Inevitably, Sporting’s victory against Santa Calara, in the Portuguese Cup, occupies all the covers of the sports press this Thursday. Furthermore, Benfica enters the field today, to resolve the delayed game with Nacional in the I League.
THE GAME
- Gyokeres already accepts gifts: an offer from Frederico Venâncio allowed the Swede to keep the Lions in the World Cup (Sporting 2-1 Santa Clara);
- Azoreans forced extra time, but a mistake cost them dearly;
- St. Juste was sent off due to an accumulation of yellow cards towards the end.
- FC Porto: Moreira will demand exorcism; visits to the house of canons among the most dangerous for dragons in the last decade.
- Nacional-Benfica at 5pm: “It’s just up to us”, Bruno Lage undervalues the stumble with Aves SAD.
BALL
- Old habits: lions suffer but qualify for the quarter-finals (Sporting 2-1 Santa Clara);
- Quenda starts on the left and ends on the right, Harder comes in to score and Gyokeres solves it again;
- Esgaio sent off with a double yellow card while he was warming up.
- Nacional-Benfica at 5pm: “We only depend on ourselves to be champions”, Bruno Lage.
- FC Porto: I “Show” Nico; Spanish midfielder is enjoying the best season of his career.
- V. Guimarães-Fiorentina at 8pm: one point away from the party.
Record
- Viking strength: uninspired lion needed overtime (Sporting 2-1 Santa Clara);
- Harder jumped off the bench and cleared the no-no; Gyokeres resolved in overtime; “It’s difficult to play with stops every 20 seconds.”
- Nacional-Benfica at 5pm: play today or tomorrow; 3pm on Friday reserved in case there is fog again.
- FC Porto: pressure on rivals; dragon can be leader to the condition for the first time since round 2.
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