After an intense week of competition, Benfica was proclaimed champion of the Golden Cup this Sunday, the experiment that the EHCA clubs have organized as an alternative to the Champions League.
A competition that took place in the Riazor Sports Palace and that also served to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the organizing club, the Liceo. A special stage for Paul Alvarez, who has become one of the names of the championship. The striker, who makes his debut this season with Benfica, signed a poker game against Liceo in the semifinals, which left the Galician team out of the final, a special rival for the Argentine.
And it is that Paul Alvarez He came to European hockey at the Liceo in 2006. In A Coruña he grew as a player for a few years later, in 2011, making the way to Barcelona to join the Barça ranks in which he remained until last summer to make the leap to the Portuguese league. On the ‘stick’ he always carries the Tower of Hercules but that does not prevent him from taking the measure of his former team. With the four goals in the semis, he already has 41 scored against the Liceo, the second active player with the most goals against the Galicians.
To round off his performance, he signed Benfica’s last goal in the final, which left him as the second top scorer in the tournament, with six.