FC Porto chase feat achieved only once before, under Villas-Boas | OneFootball

Hosting Sporting next Wednesday, FC Porto will try to overturn the deficit from the first leg of the Portuguese Cup semi-finals, after a 1-0 defeat at Alvalade. The Dragons are looking to repeat a feat they have achieved only once since the semi-finals began being played over two legs, back when André Villas-Boas was still the coach.

That happened in the 2010/2011 season, when FC Porto won the league unbeaten, the Europa League, the Super Cup and the Portuguese Cup.

In the case of the Prova Rainha, Porto had to overturn a two-goal deficit in the semi-final against Benfica. The Eagles first won 2-0 at the Dragão, but then ended up seeing the blue and whites prevail 3-1 at the Luz, with the higher number of away goals counting as the tiebreaker, a rule that was in force at the time.

Aside from that, since 2008/2009, the year the Portuguese Cup semi-finals began being played over two legs, there have been only three other occasions when the team beaten in the first match managed to turn the tie around. And all of those cases came in matchups between FC Porto, Benfica and Sporting.

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