Miguel Nogueira picked to referee FC Porto v Sporting in the cup | OneFootball

Miguel Nogueira will referee FC Porto-Sporting, the second leg of the Portuguese Cup semi-finals, the Portuguese Football Federation confirmed on Monday afternoon.

The match is scheduled for 8:45 pm on Wednesday at the Estádio do Dragão and will decide the first finalist of the “queen of competitions” in Portuguese football. Sporting come into the game with the advantage after a 1-0 win in the first leg, thanks to a goal by Luis Suárez at Alvalade.

32-year-old Miguel Nogueira has already officiated FC Porto once this season: it was on 5 October, in the classic against Benfica, in the eighth round of the league, at the Dragão, which ended goalless.

As for Sporting, this will be the fourth time Miguel Nogueira has taken charge of one of the Lions’ matches, always with Rui Borges’s side playing away from home. On 18 October, he refereed Paços-Sporting (2-3 after extra time) in the Portuguese Cup, as well as the away matches against Vitória de Guimarães and Braga in the league. On 23 December, the Lions beat Vitória 4-1 in the 15th round, and on 7 March, they drew 2-2 in Braga in round 25.

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