Benfica Atlético Cup Portugal Women’s Football
guaranteed as League Cup semi-finals, women’s soccer team of Sport Lisboa and Benfica now turns to another competition: the Cup of Portugal. In the 2nd round, the eagles host Atlético, and Marco Sousa anticipated the duel and promised to “give a good spectacle” to the Benfica players who are present at Estádio Municipal José Martins Vieira, in Cova da Piedade, on Sunday (January 9th), at 3:00 pm.
“The expectations are the same with which we enter for every game: win and move to the next round of the Portuguese Cup. The opponent will be different from the one we faced in the 1st phase of the BPI League. The opponent was strengthened and the framework of the game, being for the Portuguese Cup, and the competition format that requires the decision in a single game, will present a different Atlético, stimulated by the decision of a single game. We are ready for that and we vamosre going with the objective of moving on to the next round and of put on a good show for our fans“, assured the assistant coach, to BTV.
The queen competition is another competition that Benfica wants to win in 2021/22, but the focus is first on the meeting with the opponent of Alcântara.
“You Club values oblige us to enter all competitions to win. The Cup of Portugal has a special character for the Cup party and for everything that involves the involvement of these games. We want to win the Portuguese Cup, but we go game by game, knockout by knockout. Our focus is the game against Atlético “, he pointed out.
This will be the team’s second official challenge in the new year and, for now, the players’ responses have been positive.
“ONE team came back well. Stimuli have been given for the team equipped with maximum strength and prepared for this and for the next games “, concluded Marco Sousa.