Taça de Portugal draw sets up Braga v Sporting in the last 16 | OneFootball

The Sporting women's football team will visit Braga in the round of 16 of the Portuguese Cup, as determined by the draw held this Tuesday, November 25, at the City of Football in Oeiras. The match will take place on the weekend of December 13 and 14.

Alexandre Silva, team manager of the green and white team, was present at the draw and spoke about the ambitions of the lionesses in the competition: "It's an early final, but we're going there to win. It's a competition we really want to win and it's a historic game in women's football (...)", he began by saying.

The manager stated that winning the competition is one of the objectives: "Sporting enters every competition to win and the Portuguese Cup is one of them, especially because it is emblematic and has a special feeling," he said. It should be noted that the Alvalade Club has not won the competition since the 2021/22 season, where they defeated Famalicão (2-1) in the final.

In the previous round, Sporting thrashed Académica with an impressive 10-0 in Coimbra. In the match related to the third round of the main competition, the team led by Micael Sequeira had no difficulties in overcoming the team that plays in the fourth tier.

The green and white emblem now turns its attention to the seventh round of the BPI League. Sporting's next match is scheduled for Saturday, December 6, at 3:00 PM, against Rio Ave. The duel against the team led by João Marques will be played in Vila do Conde.

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