The Cup final opposed Sporting Braga to Sporting Lisbon. The difference of class was obvious – Sporting won 4-0 and collected the trophy.
A nice effort of Sporting, but it ended with predictable loss. Still, it was fine – Sporting got to play in the Cup Winners Cup.
Standing from left: Eurico, Jordao, Ferenc Meszaros, Virgilio, Inacio, Oliveira.
First row: Lito, Carlos Xavier, Barao, Manuel Fernandes, Nogueira.
A supreme season, finished with a double. Making the total record of Sporting 16th titles and 11th Cups. The team was good – Jordao, Eurico, Meszaros, to name the best known – but still it was not exceptional squad not only by European standards: even in Portugal had been much stronger squads. But nothing to shun the joy – a good spell for Sporting after years of playing second fiddle, if not even third, started with the beginning of the 1980s. The rewards? Two titles and a cup in three years.