Inside the victory over Boavista

Benfica and Sporting will lock horns in the League Cup final, Saturday, January 29, at 7:45 pm, at Estádio Municipal de Leiria. At Benfica Campus, the eagles polished every detail with the goal of winning the 8th trophy. See here the best images...

100% victorious in the seven finals it has played in 14 editions already held, Benfica seeks this Saturday, January 29, at 7:45 pm, at the Estádio Municipal de Leiria, against Sporting, the rival of the first conquest in 2008/09 after a penalty shootout, to strengthen the status of the club with more trophies won since the creation of the competition in 2007/08.  FC Porto (2009/10), Paços de Ferreira (2010/11), Gil Vicente (2011/12), Rio Ave (2013/14) and Marítimo (2014/15 and 2015/16) were the other opponents of the eagles in the finals of the competition. Remember some images of these victories...

Everton scored at 16' for Benfica, but Boavista managed to get a penalty to score the equalizer on the second half. After the 1-1 draw at the end of the 90 minutes in Leiria, the League Cup’s semi-final was decided in the penalty shoot-out. The reds scored by Grimaldo, Meïte and Weigl and counted on Odysseas and his precious saves to win, 3-2. Benfica will play its 8^th final in this competition on Saturday, January 29.