Sporting advanced to the quarterfinals of the Portuguese Cup on Tuesday after comfortably beating Tondela 4-0 with two goals from Pedro Gonçalves and Viktor Gyökeres. Porto also did Estoril (0-4) with a hat trick from Evanilson.
It was a relentless fight for Sporting, leader of the Portuguese League against Tondela, sixth in the second division, who did not put up the same resistance at the end of December, when they lost to the Lisbon team 1-2 in the Cup . the league.
Pedro Gonçalves has a change
The ‘lion’ coach, Ruben Amorim, He gave the title to substitutes like the Uruguayan goalkeeper Franco Israel and the new signing Rafael Pontelo, but he didn’t do without some of his heavyweights, who made the difference.
Victory began to be forged as soon as the match began, with a double lightning by Pedro Gonçalves in just four minutes.
In the 11th minute, Gonçalves took advantage of a rebound to open the scoring and in the 16th minute he extended the green and white lead after a mistake by the Tondela goalkeeper. the Brazilian Léo Navacchio, that the bruise ended at the foot by Eduardo Quaresmawho immediately served to his teammate for 2-0.
Gyökeres double
The third came from the Swede’s head Viktor Gyökereswho in the 37th minute jumped higher than opposing defenders and finished off a cross from Nuno Santos from the left.
And at the beginning of the second half, the Nordic scorer intercepted a delay for the Tondela goalkeeper, dribbled and scored the second double of the match.
The sport continues in the Cup, a competition it has not won since 2019 and the only national trophy that coach Rúben Amorim has not won as the head of the ‘lions’.
Evanilson’s hat trick and Conceiçao’s record
For its part, Porto, third in the Primeira Liga and winner of the last two editions of the Portuguese Cup, also had no trouble beating Estoril (12th) 0-4. Evanilson is the great architect of success with his three goals, the first two in eight minutes, from 24′ to 32′, it was from a penalty. The hat trick came in the 55th minute and Galen completed the result a quarter of an hour from the end.
Sergio Concaiçao, coach of Porto, made history by setting a new record for consecutive Portuguese Cup wins (17) surpassing José Maria Pedroto’s 16 at the command of Boavista and Porto.
Benfica-Braga, on Wednesday
This Wednesday sees the Portuguese Cup round of 16 continue, featuring a clash between Benfica and Sporting Braga, second against fourth in the Primeira Liga.
Source: La Verdad
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