A Benfica women’s rugby team beat SC Porto/CRAV, 26-5, on Sunday, April 14, in the semi-final of the Portuguese Cup and qualified for the final of the competition.
Foundations in a very organized defenseand under intense heat, the incarnates managed to surpass themselves to the northern team at the Lisbon University Stadium.
Note that this unequivocal triumph was achieved against a team that was in the semi-finals of the Championship and which, in 2023, won the Super Cup.
The eagles are now one victory away from achieving the double. To get there, they will have to beat the same opponent who defeated win the national title, o Sportingwho, in the other semi-final, got the better of RC Bairrada/RC Tondela, by 16-26.
The derby that will decide the winner of the Portuguese Cup is scheduled for Sunday, April 21.
DECLARATIONS
Martim Aguiar (Benfica coach): “We are in the final. We knew it was going to be a very difficult game, against a good team, with a lot of heat in the synthetic and after a very, very long break. We managed to control the game from start to finish, with some individual errors, which already I expected, but organized in defense and with some very good attacking movements. For example, the collective trials we scored. Congratulations to all the players, the 23rd and the others, who were left out of the squad this time. a final, which we really want to win, but to do that we have to stay focused and even raise our level to get to Sunday well.”