2021 Taça de Portugal final: Difference between revisions

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| city = [[Coimbra]]

| man_of_the_match1a = [[Galeno]] (Braga)<ref name="motm">{{cite web|url=https://www.fpf.pt/pt/News/Todas-as-not%C3%ADcias/Not%C3%ADcia/news/29683 |title=Galeno eleito 'Homem do Jogo' em Coimbra|website=FPF|language=pt|publisher=Portuguese Football Federation|date=23 May 2021|access-date=23 May 2021}}</ref>

| fair_player1 = [[Ricardo Horta]] (Braga)<ref name="motm"/>

| referee = Nuno Almeida

| attendance = 0{{refn|group=note|name=Behind closed doors Final}}

| next = [[2022 Taça de Portugal Final|2022]]

The '''2021 Taça de Portugal final''' was the final match of the [[2020–21 Taça de Portugal]], which decided the winner of the 81st edition of the [[Taça de Portugal]], the premier [[single-elimination tournament|knockout]] competition in [[Football in Portugal|Portuguese football]]. It was played on 23 May 2021 at the [[Estádio Cidade de Coimbra]] in [[Coimbra]], between [[S.C. Braga|Braga]] and [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fpf.pt/News/Todas-as-not%C3%ADcias/Not%C3%ADcia/news/28831/contextid/961|title=SC Braga é o primeiro finalista |language=pt |website=fpf.pt|publisher=Portuguese Football Federation|date=3 March 2021|access-date=4 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ojogo.pt/futebol/taca-portugal/noticias/benfica-e-braga-na-final-curiosidades-antes-de-uma-decisao-inedita-13420693.html|title=Benfica e Braga na final: curiosidades em torno de uma decisão que será inédita|date=4 March 2021|website=ojogo.pt|publisher=O Jogo|language=pt|access-date=4 March 2021}}</ref>

Itwas the 38th final for Benfica in the competition's history after they won the [[2017 Taça de Portugal Final|2017 final]] and lost the [[2020 Taça de Portugal Final|2020 final]], while Braga qualified for their seventh final. The two teams faced each other for the first time in the final of the Portuguese Cup.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fpf.pt/News/Todas-as-not%C3%ADcias/Not%C3%ADcia/news/28838|title=SL Benfica na final |website=fpf.pt |publisher=Federação Portuguesa de Futebol|language=pt|date=4 March 2021|access-date=4 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/taca-de-portugal/artigos/benfica-bate-estoril-e-defronta-braga-na-final-da-taca-de-portugal|title=Benfica bate Estoril e defronta Braga na final da Taça de Portugal|website=desporto.sapo.pt|publisher=SAPO Desporto|language=pt|date=4 March 2021|access-date=4 March 2021}}</ref>

|2–1 (A)

|time = 20:30 [[Western European Summer Time|WEST]]

|score = 2–0

|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2021/05/23/portugal/taca-de-portugal/sporting-braga/benfica/3468835/

*[[Lucas Piazon|Piazon]] {{goal|45+3}}

*[[Ricardo Horta|R. Horta]] {{goal|85}}

|stadium = [[Estádio Cidade de Coimbra]], [[Coimbra]]

|attendance = 0{{refn|group=note|name=Behind closed doors Final|The final was played [[Behind closed doors (sport)|behind closed doors]] due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal]].}}

|referee = Nuno Almeida

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|GK ||'''1'''|| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Matheus Lima Magalhães|Matheus]]

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|RB ||'''47'''|| {{flagicon|POR}} [[Ricardo Esgaio]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]]) || {{yel|35}}

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|CB ||'''3'''|| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Vítor Tormena]]

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|CB ||'''34'''|| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Raul Michel Melo da Silva|Raul Silva]]

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|LB ||'''5'''|| {{flagicon|POR}} [[Nuno Sequeira]]

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|RW ||'''21'''|| {{flagicon|POR}} [[Ricardo Horta]]

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|CM ||'''8'''|| {{flagicon|LBY}} [[Ali Musrati]] || {{yel|66}} || {{suboff|75}}

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|CM ||'''88'''|| {{flagicon|POR}} [[André Castro]] || || {{suboff|70}}

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|LW ||'''90'''|| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Galeno]]

