A BOLA – Dragons win unprecedented ‘classic’ of the eLiga Portugal Cup (Video games)
Defending champions, FC Porto will be the only one of the three ‘big ones’ to play in the quarter-finals of the Taça eLiga Portugal, next Tuesday, against Boavista, following the 4-3 victory in yesterday’s unprecedented derby with Benfica, in the virtual football competition organized by the organization that manages professional football, and the elimination of Sporting by Marítimo.
In two 1-1 home matches played at home, José ‘Runrun’ Soares, in charge of eFC Porto SoccerSoul in the 1st ‘leg’, played very tactically, winning 1-0 to João ‘Rikhard11’ Lourenço, the elect of the incarnates. In the second meeting, much faster and especially emotional, Benfica Teleperformance equaled the tie, after Rodrigo ‘Rodrigol’ Marques ended the 90 minutes with a guaranteed 3-2 on the scoreboard, requiring the first extension of this 2023 edition for the inspired João ‘JPeres99’ Peres scored the decisive goal and, with only a draw, 3-3, guaranteeing the approval of 4-3 to the dragons and, consequently, the passage to the next phase.
′′ I knew it was going to be a complicated game, because Rodrigo is an excellent player. Fortunately, I got a very positive response. We are the title champions and we want to defend this status, although there are still a few more days to go until the final. It was important to always maintain posture and hold the game, in which giving up was never an option», summarized JPeres99 about the cold blood shown throughout the match.
The next opponent of the dragons will thus be Boavista FC, the last emblem to qualify thanks to the 4-3 triumph against Gil Vicente FC Vincera. Diogo ‘Chucky7’ Borges and Carlos ‘Wassup’ Pimenta ended game 1 tied, 2-2, but Diogo Valada secured the 2-1 victory.
Sporting CP’s defeat by the heavyweights 2-6 against Marítimo K1CK opened this second day of the round of 16 and the island team’s way to the next stage, after Diogo ‘Somosnos’ Brás beat Bruno ‘BAlmeida’ Almeida 3-0 , with Bernardo ‘Bernasfigue’ Figueiredo confirming the triumph with another victory, this one by 3-2. The next opponent will therefore be FC Paços de Ferreira DJE, who eliminated Vizela (5-0) in one of the first three matches of this stage, played the day before yesterday. Estoril Praia 22, who also eliminated Casa Pia FTW (6-4) in the previous qualifying round, took GD Chaves Esportzy by 5-1, after triumphs by 2-1 and 3-0, setting up a meeting with Vitória de Guimarães, responsible for the elimination of Santa Clara (3-2) the day before yesterday.
Guaranteed is still a SC Braga EGN-Rio Ave FC. The first duel between the arsenal players and FC Famalicão ended in a 1-1 draw, but Diogo ‘Licapu’ Silva secured passage with a 5-2 victory in the second leg.
Having found the eight emblems that will be present in the quarter-finals, the Taça eLiga Portugal, played in the FIFA23 version, they return on the 17th, to define the four teams that will go to Leiria to compete in the Final Four in person, on the afternoon of January 28 , again in a box at Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, the same day and stage of the League Cup final (Allianz Cup).