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1996 Taça de Portugal final

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1996 Taça de Portugal final
Event1995–96 Taça de Portugal
Benfica Sporting CP
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Date18 May 1996
VenueEstádio Nacional,Oeiras
RefereeVítor Pereira (Lisbon)[1]
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The1996 Taça de Portugal finalwas the final match of the1995–96 Taça de Portugal,the 56th season of theTaça de Portugal,the premier Portuguesefootballcup competition organized by thePortuguese Football Federation(FPF). The match was played on 18 May 1996 at theEstádio NacionalinOeiras,and opposed two Primeira Liga sidesBenficaandSporting CP.Benfica defeated Sporting CP 3–1 to claim the Taça de Portugal for a twenty third time in their history.[2]

InPortugal,the final was televised live onRTP.As a result of winning the Taça de Portugal, Benfica qualified for the1996 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira,where they faced1995–96 Primeira DivisãowinnersPorto.[3][4]

Match

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Details

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Benfica3–1Sporting CP
Airez9'
João Pinto39',67'		 (Report) Xavier83' (pen.)
Referee: Vítor Pereira (Lisbon)[1]
Benfica
Sporting CP
GK 1 BelgiumMichel Preud'homme
RB 22 PortugalDaniel Kenedy downward-facing red arrow85'
CB 4 PortugalHélder
CB 3 BrazilRicardo Gomes Yellow card83'Red card83'
LB 13 PortugalDimas
DM 6 PortugalPaulo Bento
CM 7 PortugalJosé Calado
CM 19 PortugalBruno Caires downward-facing red arrow89'
RM 10 BrazilValdo
LM 8 PortugalJoão Pinto(c)
CF 18 ArgentinaMauro Airez Yellow card28' downward-facing red arrow83'
Substitutes:
DF 5 BrazilEmerson Thome upward-facing green arrow83'
MF 20 BulgariaIlian Iliev upward-facing green arrow85'
FW 25 BrazilMarcelo upward-facing green arrow89'
Manager:
PortugalMário Wilson
GK 1 PortugalCostinha
RB 2 PortugalFernando Nélson
CB 3 MoroccoNoureddine Naybet
CB 5 BrazilMarco Aurélio
LB 17 AngolaLuís Miguel
DM 8 PortugalPedro Martins downward-facing red arrow65'
CM 13 PortugalLuís Vidigal
RM 25 PortugalEmílio Peixe(c) Yellow card21' downward-facing red arrow34'
AM 21 PortugalAfonso Martins
LM 9 BulgariaIvaylo Yordanov downward-facing red arrow45'
CF 7 PortugalRicardo Sá Pinto
Substitutes:
MF 10 PortugalCarlos Xavier upward-facing green arrow65'
MF 22 PortugalJosé Dominguez upward-facing green arrow45'
FW 19 PortugalPaulo Alves upward-facing green arrow34'
Manager:
PortugalOctávio Machado
1995–96 Taça de Portugal Winners
Benfica
23rd Title
Match officials
  • Assistant referees:
  • Fourth official:
Match rules
  • 90 minutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions

The very light incident

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During thisderby match,Rui Mendes (a supporter of Sporting) died on site[5]after he was hit inside the stadium by avery lightthrown by Hugo Inácio (a member of theNo Name Boys). The death happened just after the first goal of the match, when Benfica'sMauro Airezscored 9 minutes into the game, during the subsequent celebrations of Benfica fans in the stadium.[6]Despite the incident in the stands, the match continued.[5]

Following the death, Sporting paid for Mendes' funeral, and the Portuguese Football Federation, showing solidarity with Mendes' family, gave them a subsidy of around 1,650 escudos, 10 per cent of the gross revenue from the match between the Portugal and the Ukraine national football teams, which took place on 5 October 1996.

Mendes was 36 years old and father of two children.[7]Inácio was sentenced to four years in prison in 1998. After escaping from prison in 2000, he was captured in 2011.[8]According to witnesses, including a former member of No Name Boys, the fatal injuries resulted from a deliberate action to cause bodily harm to members ofJuventude Leonina(supporters of Sporting), who were at the opposite end of the stadium.[9]The Portuguese Football Federation was ordered to pay 235,000 euros, instead of the €150,000 initially planned to the relatives of Mendes.[10]

References

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  1. ^ab"Benfica 3-1 Sporting".ZeroZero.Retrieved19 September2013.
  2. ^"Taça de Portugal 1995/1996 - Final"[Cup of Portugal 1995/1996 - Final].ForaDeJogo.Retrieved19 September2013.
  3. ^"FC Porto 1-0 Benfica".ZeroZero.Retrieved19 September2013.
  4. ^"Benfica 0-5 FC Porto".ZeroZero.Retrieved19 September2013.
  5. ^abTristeza no final da Taça de Portugal 1995/96,27 May 2009,retrieved2023-11-08
  6. ^Roseiro, Bruno."Claques. Como nasceram, de que forma evoluíram, no que se tornaram (com polémicas e violência pelo meio)".Observador(in European Portuguese).Retrieved2023-11-07.
  7. ^"Família de adepto morto com very-light pede justiça".cmjornal.pt(in European Portuguese).Retrieved2023-11-06.
  8. ^SAPO."Há 25 anos, o caso do very light manchava para sempre o futebol português".SAPO Desporto(in Portuguese).Retrieved2023-11-06.
  9. ^""Very light não foi acidente"".record.pt(in European Portuguese).Retrieved2023-11-06.
  10. ^"«Caso very light»: agravada a indemnização a pagar pela FPF".Maisfutebol(in Portuguese).Retrieved2023-11-06.
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