29 years later, Jamor hosts a derby again: Sporting and Benfica had not met in the Cup final since 1996

The last Portuguese Cup final between Sporting and Benfica was in 1996 and ended in tragedy, with the death of a Leo fan. Bruno Lage praised the team's performance and underlined “personal objective”.

Benfica and Sporting will share, for the 9th time in history only, the Portuguese Cup decision at the National Stadium, a fateful place due to what happened 29 years ago, when they met there for the last time: a very-light shot from bench to bench caused the death of Rui Mendes, a fan of the lions. The PSP warned before that the venue did not offer “any security guarantees” and, in view of this memory, the final of May 25 will be haunted by the …

After 29 years, Sporting and Benfica meet again in the final of the Portuguese Cup

Benfica faced Tirsense in the Portuguese Cup semi-finals. The match ended with a 3-0 win for Benfica.

The Benfica will be the rival of Sporting on 25 May in the final of the Portuguese Cup after eliminating this Wednesday in the second semifinal and vcon a global score of 9-0 to Tirsense, which militates in the fourth category of the Luso football.The Benfica, the most laureate team of the tournament (26), faced the duel back with the tranquility of the 0-5 obtained in the one-way last April 9, played in Barcelos.In the round, the lisboeta box a…

Unsurprisingly, Benfica joined Sporting in the final of the Portuguese Cup this Wednesday, after two games controlled against Tirsense, fourth division resident (4-0, 5-0 on the way).