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The Leonese team lifted the trophy for the eighth time in the history of the competition and surpassed the number of titles of archrival Benfica. Playing with Minho was for the last season.
This Tuesday, Sporting won the Portuguese Cup for the 2019/20 season, a feat achieved for the eighth time in 23 editions disputed, when Sporting Braga defeated 7-1 in a final played at the Palacio de Congresos. and Sports in Matosinhos.
The goals of Pauleta (six minutes), Pany Varela (seven and 32), Diego Cavinato (11), Erick (35), Cardinal (39) and Alex Merlim (40), against the penalty of Bruno Cintra (25) allowed the The “lions” are the first club to win the “queen’s race” for three consecutive seasons.
Sporting was isolated in honor of the Portuguese Cup, ahead of Benfica’s seven titles, while the Jorge Antunes Foundation has two trophies, with Miramar, Instituto João V, Correio da Manhã, SL Olivais, Belenenses and Fundão won by an occasion.
The Lisboners beat Sporting de Braga again in the decisive match of the competition, as in 2012/13, after having eliminated Caxinas (7-1), Fundão (4-2 in extra time), Benfica (5-3 ) and Leões Porto Salvo (5-1) in the previous rounds.
The 2019/20 version of the queen event ran until the quarterfinals in the men’s and women’s branches, but was interrupted in mid-March and postponed due to the covid-19 pandemic, anticipating the conclusion of the season in national futsal. .
After Alex Merlim, Pauleta and Diego Cavinato tested Vítor Hugo, the “lions” opened the scoring in the sixth minute, when Erick Mendonça won the duel with Miguel Ângelo, launched a counterattack from the right and served Pauleta to the second stick.
Nuno Dias’s team maintained control of the game and took a minute to extend the lead, thanks to Pany Varela’s frontal ‘shot’, after Cardinal’s insistence, at a time when Leandro Costa temporarily yielded to Vítor Hugo in goal of the Minho.
Bruno Guimarães’s formation only hit Hebbert Bolt’s goal and was unable to pinch Sporting’s brilliant touch, which saw Rocha shoot the post and Diego Cavinato win in the 11th minute, reloading Guitta’s shot blocked by Allan.
With abundant technical resources and plays of high artistic note, the Lisboners threatened new celebrations in three moments until the break, but João Matos signed a resounding defeat, Pany annoyed Vítor Hugo and Taynan shook the irons.
The resumption evolved on the same bases, although Sporting de Braga managed to relaunch the discussion in the 25th minute, with Bruno Cintra, knocked down by Alex Merlim in the area, deceiving the newly entered Gonçalo Portugal from the penalty spot.
The “lions” responded with forays by Pany Varela, a touch of the Cardinal’s heel denied by Miguel Ângelo’s providential cut and another “shot” to the post by Pauleta, who doubled in the 32nd minute with a shot crossed from the right.
From then on, Minho opted for Bruno Cintra as a forward goalkeeper and the strategy was reversed, with open goals from Erick (35), Cardinal (39) and Alex Merlim (40) helping to equalize the numbers from the 2012 finals / 13 between the two clubs.
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