2014 Taça da Liga final
Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa
Event2013–14 Taça da Liga
Benfica Rio Ave
2 0
Date7 May 2014
VenueEstádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria
Man of the MatchRodrigo (Benfica)[1]
RefereeHugo Miguel (Lisbon)[2]
Attendance23,119[3]
WeatherDry
18 °C (64 °F)

The 2014 Taça da Liga final was the final match of the 2013–14 Taça da Liga, the seventh season of the Taça da Liga.

Benfica defeated Rio Ave 2–0 to win a record fifth title in the competition.

Route to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Rio Ave Round Benfica
Opponent Result Stadium First round Opponent Result Stadium
Bye Bye
Opponent Result Stadium Second round Opponent Result Stadium
Bye Bye
Opponent Result Stadium Third round Opponent Result Stadium
Paços de Ferreira 2–0 (H) Estádio dos Arcos Matchday 1 Nacional 1–0 (A) Estádio da Madeira
Vitória de Setúbal 1–1 (H) Estádio dos Arcos Matchday 2 Leixões 2–0 (H) Estádio da Luz
Sporting da Covilhã 3–1 (A) Complexo Desportivo da Covilhã Matchday 3 Gil Vicente 1–0 (H) Estádio do Restelo
Group A winners
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Rio Ave 321062+47
Paços de Ferreira 320143+16
Vitória de Setúbal 311123–14
Sporting da Covilhã 300326−40
 Final standings Group D winners
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Benfica 330040+49
Nacional 311143+14
Gil Vicente 302124–22
Leixões 301204−41
Opponent Result Stadium Knockout phase Opponent Result Stadium
Braga 2–1 (H) Estádio dos Arcos Semi-finals Porto 0–0 (4–3p) (A) Estádio do Dragão

Rio Ave

As a Primeira Liga team, Rio Ave entered the 2013–14 Taça da Liga in the third round. The third round consisted of three group stage matches with the group winner progressing to the semi-finals. Rio Ave were drawn in group A, alongside Primeira Liga sides Paços de Ferreira, Vitória de Setúbal and Segunda Liga's Sporting da Covilhã.[4] The Vilacondenses opening match was a home tie against fellow first division side Paços de Ferreira. Rio Ave defeated their opponents comfortably with goals in either half from Egyptian striker Ahmed Hassan and winger Ukra.[5] Rio Ave's second group stage match saw the visit of Vitória de Setúbal to the Estádio dos Arcos. After trailing to a first half goal from Setúbal's Nélson Pedroso, Rio Ave's manager Nuno Espírito Santo brought on three attacking minded players in the second half in order to salvage a point for the home side. Nuno's substitutions paid off, as six minutes from the end Joeano's free kick curled into the top corner and beat Vitória's Paweł Kieszek to postpone the decision of who would progress to the semi-finals for the last group stage match.[6] For their final group stage match, Rio Ave played away to Sporting da Covilhã. In a must win match, Rio Ave defeated the Segunda Liga side 3–1 thanks to goals from Bruno Braga, Pedro Santos and Ukra to qualify for a second consecutive League Cup semi-final.[7]

In the semi-finals, Rio Ave played host to group C winners Braga. In an evenly contested match, Rio Ave took the lead on 40 minutes through Ahmed Hassan, who converted from the penalty spot. The penalty came about after a long ball found an on-rushing Bruno Braga who was fouled by Braga's Aderlan Santos. As Aderlan Santos was the last man of Braga's defense, match official Olegário Benquerença had no other option but to send off the Brazilian and reduce Braga to ten men. Replays showed that Santos did not make any contact with Braga, and that the foul occurred outside the penalty area. On the verge of half time, Braga equalized through Custódio, after Raul Rusescu's free kick was saved by Rio Ave's Ederson and Custódio was quickest to react to level the encounter at 1–1. Rio Ave would regain the lead on 69 minutes. A right wing cross from Ukra saw Braga fail to clear the ball on two occasions, which found Bruno Braga on the edge of the box and saw the midfielder strike a volley into Eduardo's right hand top corner to make it 2–1 to the home side. Despite Braga's late pressure, Rio Ave would hold on to reach the final of the Taça da Liga for the first time in their history.[8][9]

Pre-match

Venue

On 20 January, the Portuguese League for Professional Football (LPFP), announced that three venues — the Estádio Cidade de Coimbra in Coimbra, the Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa in Leiria and the Estádio Municipal de Braga in Braga — made applications to the LPFP to show their intention of hosting the final of the Taça da Liga.[10][11] On 24 February, the LPFP announced that the Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa in Leiria would host the final for the first time.[12][13]

The Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa was the home stadium of União de Leiria between 2003 and 2011 and occasionally hosts Portugal national team matches. It has a seating capacity for 23,888 spectators.[14] Between 2002 and 2003, the stadium underwent renovation works as it was selected by the Portuguese Football Federation as one of the host venues for the UEFA Euro 2004. The stadium played host to two group stage matches, when both France and Switzerland played against Croatia.

