Sporting CP beat SL Benfica 1-3 in extra time at Jamor
We won the Portuguese Cup!
Sporting Clube de Portugal won the Taça de Portugal for the first time in six years at the Estádio Nacional do Jamor, defeating SL Benfica 1-3 after extra time in the final. It rounded off the first league and cup double for the team since 2001/02.
The goals came in stoppage time, with a penalty from Viktor Gyökeres, then in extra time by Conrad Harder (99’) and Francisco Trincão (120+1’).
In the final game of the season, at a packed Estádio Nacional split by the colours of two eternal rivals from Lisbon – something that had not been seen in the final since 1995/96-, Sporting CP presented a starting eleven with two changes: Jeremiah St. Juste took over the central role in the central defensive trio – in place of the injured Ousmane Diomande – and captain Morten Hjulmand returned from suspension to replace Hidemasa Morita.
Sporting CP celebrated the seventh double in the club’s history.
Sporting CP: Rui Silva [GK], Geny Catamo (Geovany Quenda, 75’), Eduardo Quaresma (Iván Fresneda, 83’), Jeremiah St. Juste (Matheus Reis, 83’), Gonçalo Inácio, Maxi Araújo, Morten Hjulmand [C], Zeno Debast (Hidemasa Morita, 58’), Francisco Trincao, Pedro Gonçalves (Conrad Harder, 75’), Viktor Gyökeres.
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