Classic Benfica style: Rui Costa addresses members, talks Sporting | OneFootball

Rui Costa once again took a jab at Sporting. The president of Benfica mentioned the defeats in the Liga Portugal and the Portuguese Cup last year, which were won by the Alvalade Club. In this way, the top official of the Eagles provides further evidence that losing the two main objectives of the season to their direct rival remains a bitter pill to swallow.

“We were also in contention until the end for the Championship and the Portuguese Cup, which, for known reasons, slipped away from us, and we learned the appropriate lessons and consequences from what happened,” stated the leader of the Luz emblem in the Report and Accounts to Benfica members.

Benfica's defeat in the last edition of Liga Portugal continues to sting the fans, members, and officials of the Eagles. The Luz club contested the championship until the last matchday, but the competition was ultimately won by Sporting, who secured the championship with two more points than their rival.

It wasn't just the championship win by the Alvalade Club that hurt Benfica's feelings. The Lions also defeated the Eagles in the Portuguese Cup final by 3-1, after the Eagles were leading until the last minute of injury time. In this way, Rui Borges's team also secured the double in the 2024/25 season.

Benfica only defeated Sporting at the start of this new season, when they beat the Lions 1-0, in a match for the Cândido de Oliveira Super Cup. Despite Rui Costa's strong words against his great rival, the president of the Eagles sat next to Frederico Varandas in the presidential box at the Estádio do Algarve.

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