US EditionGyokeres Scores as Sporting Lisbon Beats Benfica in Portuguese Cup Final to Complete Double
- Sporting Lisbon defeated Benfica 3-1 after extra time on Sunday at Estádio Nacional do Jamor to win the Portuguese Cup final.
- Sporting overcame a first-half deficit and instability following coach Ruben Amorim’s November departure and Rui Borges’ later appointment.
- Benfica led through Orkun Kökçü’s early second-half goal, but Viktor Gyokeres equalized with a stoppage-time penalty before Conrad Harder and Francisco Trincão secured the win in extra time.
- Gyokeres scored his 54th season goal and Morten Hjulmand said, “only a great team can do this” after saving the game in the last minute.
- Sporting secured their 18th Taça de Portugal trophy with a thrilling 3-1 extra-time victory over Benfica, achieving their first domestic double in more than two decades, while striker Gyokeres faces potential transfer interest from elite European teams.
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Gyokeres scores as Sporting Lisbon beats Benfica in Portuguese Cup final to complete double
It may be the last game Gyokeres plays for the club, with the 26-year-old striker in-demand among Europe’s top clubs after an excellent season, in which he scored 54 goals across all competitions.
After the victory of the bi-campeonate, lions make dobradina in the Jamor Stadium. At the end of the game, Bruno Lake and Rui Costa leave criticism to arbitration.
Viktor Gyokeres and his team-mates had their neighbours and rivals in Benfica this Sunday in the Portugal Cup finals. Doubled for the Sporting players.
Lions defeated Benfia (3-1).
The discipline process against the defence of Sporting has been called by Benfia.
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