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Mirandela’s president has already set a goal for the Portuguese Cup: To host Sporting, the club of his fellow countryman, Rui Borges

Sep 22, 2025 | 16:23 |

The president of Mirandela revealed that he would like to host Sporting in the Portuguese Cup. The draw for the prestigious competition is scheduled for next Wednesday, September 24, where the top official of the Trás-os-Montes club, Carlos Correia, did not hide his desire to welcome the coach and his fellow townsman, Rui Borges, who has already expressed concern about the situation in his hometown last summer.

“I’ve been saying this for ten years: Mirandela has never been very lucky in the Portuguese Cup. The luck of hosting a big club at our stadium. We have that ambition for the next round. If it were Sporting this season, it would be the cherry on top. Because Rui Borges is there and it would be a celebration for the club and the city,” he told Record newspaper.

Although the match against Sporting is important due to the opportunity to welcome Rui Borges, Carlos Correia highlighted the financial importance the game would have for Mirandela: “It would be a very important revenue for our budget, but for that to happen, the big club would need to give up their share of the revenue, which used to happen a lot in the past, but nowadays happens much less frequently.”

Even with the possibility of hosting a big club at their own stadium, with lower revenue, the president of the Trás-os-Montes club revealed he prefers that scenario and already has an action plan for the Estádio de São Sebastião, if it happens: “With difficulty, we could get 3,500 or 4,000 people in here. From that perspective, it might even be better to play away, at a big club’s ground. The revenue would be higher.”

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