Sporting beat FC Porto 36-29 to lift the handball Super Cup | OneFootball

Sporting defeated FC Porto this Saturday in the Super Cup final by 36-29. The team coached by Ricardo Costa claimed their sixth Super Cup trophy, their third in a row, matching the streak of ABC de Braga (1990 to 1993).

In Sines, Sporting and FC Porto faced each other in the Super Cup final for the fifth time in the 21st century. Sporting, holders of the last six national titles across the Super Cup, Portuguese Cup, and Championship, started off better, with Francisco Costa scoring the first goal of the match.

The game quickly became very intense, with attacks prevailing over defenses. FC Porto responded to the Lions’ strong start and took the lead for the first time through a goal by Ricardo Brandão, making it 5-6.

That lead was short-lived. Two two-minute exclusions followed, one for each team, and Sporting began to pull away on the scoreboard, going into halftime leading 20-15, after a goal by Salvador Salvador just before the break.

In the second half, FC Porto tried to mount a comeback, but it was Sporting who managed the game better, almost always maintaining a five-goal margin and even stretching it to seven when the score was 26-19.

The Lions thus secured the first trophy of the season and claimed their third consecutive Super Cup.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.