Benfica reached the quarterfinals of the Portuguese Cup on Wednesday after knocking Sporting Braga out of the quarterfinals with a tight 3-2 win at Da Luz.
Benfica had to come back from an own goal in the 8th minute of Rodrigo Zalazar in a corner, but by half-time they had already won 2-1 thanks to two goals in three minutes of Rafa Silva (42′) and Arthur Cabral (45′).
Great goal from Zalazar but Cabral sentence
Once the second half of the Uruguayan started Rodrigo Zalazar came back to tie the score with a beautiful goal from outside the area that went into the top corner after a rebound from Nicolas Otamendi (49′). Arthur Cabral The tie was decided by his double in the 70th minute.
In this way, Benfica was able to defeat its black beast in the Portuguese Cup, a Braga who eliminated him in the last edition on penalties in the quarterfinals and in the 2020-2021 season he defeated him in the final (2-0).
Benfica joins in this way Sports of Portugal and Porto, the other two favorites for the title, which on Tuesday defeated Tondela (4-0) and Estoril (0-4) respectively.
Source: La Verdad
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