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Bruno Guimaraes opens up on what it was like to captain Newcastle United to their first domestic trophy triumph in 70 years
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Bruno Guimaraes celebrates with the Carabao Cup. | Credit: Getty Images Unless you were a Sunderland or Liverpool fan, it would have been hard not to have been moved by the scenes that greeted Newcastle United's Carabao Cup victory earlier this season. Advertisement The Magpies' 2-1 win over Arne Slot's Premier League champions-in-waiting back in March was the first time that the team had got their hands on a piece of domestic silverware since they beat Manchester City 3-1 in the 1955 FA Cup final. An estimated 300,000 Newcastle supporters poured onto the streets for the team's open-top bus parade as one of English football's more notable trophy droughts was ended. Bruno Guimaraes on captaining Newcastle to a major trophy Burno leads the Newcastle United trophy lift at Wembley | Credit: Getty Images Brazilian midfielder Bruno Guimaraes was the player tasked with captaining the Magpies at Wembley and responded by putting in his usual all-action display as goals from Dan Burn and Alexander Isak sealed the trophy. Advertisement So how did it feel to follow in the footsteps of Jimmy Scoular, the Toon skipper way back in 1955 and lead the Magpies to a domestic trophy? Newcastle's previous domestic honour came in 1955 | Credit: Getty Images 'It's tough to find the best words to describe this dream I've been living,' Guimaraes tells FourFourTwo. 'Given Newcastle's history, tradition and passionate fanbase, 70 years without a domestic trophy was such a long time. 'I think the penny will fully drop when I retire. I've been walking on clouds, making the most of this honeymoon with the fans. 'I've felt like that since day one at Newcastle, but to become the first captain in 70 years to lift a [domestic] trophy meant the world to me.' Advertisement 'The parade was mind-blowing: I saw everything from eight-year-old kids to 80-year-olds sobbing, because of what this amazing club gave to them. I saw four people on top of a tree–I was afraid it would come down with them! [Laughs] Guimaraes has a strong bond with the St James' Park faithful | Credit: Getty Images 'We wanted to win that trophy so much. We really pushed ourselves.' Guimaraes - who was ranked at no.12 in FourFourTwo's list of the best Premier League players this season - will be hoping to end the campaign with another celebration, with Newcastle going into the final weekend of the Premier League season knowing that a win over Everton in Sunday afternoon will be enough to secure a Champions League place.
Reuters
17-05-2025
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Sporting beat Vitoria to clinch Portuguese title
LISBON, May 17 (Reuters) - Sporting were crowned Portugal champions after beating Vitoria Guimaraes 2-0 in Primeira Liga on Saturday as both the title race and the relegations were decided on the final match day. Pedro Goncalves put the defending champions in front after 55 minutes before Viktor Gyokeres doubled the advantage late on, sealing the points with a low strike inside the bottom right corner. Sporting finished top of the standings on 82 points, two points above local rivals Benfica who were held to a 1-1 draw at 10-man Sporting Braga in a simultaneous kickoff. Sporting and Benfica played out a 1-1 draw last weekend to stay level on points but Sporting's 1-0 win in the reverse fixture in December meant they held a head-to-head advantage, and only needed to match Benfica's result on final day. Sporting, who became champions for the 21st time, won first consecutive league titles since they claimed four in a row from 1951-54. Boavista and Farense were relegated from the top flight while 16th-placed AVS will face Vizela, who finished third in the second tier, in the playoffs.
BBC News
17-05-2025
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- BBC News
Sporting beat Guimaraes to retain Primeira Liga title
Sporting pipped rivals Benfica to Portugal's Primeira Liga title after beating Guimaraes 2-0 on the final day of the Lisbon rivals started the day level on points but Sporting held top spot courtesy of a better head-to-head knew a win would seal a second successive title and goals from Pedro Goncalves and Viktor Gyokeres trailed at Braga after Rodrigo Martinez scored a penalty but Vangelis Pavlidis levelled in the second were reduced to 10 men shortly after conceding when Joao Moutinho was issued a second yellow card but Benfica were unable to find a is Sporting's 21st league title and the third time they have topped the table in the past five began the 2024-25 campaign with 12 successive wins but the departure of manager Ruben Amorim to Manchester United in November disrupted their Pereira, who replaced Amorim, lasted just 42 days in the post after winning only one of his four league games at the helm and three of eight fixtures across all Borges stepped in to steady the ship and guided Sporting to an unbeaten end to the season in the league, winning 13 and drawing six.
Arab News
17-05-2025
- Sport
- Arab News
Sporting defend Portuguese title with final day win
LISBON: Sporting Lisbon defended their Portuguese crown on Saturday with a 2-0 win over Guimaraes to hold off rivals Benfica on the final day of the Primeira Liga season. Both Sporting and Benfica were level on points going into their last match after a tense 1-1 derby draw last weekend left the title race on a knife edge. Benfica needed to better Sporting's result to triumph but drew 1-1 at Braga, although even a victory would not have been enough as Rui Borges' side triumphed and had the superior head-to-head. Pedro Goncalves broke the deadlock in the second half and the division's top goalscorer Viktor Gyokeres notched his 39th league goal of a stunning campaign to seal Sporting's victory. Manchester United coach Ruben Amorim led Sporting to last year's title and after he departed in November was replaced by Joao Pereira, who only lasted six troubled weeks before Borges took over. Sporting claimed their 21st Primeira division title and could make it a domestic double as they face Benfica next Sunday in the Portuguese cup final.
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17-05-2025
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Sporting defend Portuguese title with final day win
Sporting Lisbon defended their Portuguese crown on Saturday with a 2-0 win over Guimaraes to hold off rivals Benfica on the final day of the Primeira Liga season. Both Sporting and Benfica were level on points going into their last match after a tense 1-1 derby draw last weekend left the title race on a knife edge. Advertisement Benfica needed to better Sporting's result to triumph but drew 1-1 at Braga, although even a victory would not have been enough as Rui Borges' side triumphed and had the superior head-to-head. Pedro Goncalves broke the deadlock in the second half and the division's top goalscorer Viktor Gyokeres notched his 39th league goal of a stunning campaign to seal Sporting's victory. Manchester United coach Ruben Amorim led Sporting to last year's title and after he departed in November was replaced by Joao Pereira, who only lasted six troubled weeks before Borges took over. Sporting claimed their 21st Primeira division title and could make it a domestic double as they face Benfica next Sunday in the Portuguese cup final. rbs/nf