Match

Details

Benfica2–0Rio Ave
Rodrigo 42'
Luisão 78'		 Report
Attendance: 23,119[3]
Referee: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon) [2]
Benfica
Rio Ave
GK41Slovenia Jan Oblak
RB14Uruguay Maxi Pereira
CB4Brazil Luisão (c)
CB24Argentina Ezequiel Garay
LB16Brazil Guilherme Siqueira
RM50Serbia Lazar Marković
CM6Portugal Rúben AmorimYellow card 35'downward-facing red arrow 84'
CM35Argentina Enzo Pérez
LM20Argentina Nicolás Gaitándownward-facing red arrow 69'
CF11Brazil Limadownward-facing red arrow 90+1'
CF19Spain Rodrigo
Substitutes:
GK1Brazil Artur
DF33Brazil Jardel
DF34Portugal André Almeidaupward-facing green arrow 84'
MF18Argentina Eduardo SalvioYellow card 88'upward-facing green arrow 69'
MF30Portugal André Gomesupward-facing green arrow 90+1'
FW7Paraguay Óscar Cardozo
FW90Portugal Ivan Cavaleiro
Manager:
Portugal Jorge Jesus
GK1Portugal Hugo Ventura
RB12Brazil Lionn
CB2Peru Alberto Rodríguez
CB46Brazil Marcelo
LB26Brazil Edimar
RM7Brazil Filipe Augusto
CM77Portugal Rúben Ribeirodownward-facing red arrow 68'
LM8Portugal Tarantini (c)Yellow card 77'
RW17Portugal Ukra
LW23Portugal Pedro Santosdownward-facing red arrow 80'
CF9Egypt Ahmed Hassandownward-facing red arrow 68'
Substitutes:
GK93Brazil Ederson
DF15Portugal Tiago Pinto
DF16Portugal Nuno Lopes
MF10Brazil Diego Lopesupward-facing green arrow 80'
MF11Portugal Bruno Bragaupward-facing green arrow 68'
MF14Portugal André Vilas Boas
FW20Brazil Sandro LimaYellow card 70'upward-facing green arrow 68'
Manager:
Portugal Nuno Espírito Santo
Man of the match
Match officials
  • Assistant referees:
  • Fourth official: Cosme Machado (Braga)[15]
Match rules
  • 90 minutes
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores level after 90 minutes
  • Seven named substitutes
  • Maximum of three substitutions

References

  1. 1 2 "Rodrigo eleito melhor em campo" [Rodrigo voted man of the match] (in Portuguese). ZeroZero. 7 May 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Hugo Miguel dirige final" [Hugo Miguel directs final] (in Portuguese). Record. 5 May 2014. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Benfica 2-0 Rio Ave". Liga Portugal. 7 May 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Taça da Liga: sorteio colocou Sporting no grupo do FC Porto" [League Cup: draw sees Sporting in the group of FC Porto]. MaisFutebol (in Portuguese). 20 November 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  5. ↑ "Taça da Liga: Rio Ave bate Paços (2x0); Marítimo empata com Penafiel (0x0)" [League Cup: Rio Ave beats Paços (2x0); Marítimo draws with Penafiel (0x0)]. ZeroZero (in Portuguese). 29 December 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  6. ↑ "Taça da Liga: Rio Ave e Vitória de Setúbal empatam e adiam decisões no Grupo A (1x1)" [League Cup: Rio Ave and Vitória de Setúbal draw and postpone decisions in Grupo A (1x1)]. ZeroZero (in Portuguese). 15 January 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  7. ↑ "Sp. Covilhã-Rio Ave, 1-3: Acelerar na esquerda para chegar às "meias"" [Sp. Covilhã-Rio Ave, 1-3: Accelerate to the left to get to the "semis"]. Record (in Portuguese). 15 January 2014. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  8. ↑ "Rio Ave 2-1 Sp.Braga". Record (in Portuguese). 15 January 2014. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  9. ↑ "Bomba de Braga coloca Rio Ave na final (2x1)" [Braga bomb puts Rio Ave in the final]. ZeroZero (in Portuguese). 13 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  10. ↑ "Coimbra, Leiria e Braga querem receber final" [Coimbra, Leiria and Braga want to host final]. A Bola. 20 January 2014. Archived from the original on 22 January 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  11. ↑ "Coimbra, Leiria e Braga candidatam-se a receber final" [Coimbra, Leiria and Braga apply to host final]. Record. 20 January 2014. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  12. ↑ "Final no Estádio Municipal de Leiria" [Final at the Estádio Municipal in Leiria]. Record. 24 February 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  13. ↑ Göppert, Knut; Stockhusen, Knut; Moschner, Thomas (2014-06-11). "Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, Rio de Janeiro". Stahlbau. 83 (6): 368–375. doi:10.1002/stab.201410163. ISSN 0038-9145.
  14. ↑ "Dr. Magalhães Pessoa". ZeroZero. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  15. 1 2 3 "Ficha de jogo" [Match report] (in Portuguese). LPFP. 7 May 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
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