Thomas Sinicki, Media365: Published on Monday, May 6, 2024 at 10:55 am.
It's all over for Sporting Portugal, who are sure they will no longer be able to join Benfica at the top after the unexpected defeat of the other club, the Lisbon Eagles, who will remain in second place.
Thanks to Benfica's unexpected defeat at Famalicao, Sporting won their 20th Portuguese championship title on Sunday. It had already started well with a five-point lead three days before the end, and now it is official thanks to the win at Portimonense on Saturday (3-0) plus the setback suffered by the other Lisbon club – recently eliminated by Olympique de Marseille in the Europa League quarter-finals – at Famalicao (2-0) which makes Eight lengths ahead with two games remaining Of the season.
Perfect home record and second in history with 90 points?
Ruben Amorim's players, once cited as a potential successor to Jurgen Klopp, have dominated Liverpool's bench for months, unbeaten since December 8. Leading the way from day 6, they only relinquished first place on day 11 to regain it in the next match, never to relinquish it again. They were eliminated in the last 16 of C3 by Atalanta, and were able to focus on the tournament, led by their Swedish striker Victor Gyokiris, who has given the scorers a scare with 27 goals.
Balance sheet for 27 wins, 3 draws and 2 lossesand are already strong, and are perfect at home with sixteen wins in as many games played at the Estadio José Alvalade. They need just one more win to beat the club's record points tally in a single season, 86, as they have 84 units with two games remaining. If they win two more, they will be the second team in history to reach the 90-point mark. Behind the number 91 that Porto put on in 2022On the other hand, there is still a long way to go to catch up with the national coronations of the two great national rivals, 38 for Benfica and 30 for Porto.
