Excellent football game with an extremely emotional start to the second half, with the lions, who already had an advantage over Alvalade, always at the forefront of events.
What a great football game. Sporting is the first finalist in the Portuguese Cup, after achieving a two-goal draw at Luz, adding to that the 2-1 obtained in Alvalade.
If the first half could already be said to have been a good spectacle, with the Danes Hjulmand and Tengstedt having good chances to score for their teams, what can we say about the second half.
The second half began with a great goal from Hjulmand, from outside the area, corresponding to a late pass from Gyökeres. Benfica reacted very well, with Neres centering and Otamendi, at the far post, giving hope to the red fans. However, two minutes later, Geny Catamo crossed, Trubin defended forward and Paulinho added the goal.
It was clear that Benfica had to climb a mountain to reach the Jamor final and the matter was not decided because Trubin’s left post denied Gyökeres the goal after some spectacular work by the Swede.
And as the pace was diabolical, Bah crossed low for Rafa to make it 2-2. This at 64′. Anything could still happen. And Benfica came very close to tying the score when Di María, in the 72nd minute, made Franco Israel shine, and in what way. A simply remarkable defense from the Uruguayan, Adán’s usual substitute.
Until the end, Marcos Leonardo had a dangerous shot and Paulinho didn’t take advantage of a combination with Gyökeres to score twice when he could have done much better.
Five years later, Sporting is returning to Jamor. Saturday, in Alvalade, there is a new roundnow counting for the championship, and the least you can ask for is that the quality and emotion are the same.
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