Sporting will make their debut in the Portuguese Cup against Olivais and Moscavide.

This Saturday, Sporting will face Olivais and Moscavide from the Lisbon district in the third round of the Portuguese Cup, the round that marks the entry of I League teams into the competition.

The Lions, current leaders of the championship and 17-time winners of the Portuguese Cup, will face the current sixth-placed team in Lisbon’s 1st District Division in a match scheduled to take place at the José Gomes Stadium in Amador. .

To reach this stage, Olivais e Moscavide had already eliminated Real Massama (2-1) in the first round and Os Sandinenses (3-1) in the second, both matches played away and against teams from more high bracket in this case the Portuguese championship.

The two teams had already met each other in the quarter-finals of the tournament in the 1994/95 season: Sporting beat Olivais and Moscavide 6–1 and went on to win the final against Maritimo 2–0.

Also this Saturday, Leixões of the II League will host Vitoria de Setúbal of the Portuguese Championship in a duel between two teams who have already won the competition but are currently outside the main “stages” of national football.

Another team that has already won the Portuguese Cup is Estela da Amadora of the I League, who will visit Vila Mean of the Portuguese Championship on a day in which 11 third round games are played.

In addition to Sporting and Estrela da Amadora, first division teams Moreirense, Vizela, Casa Pia and Arroca will make their debut in the tournament today, visiting Paredes, Atlético, Rabo de Peixe and “Felgueiras” respectively.

Already qualified were Sporting Braga, Benfica, Portimonense and Porto, who applied the “law of the fittest” against lower-level teams, and will be present in the draw for the fourth round, scheduled for Wednesday, with games to be played on Wednesday. weekend of November 25th and 26th.