2019 Taça da Liga final explained

2019 Taça da Liga Final
Event:2018–19 Taça da Liga
Team1:Porto
Team1score:1
Team2:Sporting CP
Team2score:1
Details:Sporting CP won 3–1 on penalties
Date:26 January 2019
Stadium:Estádio Municipal de Braga
City:Braga
Referee:João Pinheiro
Attendance:25,213
Previous:2018
Next:2020

The 2019 Taça da Liga Final was the final match of the 2018–19 Taça da Liga, the twelfth season of the Taça da Liga. It was played on 26 January 2019 at Estádio Municipal de Braga.

The competition involved the 32 clubs playing in the top two tiers of the Portuguese football league system – 18 from Primeira Liga and 14 from LigaPro – during the 2018–19 season. Reserve sides of Primeira Liga teams that played in the 2018–19 LigaPro were excluded from the competition.

Porto and Sporting CP faced off in the first final involving both teams. After a 1–1 tie, Sporting CP won the final 3–1 after a penalty shootout, thus becoming only the second team (after Benfica) in the competition's history to both defend their title and win multiple Taças da Liga.

Background

For the third consecutive season, this competition featured a final four format with both the semi-finals and the final being played over a space of a few days in the same venue. The Estádio Municipal de Braga hosted all matches. Porto had the chance to win their first Taça da Liga while Sporting CP could be the first team, other than Benfica, to both win the competition multiple times as well as successfully defend the title, having won the previous final.

Route to the final

Being among the top four during the 2017–18 Primeira Liga season, Porto and Sporting CP received byes directly to the third round. Only the top team in each of the four groups advanced to the final four and both teams marginally won their groups. Porto shared the top spot in group C with Chaves both in points and goal difference, the two most important tiebreakers, having only won the group by virtue of more overall goals scored. Meanwhile, Sporting CP had the same number of points in group D as both Estoril and Feirense, having had the best goal difference from the three teams. Porto played in the first semi-final against Benfica winning the match 3–1. The following day Sporting CP drew 1–1 against Braga, the host team, during the 90 minutes in the second semi-final, winning 4–3 on penalties after a series of seven penalty rounds.

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away; N: neutral).

PortoRoundSporting CP
OpponentResultStadiumFirst roundOpponentResultStadium
ByeBye
OpponentResultStadiumSecond roundOpponentResultStadium
ByeBye
OpponentResultStadiumThird roundOpponentResultStadium
Chaves1–1 (H)Estádio do DragãoMatchday 1Marítimo3–1 (H)Estádio José Alvalade
Varzim4–2 (H)Estádio do DragãoMatchday 2Estoril1–2 (H)Estádio José Alvalade
Belenenses2–1 (A)Estádio NacionalMatchday 3Feirense4–1 (A)Estádio Marcolino de Castro
Group C winners
width=175 Teamwidth=20 width=20 width=20 width=20 width=20 width=20 width=20 width=20
Porto321074+37
Chaves321052+37
Varzim310258−33
Belenenses300325−30
Final standingsGroup D winners
width=175 Teamwidth=20 width=20 width=20 width=20 width=20 width=20 width=20 width=20
Sporting CP320184+46
Estoril320143+16
Feirense320167–16
Marítimo300337−40
OpponentResultStadiumKnockout phaseOpponentResultStadium
Benfica3–1 (N)Estádio Municipal de BragaSemi-finalsBraga1–1 (4–3p) (A)Estádio Municipal de Braga

Match

Details

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GK 26 Vaná
RB 3 Éder Militão
CB 28
CB 33 Pepe
LB 13 Alex Telles
RM 17
CM 16 Héctor Herrera (c)
CM 10
LM 8 Yacine Brahimi
CF 11
CF 21
Substitutes:
GK 1 Iker Casillas
DF 12 Wilson Manafá
DF 19 Chancel Mbemba
MF 6 Bruno Costa
MF 22
FW 7
FW 37
Manager:
Sérgio Conceição
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GK 40
RB 13
CB 6
CB 4 Sebastián Coates
LB 9
RM 21 Raphinha
CM 86
CM 37 Wendel
LM 8
CF 17 Nani (c)
CF 28 Bas Dost
Substitutes:
GK 19 Romain Salin
DF 5
MF 25
MF 90 Miguel Luís
FW 23
FW 29 Luiz Phellype
FW 77 Jovane Cabral
Manager:
Marcel Keizer
Man of the match

Assistant referees


Nuno Eiras
Paulo Vieira
Fourth official


Manuel Mota
Video assistant referee


Tiago Martins
Assistant video assistant referee


Pedro Mota

Match rules
  • 90 minutes.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

Notes and References

  1. Brahimi não recebeu prémio de MVP da Allianz Cup por indicação do FC Porto https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/fc-porto/detalhe/brahimi-nao-recebeu-premio-de-mvp-da-allianz-cup-por-indicacao-do-fc-porto?ref=Fora%20de%20Campo_2BlocoAreasemDestaques
  2. FC Porto impede Brahimi de receber prémio da Taça da Liga https://bancada.pt/futebol/portugal/fc-porto-impede-brahimi-de-receber-premio-da-taca-da-liga