2018 Taça da Liga final

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2018 Taça da Liga Final
Event2017–18 Taça da Liga
Vitória de Setúbal Sporting CP
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The 2018 Taça da Liga Final was the final match of the 2017–18 Taça da Liga, the 11th season of the Taça da Liga. It was played on 27 January 2018 at Estádio Municipal de Braga.[1]

The competition involved the 33 clubs playing in the top two tiers of the

Segunda Liga – during the 2017–18 season. Reserve sides of Primeira Liga teams that played in the 2017–18 Segunda Liga
were excluded from the competition.

Vitória de Setúbal and Sporting CP faced off in a repeat of the competition's first final, held 10 years previously. Sporting CP won 5–4 on a penalty shoot-out after a 1–1 draw at the end of 90 minutes, winning the competition for the first time in their history.

Background

For the second consecutive season, this competition featured a

inaugural final in 2008 with Vitória de Setúbal winning on penalty kicks. Sporting CP had the chance to win their first Taça da Liga while Vitória de Setúbal could be the first team, other than Benfica
, to win the competition multiple times. Both teams were aiming for their first title of the season.

Route to the final

Further information: 2017–18 Taça da Liga

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

Vitória de Setúbal Round Sporting CP
Opponent Result Stadium First round Opponent Result Stadium
Bye Bye
Opponent Result Stadium Second round Opponent Result Stadium
Tondela 1–0 (H) Estádio do Bonfim Bye
Opponent Result Stadium Third round Opponent Result Stadium
Portimonense 2–1 (A) Estádio Municipal de Portimão Matchday 1 Marítimo 0–0 (H)
Estádio de Alvalade
Braga 2–1 (H) Estádio do Bonfim Matchday 2 União da Madeira 6–0 (H)
Estádio de Alvalade
Benfica 2–2 (H) Estádio do Bonfim Matchday 3 Belenenses 0–0 (A) Estádio do Restelo
Group A winners
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Vitória de Setúbal 3 2 1 0 6 4 +2 7
Benfica 3 0 3 0 5 5 0 3
Braga 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
Portimonense 3 0 2 1 5 6 −1 2
Final standings Group B winners
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Sporting CP 3 1 2 0 7 1 +6 5
Marítimo 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
Belenenses 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
União da Madeira 3 0 1 2 3 10 −7 1
Opponent Result Stadium Knockout phase Opponent Result Stadium
Oliveirense 2–0 (N) Estádio Municipal de Braga Semi-finals Porto 0–0 (4–3p) (N) Estádio Municipal de Braga

Match

Summary

Gonçalo Paciência opened the scoreline with an early goal after disputing the ball with Uruguayan Sebastián Coates, a left-foot strike on the turn to the bottom left corner from just outside the box. Both teams had clear chances to score throughout the match, with Sporting CP trying a breakthrough heading to the final third of the match. Sporting CP managed to equalise late in the game when it was determined, with the help of the video assistant referee, Vitória de Setúbal midfielder Tomás Podstawski had handballed inside his area after a series of saves by their goalkeeper Pedro Trigueira. Dutch forward Bas Dost scored the subsequent penalty low to the middle. After the 90 minutes, the match was settled by a penalty shoot-out. Sporting CP won as Podstawski was the only player to miss his penalty after he hit the crossbar. The match had one of the highest amounts of yellow cards in the competition's final, a total of nine, six for Vitória de Setúbal, including Edinho, who was booked after taking his penalty.

Details

Vitória de Setúbal1–1Sporting CP
 Report
Penalties
 4–5
Attendance: 24,137[1]
Referee: Rui Costa
Vitória de Setúbal
Sporting CP
GK 88 Portugal Pedro Trigueira Yellow card 67'
RB 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo Arnold Issoko Yellow card 90+4'
CB 29 Portugal José Semedo Yellow card 19'
CB 14 Portugal Pedro Pinto
CB 13 Guinea-Bissau Vasco Fernandes (c) Yellow card 88'
LB 21 Portugal Nuno Pinto
RM 24 Portugal João Amaral downward-facing red arrow 90+2'
CM 10 Portugal João Teixeira downward-facing red arrow 82'
CM 6 Portugal Tomás Podstawski Yellow card 78'
LM 11 Portugal Costinha downward-facing red arrow 88'
FW 9 Portugal Gonçalo Paciência
Substitutes:
GK 1 Portugal Cristiano
DF 91
Patrick Vieira
 upward-facing green arrow 88'
MF 86 Nigeria Jacob Adebanjo
MF 16 Portugal André Sousa
MF 27 Portugal André Pedrosa upward-facing green arrow 82'
FW 33
Allef
FW 36 Portugal Edinho Yellow card upward-facing green arrow 90+2'
Manager:
Portugal José Couceiro
GK 1 Portugal Rui Patrício (c)
RB 92 Italy Cristiano Piccini
CB 4 Uruguay Sebastián Coates Yellow card 30'
CB 22 France Jérémy Mathieu
LB 5 Portugal Fábio Coentrão
DM 14 Portugal William Carvalho Yellow card 51'
RM 8 Portugal Bruno Fernandes
CM 7 Portugal Rúben Ribeiro downward-facing red arrow 46'
LM 20 Costa Rica Bryan Ruiz downward-facing red arrow 46'
CF 28 Netherlands Bas Dost
CF 40 Colombia Fredy Montero downward-facing red arrow 64'
Substitutes:
GK 18 France Romain Salin
DF 6 Portugal André Pinto
DF 13 North Macedonia Stefan Ristovski
MF 11 Brazil Bruno César
MF 16 Argentina Rodrigo Battaglia upward-facing green arrow 46'
FW 9 Argentina Marcos Acuña Yellow card 72' upward-facing green arrow 46'
FW 88 Ivory Coast Seydou Doumbia upward-facing green arrow 64'
Manager:
Portugal Jorge Jesus

Assistant referees:
Nuno Manso
Tiago Costa
Fourth official:
Manuel Oliveira
Video assistant referee:
João Pinheira
Assistant video assistant referee:
Nuno Eiras

Match rules

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

References

  1. ^ a b c "Vitória FC 1:1 Sporting CP". ligaportugal.pt (in Portuguese). Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Braga recebe a ´Final Four` da Taça da Liga esta época". desporto.sapo.pt (in Portuguese). Sapo Desporto. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
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