28 May 1933: the day FC Porto thrashed Benfica 8-0 in the clássico | OneFootball

On May 28, 1933, FC Porto recorded one of the most remarkable victories in the history of the clássico by thrashing Benfica 8-0 in the first leg of the Campeonato de Portugal quarter-finals, the competition that preceded today’s Portuguese Cup.

The match was played at Campo da Constituição, in Porto, and ended in absolute dominance by the blue-and-whites. Waldemar Mota and Acácio Mesquita stood out with three goals each, while Lopes Carneiro and Carlos Nunes completed the list of scorers on a memorable afternoon for the Porto club.

This result remains one of the biggest thrashings inflicted by FC Porto on their Lisbon rivals and stands as a historic landmark in the rivalry between the two clubs.

In the image from that day, Waldemar Mota and Pinga are seen celebrating one of Porto’s goals, in a scene that helps immortalize one of the most significant chapters in FC Porto’s run in the old Campeonato de Portugal.

The match went down as one of the most emblematic moments of the 1930s for Porto supporters, not only because of the scale of the result, but also because of the competitive context in which it was achieved: a knockout tie against Benfica, at a time when the premier competition in Portuguese football was still known as the Campeonato de Portugal.

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