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The Blue and White club remembered the victory over their rival in 2004.
On the day they travel to Alvalade to face Sporting, FC Porto took the opportunity to throw a “splinter” in the direction of another great rival: Benfica.
Through this Saturday’s edition of the “Dragões Diário” newsletter, the national champions go back to October 17, 2004 to remember the 1-0 victory over the Águilas at Estádio da Luz, thanks to a goal by Benni McCarthy .
“16 years ago, there was a classic that had a history that is not so strange: Benfica worried about trying to win it from outside the field and ended up losing it on the La Luz lawn,” he starts referring to the dragons, recalling a controversy that preceded to the days prior to departure:
After days and days of controversy over the obviously illegal refusal to grant tickets to FC Porto fans, the European champions went ahead and won 1-0, with a goal from Benni McCarthy. In the end, the match was one of the many thousands of Porto players who, even by default and with tickets bought across the country, entered the stadium and made themselves heard louder throughout the match, ”concludes FC Porto.
The kick-off for Sporting-FC Porto, on matchday 4 of the I League, is scheduled for 8:30 pm.
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