the Sporting’s women’s football team entered the new season in the best possible way early on Friday evening, with a “hard-fought” 2-1 win over Benfica, a result that enabled them to win the Super Cup.
In a derby match at Restelo, which was expected to be “hot”, but ended up not having many chances, the goal that cancelled the result came after 27 minutes, when Cristina Martin Brito received a long pass from Christy Ochebe. She isolated herself in front of Hannah Seibert and counted the shots.
In the second half, the Reds increased their dominance, but ended up in green and white, thanks to a well-taken strike from Telma Encarnação, in a move that was initially ruled out for irregular positioning. That decision was corrected by VAR.
However, the former Maritimo striker refused to be satisfied, and in the 85th minute sent a cross into the heart of the penalty area, where Claudia Neto appeared to ‘slam’ into the net, sealing the final score.
Sporting thus wins what is considered the third Super Cup in history (the first since 2021), which means that it equals its eternal rival Benfica at the top of the “predators” table in this competition.
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Benfica: Ruth Costa; Catarina Amado, Carol Costa, Lais Araujo, Marit Lund; Andrea Faria, Andrea Norton, Anna Gaspar, Christie Ochebe; Cristina Martin Brito and Nicole Resla.
Sporting: Hannah Siebert; Ana Borges, Andrea Norheim, Georgia Eaton Collins, Alicia Correa; Mayara Nyhuis, Brenda Perez, Diana Silva, Jacinta Gala; Brittany Ravino and Thelma Encarnaçao.
Preview
Early on Friday evening, Benfica and Sporting will compete for the first title of the season in women’s football. We are talking, of course, about the long-awaited Super Cup.
The Reds come into this derby, at the Estádio do Restelo, after a “dream” season in which they won all the titles at national level, an achievement to which they also added a historic journey to the quarter-finals of the Champions League where they were eliminated by Olympique Lyonnais.
For their part, the Lionesses are looking for “revenge”, given that in 2023/24 they finished second in the Championship, the Portuguese Cup and the Super Cup, in addition to being “pressured” in the League Cup’ from the semi-finals… at the hands of the two eternal rivals.
The Benfica-Sporting match will be officiated by Teresa Oliveira, a judge from the Porto Football Federation, and you can watch it live from 8:45pm (Portugal mainland time), on the Benfica Sporting channel. Sports per minute.
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He lives
90′ – Final whistle for Restelo
Carlos Pereira Fernandez | 6 minutes ago
Sporting are the winners of the 2024 Super Cup. The Lionesses even started losing, with a goal scored by Cristina Martin Brito, in the 27th minute, but they came back in the second half, through Telma Encarnação and Claudia Neto, to defeat Benfica.
85′ – Sporty goal!
Carlos Pereira Fernandez | 20 minutes ago
The transformation was complete in Restelo. Telma Encarnação crossed low into the heart of the box, where Claudia Neto appeared to shoot, for the first time, to put the Lionesses ahead, 1-2.
75′ – Sporty goal!
Carlos Pereira Fernandez | 27 minutes ago
Telma Encarnação restores parity in the Super Cup final. Telma Encarnação put the ball in the net, but the move was immediately disallowed due to an irregular position. However, after a lengthy analysis, the VAR reversed the initial decision and indeed confirmed the green-white-knuckle goal.
70′ – One-way derby in the second half
Carlos Pereira Fernandez | 34 minutes ago
The second half was expected to be more divided, but the truth is that so far, there has been only Benfica, except for one or another attack from Sporting.
46′ – Start of the second half
Carlos Pereira Fernandez | 1 hour ago
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45′ – End of the first half at Restelo
Carlos Pereira Fernandez | 1 hour ago
Benfica won the first half 1-0 thanks to a goal from Cristina Martin Brito, in a closely contested derby, but without much chance from either side.
28′ – Benfica goal!
Carlos Pereira Fernandez | 1 hour ago
Here’s the first night! Cristina Martin Brito received the ball behind the green and white defence, isolated herself and fired it in to put the Reds 1-0 up.
17′ – The match was stopped at Restelo.
Carlos Pereira Fernandez | 1 hour ago
Leonen goalkeeper Hannah Siebert collided with an opponent while trying to intercept a cross and even had to be assisted by the medical team, causing concern on the pitch. Catriona Sheppard is still warming up but it seems there will be no need to move.
11′ – The first moment of celebration comes… from the Garve
Carlos Pereira Fernandez | 1 hour ago
There are currently no chances to score in the women’s derby, so fans are keeping an eye on men’s football. More specifically, when Varens Sportingwhich prompted shouts of “Goal” after a penalty kick by Victor Gyukiris, which increased the Lions’ lead to 0-2.
The Portuguese international fired the ball into Farense’s goal from the 11-metre mark.
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0′ – The ball rolls into Restelo’s court.
Carlos Pereira Fernandez | 2 hours ago
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