There are (more) results and some surprises
AN 3rd round of the Portuguese Cup continues at full steam and this Saturday there were new games that provided many goals, smooth qualifications and … some surprises. Vitória SC opened the day, with a tangential victory in Oliveira do Hospital, and Benfica closed the vast list of games with a lot of suffering to qualify in Trofa.
Casa Pia and Leixões beat, respectively, Valadares Gaia (3-1) and Vilaverdese (5-1), and going forward in the premier competition.
Tondela also stamped the qualification, but had to suffer to be able to beat Camacha (2-1). Salvador Agra, already in added time, scored the winning goal and avoided extra time.
Who also didn’t have an easy task was Moreirense. The canons had to resort to extra time to eliminate the embattled Oriental Dragon (3-2). For the same past scenario, Belenenses SAD that only after regulation time managed to remove Berço SC (2-1).
Santa Clara played a more relaxed game in the debut of Nuno Campos in the technical command. The outstanding Azoreans defeated the União de Leiria (2-0).
In turn, Académico de Viseu was surprised by Paredes (1-3) and ended up eliminated.
At the end of the day, Benfica had to go to extra time to stamp the qualification for the next stage in a night of great emotion at Trofa.
Teams qualified for the 4th round: Famalicão, FC Porto, Sporting, Vitória SC, Paredes, Leixões, Casa Pia, Tondela, Belenenses SAD, Santa Clara, Moreirense, Vilafranquense, Caldas, Estrela da Amadora and Benfica.
3rd round of the Portuguese Cup
Academica-Famalicão, 0-4
Sintrense-FC Porto, 0-5
Belenenses-Sporting, 0-4
Oliveira do Hospital-Vitória SC, 0-1
Paredes-Academic of Viseu, 3-1
Leixões-Vilaverdense, 5-1
Valadares Gaia-Casa Pia, 1-3
Camacha-Tondela, 1-2
Eastern Moreirense Dragon, 2-3 (after extension)
Vilafranquense-Real SC, 3-2 (after extension)
SC-Belenenses SAD Cradle, 1-2 (after extension)
Sp. Espinho-Caldas, 0-1 (after overtime)
U. Leiria-Santa Clara, 0-2
Louletano-Star from Amadora, 1-2
Trofense-Benfica, 1-2 (after extension)