Classic cheers Portugal’s Cup at Christmas – Football
Filipe António Ferreira
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Next month will be, therefore, complicated and decisive for the teams of Jorge Jesus and Sérgio Conceição.Benfica, in December, plays with Sporting (Liga), decides to stay in the Champions League with Dynamo Kiev and then receives Sp. Covilhã to guarantee, or not, the presence in the play-off of the League Cup. Then there are the two duels with dragons before the end of 2021.
The calendar also reserved a complicated month for the white and blue team. In addition to the double confrontation with the eagles, the blue and white team also decides to stay in the Champions League with Atl. Madrid at home. Next comes the always complicated game with Braga for the League.This will be the 37th duel between FC Porto and Benfica in the Portuguese Cup. The Eagles lead with 21 wins, five draws and ten defeats, but FC Porto got the better of the last match: in the final in 2019/20 (2-1).In the other draws drawn, the highlight was Sporting’s trip to Casa Pia and the trip by Braga – holder of the prize – to Vizela. Another highlight is the confrontation between Leça and Paredes, which allows for the presence of a team from the Portuguese Championship (fourth division of Portuguese football) in the quarter-finals.The round of 16 games will take place on the 21st, 22nd and 23rd of December. The final of the Portuguese Cup is scheduled for May 22 and could mark the return to the Estádio Nacional, as the last two editions were played in Coimbra without a public due to the pandemic.
no jamming changes
Benfica moves to Belenenses SAD, in Jamor, and Jesus can make changes in relation to Barcelona. Grimaldo and Vertonghen, the players most loaded with games, start on the bench. Morato and Lázaro (Gil Dias is also a hypothesis) if bets on eleven. Darwin and Seferovic will enter the attacking front instead of Everton and Yaremchuk. Rodrigo Pinho, Lucas Veríssimo, Diogo Gonçalves and Radonjic are unavailable due to injury.Pepe is low
Central Pepe should not recover in time for Sunday’s game (20:30h, Sport TV 1), at home, against V. Guimarães. The Portuguese-Brazilian suffered from a muscle problem in the calf of his left leg in the first part of the game against Liverpool. With Marcano out of options after having undergone surgery on his right foot, a defensive team should be formed by Mbemba and Fábio Cardoso.
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