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05/17 14:09 CDT Sporting wins second consecutive Portuguese league title
Sporting wins second consecutive Portuguese league title
LISBON, Portugal (AP) --- Sporting Lisbon won its second consecutive Portuguese
league after it held off Benfica on the final day of the season on Saturday.
Sporting won at home over Vitoria SC 2-0 thanks to goals by star striker Viktor
Gyokeres and Pedro Goncalves, while Benfica drew at 10-man Braga 1-1. That left
Sporting with 82 points and Benfica with 80 after 34 rounds.
Sporting and Benfica arrived to the final round level on points but with the
defending champion owning the head-to-head tiebreaker. Sporting needed only to
match Benfica's result, while its crosstown rival needed Sporting to stumble
and then to better its result.
It was Sporting's 21st league title.
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