Controversy is the winner of this year’s Taça da Liga, with referee Lucilio Baptista deciding who would win the second edition of the competition. For Benfica and Sporting, the prize may have been meaningless but it was about all they had left in what is looking like yet another season chasing Porto’s shadow.
Sporting left the Algarve complaining of robbery and Pedro Silva left without even a loser’s medal, preferring to leave it where he had lobbed it, somewhere near the centre circle of the terribly maintained Estádio do Algarve pitch. Benfica won the game on penalties; Quim was the hero but few in Portugal are concerned with Quim’s great saves. The fact is that this game should never have reached a penalty shoot-out and in part 1 of the podcast we’ll give our opinions on the final that was dominated by Lucilio Baptista’s ineptness.
In part 2, Steve will give his verdict on the first half hour of the Taça de Portugal semi-final first leg, and Phil will fill in the rest with Raul Meireles re-finding his best form for Porto after a disappointing start to his season. We’ll discuss Braga’s exit from the UEFA Cup and also preview Portugal’s vital World Cup qualifier against Sweden this Saturday at the Estádio do Dragão.
Keep your comments coming, and we’ll see you next week.
Thanks for listening,
Steve and Phil.
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