After many balls to the pole, a Sporting, in renewed mode, ended up winning at the reception to the Maritime to seal the presence in the final four of the League Cup. Pedro Lima was the figure of the meeting.
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27/10/2026
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Dafter two consecutive defeats and some white handkerchiefs, Sporting is breathing better. The Lioness team ensured, on Tuesday night, the presence in the final four of the League Cup, winning, by 2-1, in reception to the Maritime.
In a very disputed meeting with several balls to the pole, Pedro Lima, in debut as a holder at Sporting, dressed the cover of heroes to ward off the evil eye and seal the clearance of the lions.
Sporting is now waiting for the winner of the quinta-feira minito derby between Sporting Braga and Famalicão to know that it will face in Leiria next January.
Game movie:
After defeats against LASK Linz, for the Champions League, and Scholar of Viseu, on the last day of the Portuguese championship, was a Rui Borges under embers who performed on the lawn of the Alvalade Stadium for the third game followed at home last week. And the whistles that were heard from the benches proved that.
The Lion coach promised several moves and launched an authentic revolution in the initial eleven, with eleven changes in relation to the team that presented itself against the Academic of Viseu. Highlight for the absolute debut and then the holder of Moncef Zekri and for the lack of weight of the game card of names such as Luis Suárez and Gonçalo Inácio.
The start of the game did not begin in the best way for the home team, which was showing some nervousness in the first minutes. Highlight for the decommissioned goal to Jesse Derry at minute 6, out of extreme gambling borrowed by Chelsea. Over time, the lions were threatening, with two balls to the goal irons to the guard of Gonçalo Tabuaço.
It was even the first and only chance of danger of meeting for long minutes. After the bidding of the extreme lion, João Simões appeared the cut attentively when Boakye appeared ready to aim for the goal of the returnee Rui Silva. Shortly after, at 22′, Pedro Lima, as if rehearsing what was coming, struck the island beam with a bang.
In the answer, Mitchell van der Gaag's set saw Rui Silva shine at the 25th minute to avoid Igor Julião's goal. When everything seemed to indicate that the match would go on to break with a null, the inaugural goal appeared. Jesse Derry, who had struck the pole a few moments before, beats a corner and Pedro Lima, at the first pole, turned his head to the debut to be scored by Sporting and at the very first title.
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