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|CF ||'''9'''|| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Abel Ruiz]] || || {{suboff|87}}

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|CF ||'''11'''|| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Lucas Piazon]] || {{sentoff|0|90+4}}

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|colspan=3|'''Substitutes:'''

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|GK ||'''12'''|| {{flagicon|POR}} [[Tiago Sá]]

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|DF ||'''26'''|| {{flagicon|COL}} [[Cristian Borja (footballer, born 1993)|Cristian Borja]]

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|DF ||'''86'''|| {{flagicon|POR}} [[Bruno Rodrigues (footballer, born 2001)|Bruno Rodrigues]]

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|MF ||'''7'''|| {{flagicon|POR}} [[João Novais]] || {{yel|82}} || {{subon|70}}

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|MF ||'''15'''|| {{flagicon|POR}} [[André Horta]] || || {{subon|75}}

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|FW ||'''18'''|| {{flagicon|POR}} [[Rui Fonte]]

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|FW ||'''19'''|| {{flagicon|SVN}} [[Andraž Šporar]] || || {{subon|87}}

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|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''

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|colspan="3"|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Carlos Carvalhal]]

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|GK ||'''77'''||{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Helton Leite]] || {{sentoff|0|16}}

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|RB ||'''5'''||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Jan Vertonghen]]

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|CB ||'''30'''||{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Nicolás Otamendi]] || {{yel|89}}

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|LB ||'''91'''||{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Morato (footballer, born 2001)|Morato]] || || {{suboff|81}}

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|RM ||'''17'''||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Diogo Gonçalves]] || || {{suboff|57}}

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|CM ||'''28'''||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Julian Weigl]]

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|CM ||'''49'''||{{flagicon|MAR}} [[Adel Taarabt]] || {{sentoff|0|90+3}}

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|LM ||'''3'''||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Álex Grimaldo]] || {{yel|90+4}}

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|RW ||'''21'''||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Pizzi (Portuguese footballer)|Pizzi]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]]) || || {{suboff|21}}

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|CF ||'''14'''||{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Haris Seferovic]] || || {{suboff|57}}

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|LW ||'''7'''||{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Everton Soares|Everton]] || || {{suboff|57}}

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|colspan=3|'''Substitutes:'''

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|GK ||'''99'''||{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Odysseas Vlachodimos]] || || {{subon|21}}

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|DF ||'''33'''||{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Jardel (footballer, born 1986)|Jardel]]

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|DF ||'''71'''||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Nuno Tavares]] || {{yel|88}} || {{subon|57}}

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|MF ||'''8'''||{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Gabriel Appelt Pires|Gabriel]]

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|MF ||'''19'''||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Chiquinho (footballer, born 1995)|Chiquinho]] || || {{subon|81}}

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|MF ||'''27'''||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Rafa Silva]] || {{yel|85}} || {{subon|57}}

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|FW ||'''9'''||{{flagicon|URU}} [[Darwin Núñez]] || || {{subon|57}}

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|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''

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|colspan="3"|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Jorge Jesus]]

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'''Man of the Match:'''

<br />[[Galeno]] (Braga)<ref name="motm"/>

<br />'''Fair Player of the Match:'''

<br />[[Ricardo Horta]] (Braga)<ref name="motm"/>

'''[[Assistant referee (association football)|Assistant referees]]:'''

<br />André Campos

<br />Pedro Felisberto

<br />'''[[Assistant referee (association football)#Fourth official|Fourth official]]:'''

<br />Rui Costa

<br />'''[[Video assistant referee]]:'''

<br />[[João Pinheiro (referee)|João Pinheiro]]

<br />'''[[Video assistant referee#Assistant video assistant referee|Assistant video assistant referees]]:'''

<br />[[Tiago Martins (referee)|Tiago Martins]]

<br />João Bessa Silva

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'''Match rules'''

*90 minutes

*30 minutes of [[Overtime (sports)#Association football|extra time]] if necessary

*[[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|Penalty shoot-out]] if scores still level

*Seven named substitutes

*Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time{{refn|group=note|Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.}}

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==Notes==

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{{S.C. Braga matches}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Taca De Portugal final 2021}}

[[Category:May 2021 sports events in Portugal]]