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Christy Ucheibe retains Portuguese Taça da Liga title with SL Benfica

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3 months ago

8:29 pm

Oluwaseun Oyediji

Christy Ucheibe retains Portuguese Taça da Liga title with SL Benfica

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde

Nigeria midfielder Chrisy Ucheibe and her Portuguese side, SL Benfica, retained the 2024/25 Taça da Liga title.

The Portuguese league winners edged Sporting CP 2-1 in the final at the Estadio Dr Magalhaes Pessoa on Sunday.

Diana Silva opened the scoring for Sporting in the ninth minute of play.

Brazil’s Lais equalized for SL Benfica in the 20th minute.

Carole Costa scored a late game-winner for Benfica in the 88th minute to clinch the title.

Ucheibe played the duration of the match as she added to her title accolades with SL Benfica.

SL Benfica has won four consecutive Taça da Liga titles since Braga won the 2021/22 trophy.

They have won six of the last seven Taça da Liga titles added to their league dominance.

Oluwaseun Oyediji

Oluwaseun Babatunde Oyediji is a multi-media sports journalist with over 10 years experience in Information Communication Technology (ICT), women's football, and beach soccer reportage.The prolific writer is the Media Assistant to Nigeria Beach Soccer League and Africa Beach Soccer Union as well as contributor on Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) website.He has covered multiple national and international football tournaments including Championship of African Nations (CHAN 2020), CAF Women's Champions League (2023), and Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2023).Since 2021, Oyediji has covered the NWFL Premiership especially the season ending Super Six Playoffs.A member of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Ogun state chapter is also the image maker of the Remo Sports Development Council under the leadership of Chief Falilat Ogunkoya and David Osuolale.

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