Braga wins 3-2 and wins the League Cup!
Chloe Lacas (Benfica): Ball across the crossbar!
Andrea Norton (SC Braga): A goal! 2-3
Lucia Alves (Benfica): Patricia Moraes’ defense!
Laura Luís (SC Braga): Get the ball out!
Cassandra Korhonen (Benfica): Patricia Moraes defence!
Vanessa Marquez (Braga): A goal! 2-2
Carol Costa (Benfica): A goal! 2-1
Anouk Decker (Braga): A goal! 1-1
Polita (Benfica): A goal! 1-0
The penalty lottery is about to start!
120 + 1′ Finish the match, 0-0 on the scoreboard! The final will be decided by penalties.
118 ‘ The left corner and Vanessa Marquez rise well to the second post, with his header towards goal: Kristi Ochebe cuts the ball almost above the deadly threat and avoids 0-1 in favor of Braga!
116′ Yellow card to Lucia Alves (Benfica).
113 ‘ Substitution in SC Braga: Dolores Silva for Laura Casanovas
109′ Great relief from Catelyn Talbert and Laura Lewis trying to rejoice in a hat-trick: the North American Benfica goalkeeper reclaims his position and catches the ball.
106′ Substitution in SC Braga: Evy Pereira for Mariana Couto
106′ Substitute at Benfica: Ana Vitoria in place of Cassandra Korhonen
105 ‘ Interval in overtime: 0-0.
105 ‘ Yellow card to Patricia Moraes (Braga Braga)
102 ‘ Dolores Silva bets on an air ball and Vanessa Marquez is about to open the scoring for SC Braga with a header
91 ‘ Substitution in SC Braga: Carolina Mendes for Laura Luís
91 ‘ The first half of overtime begins!
90 + 5′ Final whistle: 0-0, we go into overtime!
90′ Five minutes of compensation
83 ‘ Substitution at SC Braga: Anna Root by Vanessa Marquez
80 ‘ Substitute at Benfica: Andrea Faria instead of Christy O’Shebe
71 ‘ Anna Vitoria takes an opponent off the road and shoots in the area already
67′ Substitutions at Benfica: Kika Nazareth for Beatrice Camerao, Jessica Silva for Valeria Cantuario
Francisco Neto, coach of the women’s national soccer team, is also watching the final in Santa Maria da Vera.
63′ Jermaine prepares for the kick well, but the ball ends poorly, with Catelyn Talbert making an easy entry.
54 ‘ Yellow card to Diana Gomez (Braga)
In the Marcolino Castro Stadium, 2,274 spectators.
46 ‘ Substitution in SC Braga: Catarina Pereira for Evy Pereira (half time)
46 ‘ Start Part Two!
45 + 1′ Philippa Cuna, of AF Viana do Castelo, whistles half the time, with a blank on the scoreboard.
45′ Cloé Lacasse invades the area and risks her left foot: Patrícia Morais stops the stroke shot.
26′ Right corner and Anouk Decker heading the crossbar almost put SC Braga ahead!
24′ Excellent group play by SC Braga, which seriously annoys Carolina Mendes Catelyn Talbert
Highlighting the presence of a familiar face of European football in the stands at Marcolino Castro Stadium: Rob Holding, Arsenal’s English center and teammate Paige Almendáriz, Braga’s North American team, is an attentive spectator of this final.
16′ Ana Vitoria wins the second ball and tries her luck from outside the area: the ball fired by the Benfica player is deflected into a corner
8′ The Eagles counterattacked very well, as Chloe Lacas appeared in the face of Patricia Moraes: SC Braga goalkeeper removes the threat to a corner
4′ Yellow card for Caterina Pereira (Braga Braga)
4′ Andrea Norton’s free kick, with the ball crossing the entire area
1 ‘ Anna Root looks slack in the Benfica area and narrowly misses, on a half-turn shot!
1 ‘ The start of the League Cup final at Marcolino de Castro Stadium!
Benfica and Braga will compete, on Wednesday, in the Women’s Football League Cup final. The match will take place at Marcolino Castro Stadium in Santa Maria da Vera, at 7:30 pm.
It is a replay of the first final match of the competition (2019/20), which the Eagles won 3-0. Their dominance of the competition was confirmed last season (2020/21), with a new trophy for the Luz Museum: a 2-1 victory over Sporting.
The match will be officiated by Philippa Cuna (AF Viana do Castelo), which will feature Andrea Souza and Rafaella Almeida as assistants and Thelma Fradi as fourth official. Catarina Campos handles the VAR jobs and Bruno Esteves handles the AVAR jobs.
Rui Costa and Antonio Salvador, President of Benfica and SC Braga, respectively, at the podium of honor at the Fairgrounds, accompanied by Fernando Gomez, leader of the FPF.
There are already eleven!
Benfica: Kathleen Talbert, Catarina Amado and Silvia Rebelo the chapter.Carol Costa and Lycia Alves; Andrea Faria, Polita and Anna Vittoria; Chloe Lacas, Kika Nazareth and Jessica Silva
Benfica alternatives: Carolina Villau, Anna Seca, Valeria Cantorio, Marta Sintra, Kristi O’Shibe, Cassandra Korhonen and Beatriz Camerao.
Benfica coach: Philippa Patao
SC Braga: Patricia Moraes, Machela George, Anouk Decker, Diana Gomez and Catarina Pereira; Andrea Norton and Dolores Silva the chapter.; Jermaine, Anna Ruth and Mira Delgadillo; Carolina Mendes
SC Braga alternatives: Pape Marquez, Vanessa Marquez, Laura Luis, Ines Maya, Laura Casanovas, Mariana Cotto, Evie Pereira
SC Braga coach: Joao Marquez
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