2019 Taça da Liga final

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{{Infobox football match

| title = 2019 Taça da Liga Final

| image =

| caption =

| 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

| weather =

| 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

{{further|2018–19 Taça da Liga}}

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).

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colspan=3|Porto

!Round

!colspan=3|Sporting CP

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|Opponent

|Result

|Stadium

|rowspan=2|First round

|Opponent

|Result

|Stadium

colspan=3|Bye

|colspan=3|Bye

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|Opponent

|Result

|Stadium

|rowspan=2|Second round

|Opponent

|Result

|Stadium

colspan=3|Bye

|colspan=3|Bye

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|Opponent

|Result

|Stadium

|Third round

|Opponent

|Result

|Stadium

Chaves

|1–1 (H)

|Estádio do Dragão

| style="background:#c1e0ff"|Matchday 1

|Marítimo

|3–1 (H)

|Estádio José Alvalade

Varzim

|4–2 (H)

|Estádio do Dragão

| style="background:#c1e0ff"|Matchday 2

|Estoril

|1–2 (H)

|Estádio José Alvalade

Belenenses

|2–1 (A)

|Estádio Nacional

| style="background:#c1e0ff"|Matchday 3

|Feirense

|4–1 (A)

|Estádio Marcolino de Castro

colspan=3 valign=top|Group C winners

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width=175 |Team

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!width=20 |{{Tooltip| W | Won}}

!width=20 |{{Tooltip| D | Drawn}}

!width=20 |{{Tooltip| L | Lost}}

!width=20 |{{Tooltip| GF | Goals for}}

!width=20 |{{Tooltip| GA | Goals against}}

!width=20 |{{Tooltip| GD | Goal difference}}

!width=20 |{{Tooltip| Pts | Points}}

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|align=left|Porto

|3

21074+37
align=left|Chaves

|3

21052+37
align=left|Varzim

|3

10258−33
align=left|Belenenses

|3

00325−30

| style="background:#c1e0ff"|Final standings

|colspan=3 valign=top|Group D winners

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width=175 |Team

!width=20 |{{Tooltip| Pld | Played}}

!width=20 |{{Tooltip| W | Won}}

!width=20 |{{Tooltip| D | Drawn}}

!width=20 |{{Tooltip| L | Lost}}

!width=20 |{{Tooltip| GF | Goals for}}

!width=20 |{{Tooltip| GA | Goals against}}

!width=20 |{{Tooltip| GD | Goal difference}}

!width=20 |{{Tooltip| Pts | Points}}

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|align=left|Sporting CP

|3

20184+46
align=left|Estoril

|3

20143+16
align=left|Feirense

|3

20167–16
align=left|Marítimo

|3

00337−40

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|Opponent

|Result

|Stadium

|Knockout phase

|Opponent

|Result

|Stadium

|-

|Benfica

|3–1 (N)

|Estádio Municipal de Braga

| style="background:#c1e0ff"|Semi-finals

|Braga

|1–1 (4–3p) (A)

|Estádio Municipal de Braga

|}

Match

=Summary=

=Details=

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| date = 26 January 2019

| time = 19:45 WET (UTC±00:00)

| team1 = Porto

| score = 1–1

| report = http://ligaportugal.pt/pt/liga/jogo/20182019/allianzcup/7/1

| team2 = Sporting CP

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| goals2 =

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| penaltyscore = 1–3

| penalties1 =

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| stadium = Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga

| attendance = 25,213

| referee = João Pinheiro

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GK26{{flagicon|BRA}} Vaná
RB3{{flagicon|BRA}} Éder Militão
CB28{{flagicon|BRA}} Felipe{{yel|45}}
CB33{{flagicon|POR}} Pepe
LB13{{flagicon|BRA}} Alex Telles
RM17{{flagicon|MEX}} Jesús Corona{{yel|25}}{{suboff|82}}
CM16{{flagicon|MEX}} Héctor Herrera (c)
CM10{{flagicon|ESP}} Óliver Torres{{yel|68}}{{suboff|90+4}}
LM8{{flagicon|ALG}} Yacine Brahimi
CF11{{flagicon|MLI}} Moussa Marega{{yel|90+3}}
CF21{{flagicon|POR}} André Pereira{{suboff|64}}
colspan=3|Substitutes:
GK1{{flagicon|ESP}} Iker Casillas
DF12{{flagicon|POR}} Wilson Manafá
DF19{{flagicon|COD}} Chancel Mbemba
MF6{{flagicon|POR}} Bruno Costa
MF22{{flagicon|POR}} Danilo Pereira{{subon|82}}
FW7{{flagicon|POR}} Hernâni{{subon|90+4}}
FW37{{flagicon|BRA}} Fernando{{subon|64}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|{{flagicon|POR}} Sérgio Conceição

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GK40{{flagicon|BRA}} Renan Ribeiro{{yel|90+6}}
RB13{{flagicon|MKD}} Stefan Ristovski{{yel|66}}
CB6{{flagicon|POR}} André Pinto{{yel|29}}{{suboff|53}}
CB4{{flagicon|URU}} Sebastián Coates
LB9{{flagicon|ARG}} Marcos Acuña{{yel|35}}{{suboff|45}}
RM21{{flagicon|BRA}} Raphinha
CM86{{flagicon|SRB}} Nemanja Gudelj{{suboff|83}}
CM37{{flagicon|BRA}} Wendel
LM8{{flagicon|POR}} Bruno Fernandes{{yel|90+5}}
CF17{{flagicon|POR}} Nani (c){{yel|45}}
CF28{{flagicon|NED}} Bas Dost
colspan=3|Substitutes:
GK19{{flagicon|FRA}} Romain Salin
DF5{{flagicon|BRA}} Jefferson{{subon|45}}
MF25{{flagicon|SRB}} Radosav Petrović{{yel|86}}{{subon|53}}
MF90{{flagicon|POR}} Miguel Luís
FW23{{flagicon|MLI}} Abdoulay Diaby{{subon|83}}
FW29{{flagicon|BRA}} Luiz Phellype
FW77{{flagicon|CPV}} Jovane Cabral
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|{{flagicon|NED}} Marcel Keizer

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Man of the match

  • {{flagicon|ALG}} Yacine BrahimiBrahimi 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_2BlocoAreasemDestaquesFC 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

Assistant referees:


Nuno Eiras


Paulo Vieira


Fourth official:


Manuel Mota


Video assistant referee:


Tiago Martins


Assistant video assistant referee:


Pedro Mota

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Match rules

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

See also

References

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{{Taça da Liga}}

{{2018–19 in Portuguese football}}

{{FC Porto matches}}

{{Sporting CP matches}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Taca Da Liga Final 2019}}

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