Miguel Nogueira picked for FC Porto-Sporting in Portuguese Cup | OneFootball

Miguel Nogueira will referee FC Porto vs Sporting, the second leg of the Portuguese Cup semi-finals, the Portuguese Football Federation confirmed on Monday afternoon.

The match is scheduled for 8:45 pm on Wednesday at the Estádio do Dragão and will decide the first finalist of the “queen of cups” of Portuguese football. Sporting come into the game with the advantage after a 1-0 win in the first leg, thanks to a goal by Luis Suárez at Alvalade.

32-year-old Miguel Nogueira has already officiated one FC Porto match this season: on 5 October, in the clássico against Benfica in the eighth round of the league at the Dragão, which ended goalless.

As for Sporting, this will be the fourth time Miguel Nogueira takes charge of one of the Lions’ matches, always with Rui Borges’ side playing away from home. On 18 October, he refereed Paços vs Sporting (2-3 after extra time) in the Portuguese Cup, as well as the away league matches against Vitória de Guimarães and Braga. On 23 December, the Lions beat Vitória 4-1 in the 15th round, and on 7 March, they drew 2-2 in Braga in round 25.

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