THE The classic FC Porto-Benfica will open the final four of the League Cup in football, on January 5th, at 8:15 pm, while Sporting and Famalicão face each other the following day, the Club League revealed today.
The final of the 20th edition is scheduled for the 9th of the same month, also at 8:15 pm, at the Dr. Magalhães Pessoa Stadium, in Leiria, where the successor to the defending champion, Vitória de Guimarães, will be announced.
Benfica, record holder of titles (eight), secured passage to the final four by winning at home to Gil Vicente (4-1), while FC Porto overcame Académico de Viseu at home (1-0).
Sporting reached the final four thanks to the victory over Marítimo (2-1), in Lisbon, setting up a meeting at 20:15 with Famalicão, who prevailed against Sporting de Braga, in the penalty shoot-out (3-1), after a 2-2 draw in regular time.
The ‘dragons’ face the ‘reds’ a few days before playing at Sporting de Braga, in the 17th round of the I League, and the ‘eagles’ host eternal rival Sporting on the last weekend of the year, at Estádio da Luz, counting for round 16.
