many of us, weakened, which sent our physical part very low. We had to recover in a week, then we went to Barcelos for the Championship. After four days we were playing here against Barcelos, still trying to regain form and confidence. We won! Then we had Oliveirense, an excellent Champions League team. We won! And in the final we played against Sporting , a team that, like us, has the objective of winning everything. We had a very difficult road and we went beyond to win this first Cup of 1947. For all this, what we did here has enormous value. Me, Diogo Rafael and Pedro Henriques had already won all the titles with Benfica more than once, but the truth is that, to this day, we were missing this one, we are all very proud, but the truth is that we want more. This is the first of many titles Jan This moment, this is what we feel. “

Carlos Nicolía (“Man of the game”): “We are in the best championship in the world, we work all year for these results! We are very happy to win the first edition of this Cup, and we hope it will be the first of many! Sporting have a great team, we knew it would be very difficult, but, even at a disadvantage, we never gave up on a game until the last second. We did everything possible to recover and achieve this win. I take this opportunity to dedicate this victory to my wife and my son, who are always with me. “

Text: Diogo Nascimento

Photos: Cátia Luís / SL Benfica