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The Champions League quarter-finals are still early, and Porto's main task now is to win the Portuguese League Cup.

The Portuguese League Cup was only established last season, with all professional members of the Portuguese Football Federation participating in the competition, and the competition is played in five rounds. The first round of the tournament will be played by teams from the lower leagues below the Portuguese Super League, with a two-legged knockout round.

The teams that qualify will be divided into three groups of three teams in each group with the bottom 10 teams in the Portuguese Super League rankings last season (including the promoted horses), and the top team will advance in a single round-robin format.

The six teams that qualified from last season's Portuguese Super League were drawn in three groups of four teams each, with a single round-robin format, with the top team in the group and the best team in the second place to advance.

The semi-finals and finals will be eliminated in a single game, and if the two sides draw within 90 minutes, a penalty shoot-out will go directly.

Winning the Carabao Cup is not easy, but the winner does not qualify for next season's European competition, and winning the trophy is not meaningful. None of the teams wanted to fight to the death in this tournament and affect the league. Therefore, almost all teams use the Portuguese League Cup to train.

However, in the final, because it is very close to the championship honor, whether it is Benfica or Porto, which are the other finalists, they attach importance to the game.

Benfica lost their hopes of winning the league early in the league and were eliminated from the Portuguese Cup, leaving only the Portuguese League to be tried, a title they value more than Porto.

March 21 at 7:45 p.m

The stands at the Stadio del Longa were already filled with fans from all over Portugal who had come to watch the Portuguese League final between Porto and Benfica.

This is the first title decided in Portuguese football this season, and although it is a frustration, it means a lot.

With it, Benfica can avoid a four-big draw and Porto can fulfill their dream of a treble.

For Gao Xiaodong, the practical significance of this Portuguese League Cup final is obviously more than others.

According to the rules of the system, if the league cup champion wins the championship, Gao Xiaodong will be able to have 2 system points to receive the account, and he will also be able to get the system's red envelope reward.

After returning to Porto, scoring is getting easier and easier, after being promoted to professional B-level, now Gao Xiaodong has 12 system points, and the two points of the League Cup champion will win a league, which is nothing, but the red envelope reward is very attractive to Gao Xiaodong, he has not received a red envelope for a long time, Gao Xiaodong wants to know, if he wins the League Cup championship this time, what treasure can the system reward.

Playing at home, they are still old rivals, Porto started the game aggressively and were ready to settle their opponents within 90 minutes.

Benfica played more actively than Porto, although their strength is weaker than Porto, but the tiger will not fall, in the national derby, even if they lose, they must not be coaxed, lost, Benfica fans can accept it, if they are coaxed, they will be scolded to death by the fans.

The lack of strength must be made up for by running, Benfica's running is very active, except for Cardoso, who is too tall in the front court and does not need to defend back, other veterans like Aimar and Reyes, or potential newcomers like Di Maria, are actively returning to the front of their penalty area.

Porto were not as prepared for this game as Benfica, and reaching the quarter-finals of the Champions League made them a little disrespectful to their domestic opponents.

At the beginning of the game, Porto could still compete with Benfica, but fifteen minutes later, their midfielders were divided and surrounded by Benfica, Gao Xiaodong turned his head and looked around, feeling that there were opponent players around him, and it was difficult to find a passing point except for backwards.

Ferreira's face on the sidelines grim, he didn't expect Benfica to play so well, it seems that the opponent is determined to win this championship, Ferreira sighed, and felt that it was necessary to remind the captain Gao Xiaodong on the field, otherwise if it goes on like this, I am afraid that Porto may lose the goal.

The on-site commentator said: "Benfica went crazy, it looks like they are going to make a big news on their doorstep in Porto today. Di Maria is very active today, as the most popular newcomer in Benfica, there are now teams that have opened him 20 million euros, but he is definitely not comparable to Gao Xiaodong, maybe this is also the reason why Di Maria is fighting so hard today, he wants to prove that he is not worse than Gao Xiaodong......"

Porto coach Ferreira had an idea, acted a little slower, and before he could remind Gao Xiaodong, Benfica scored.

In the 20th minute, Di Maria connected two people along the flank, and then singled out Porto right-back Fusile.

Fusile fought and retreated, trying to wait for his teammates to come up to help defend, but Di Maria suddenly cut crosswise and went straight to the penalty area.

Although Fusile moved sideways, he was not resolute in his follow, and he did not believe that Di Maria would enter the box from one side of the box.

But Di Maria broke through very resolutely, and actually really took the ball into the penalty area, facing the Porto central defender Sapuruna, Di Maria buckled the ball and shook Sapuruna, ignoring his teammate Cardoso who grabbed the point in the middle, and ignored Reyes, who was inserted in front of the penalty area, directly with the outside of his left foot, kicked out a curling ball, and shot into the back corner of the goal.

"Danger!"

"Outside the instep!"

"I actually shot the goal!"

"It's better to pass the ball. ”

……

It was a very unexpected breakthrough and a shot that Porto goalkeeper Helton was unprepared and could only watch as the ball raced towards the back corner.

Boom!

Di Maria was unlucky and the ball bounced off the crossbar and the post.

The shortcomings of the lack of experienced captain Alves were evident at this point, with young centre-back Rolando still in a daze, while Benfica striker Cardoso had already moved over to make up for the shoot, and he headed the ball into the Porto goal.

1:0

On 21 minutes, Cardoso scored from the spot to give Benfica the lead.

The noisy Dragon Stadium fell silent, and Porto, who had won brilliant victories in the league and the Champions League, fell behind, and Porto fans couldn't believe their eyes.

The on-site commentator said sternly: " In the opening 20 minutes today, Porto didn't play well, they seemed to be a little underestimated, didn't take their rival Benfica seriously, these young people forgot, the national derby is always a different game, Benfica no matter how bad the state is this season, in the national derby, they will always adjust the state to the best, fortunately the goal was relatively early, Porto still have a chance to equalize, next Porto must be serious, go all out, win the first championship trophy of the season, and boost morale for the next Champions League quarterfinals... …”

This is the first time Gao Xiaodong has led the team to participate in the championship battle as the captain, but he didn't expect to be beaten in front of more than 40,000 fans at his doorstep, Gao Xiaodong was a little angry.

When the Benfica people were celebrating, Gao Xiaodong just wanted to call his teammates over for training, but he didn't expect Ferreira to call him over first.

"Xiaodong, you can't fight like this, this is not a battle for the chicken rib championship, this is a national derby, we must play it as a national derby, otherwise we will lose. ”

Gao Xiaodong patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, coach, the team will change soon." ”

Looking back, Gao Xiaodong immediately ran forward twenty minutes and was not active, and several teammates who played too flamboyantly were furious.

"Hurry up and cheer me up, run, fight, Nima, playing football is not a treat, we want the championship, we have to have the scene, we have to abuse them today, who doesn't run for a while, who hides when fighting, you get off the pitch immediately! The coach said, don't participate in the Champions League for such players. ”

The vast majority of Porto's players use Porto as a springboard, ready to go to the five major leagues, and want to be favored by the teams of the five major leagues, the Champions League is the best stage, listening to Gao Xiaodong said that they are not allowed to participate in the Champions League if they don't play well, they dare not slack off, and their spirits are all up.