Al-Riyadh newspaper | Porto retains the Portuguese Cup and deprives Sporting Lisbon of the domestic double

Porto retained the Portuguese Football Cup title for the third consecutive season, following its 2-1 victory today, Sunday, in the final match over Sporting Lisbon, who won the league championship, depriving it of the local double.

Dutchman Jeremy Justi scored for Sporting Lisbon in the 20th minute, but Brazilian Evanilson quickly equalized for Porto in the 25th minute.

Sporting was forced to play with ten players after Justi was sent off in the 29th minute, but Porto was unable to take advantage of the numerical deficiency in its opponent’s ranks, failing to score during regular time, which ended in a 1-1 draw, so the two teams were forced to play an extra time of half an hour in two halves.

Porto won the title for the 20th time in its history during extra time, which saw it score the winning goal through its Iranian star, Mehdi Taremi, in the 100th minute from a penalty kick.

Thus, Porto, which participated in the 34th final in its history of the competition, strengthened its position as the runner-up of the clubs most crowned with the Portuguese Cup, which is led by its traditional rival Benfica with 26 titles.

Porto prevented Sporting Lisbon, which won the Portuguese League title this season, from winning the local double, and also prevented it from obtaining the Portuguese Cup title for the 18th time in its history, during its participation in the 30th final of the tournament.

This was the third match between the two teams during the current season in various competitions, after they previously played two matches in the Portuguese League, where Sporting won 2-0 at their stadium in December 2023, before they tied 2-2 in the other match, which was held at Porto Stadium last month. the past.