Cristiano Ronaldo is undoubtedly one of the most prolific footballers to ever grace the planet. Any club would assuredly jump at the opportunity to have him in their ranks, despite him being at the tender age of thirty-three.

Yet, due to Portugal’s recent successes post World Cup without their talisman, pundits and fans alike are beginning to question whether the five-time Ballon D’or winner is a hindrance more than a help for his national team.

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  Justin/rochester — I echo what you guys are saying and quite frankly I’ve been waiting for this for years now. It’s up to Ronaldo and whoever the coach is to acknowledge that he can’t be the only one threatening defenses. It’s not even just this group of young players, this has been going on for the past 6-8 y......
  Paulo — It’s ridiculous that ppl even mention this possibility. I get systems are in place etc, but if it’s a straight shootout between CR7 and Andre Silva for a spot in the team, then there is no contest....
  Neville — Leader like Ronaldo is irreplaceable. We need a leader like Ronaldo who plays at the highest level and sets an example on the field. With the present crop of players we can expect a strong team in near future lead by Ronaldo. The current players in the team are playing above average and need to......

Everton manager Marco Silva praised the performance of André Gomes after the Portugal midfielder made an impressive debut in the Toffees’ 2-0 victory over Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Sunday.

Meanwhile, this weekend saw goals for Cristiano Ronaldo and Bernardo Silva in Italy and England respectively, while José Mourinho was denied what would have been a priceless victory as Manchester United conceded a 96th-minute equaliser against his former club Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

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  Brian/RI/USA — I'm interested to see how Andre Gomes fairs now that it's a fresh start and the expectations are a bit lower of him at Everton, I still think he's learning where to play. I watched the game and he was deployed as more of a deep lying midfield player. I honestly thought he would be used as a number 1......
  Nick J — Andre Gomes is a clever player who's understanding of the game/positioning/distribution and ball carrying improved massively at Barcelona despite the Barca fans getting on his back. The progression from his time at Valencia was obvious when he played for the Portugal national team and was used in va......

After a highly successful international break for the Seleção, the thoughts of Portuguese players and coaches return to domestic matters this weekend, and there are several important matches for the contingent across the world.

For Vítor Pereira, there will be an agonising watch from the stands as his Shanghai SIPG side look to make strides towards the Chinese championship, with the former Porto coach beginning a three-match suspension. Meanwhile, Sevilla’s Daniel Carriço prepares to lead his side at Camp Nou against Barcelona and Marco Silva anticipates André Gomes making an impact with Everton.

Portugal’s U21 team made the play-offs for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship with a 4-2 win against Bosnia-Herzegovina at the Estádio dos Barreiros in Madeira tonight. The win followed a commanding 9-0 thrashing of Liechtenstein to leave Rui Jorge’s side on 22 points in Group 8.

Romania topped the group but Portugal were good enough to be one of the four best runners-up. They will meet Greece, Poland or Austria in the play-offs which will be held in November.

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  jon/usa — Given the fact that there is a strong possibility that Portugal will be competing in three different international tournaments next summer (U20 World Cup -- guaranteed, U21 European Championship, and the Uefa Nations League finals), it'll be interesting to see how this incredibly promising talent po......
  Mike — Only saw the highlights. Couldn't find any streams. The last 2 goals were beautiful. Uefa should stream these games on their YouTube channel like they do for the futsal tournaments....
  Matthew Marshall — I caught the game last night on CMTV online. Wasn't the clearest picture and had to go through a heap of ads to get there but it was the only way for me....

Scotland 1-3 Portugal

A debut goal for Hélder Costa and a couple of second-half efforts from Eder and Bruma charged Portugal on to a 3-1 victory over Scotland at Hampden Park, this evening, as the Seleção wrapped up a satisfactory international double-header.

In a tight first-half affair, Costa took his chance on the brink of half time to give the European champions a 1-0 lead going into the break. As the Scots prepared a fight-back in the second period, Portugal dealt with the threat that never really came, adding greater comfort to the score-line later in the half with a couple more efforts prior to Steven Naismith's consolation goal.

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  Monah — Guys, a favor please: any link to watch the Euro U21 qualification match tomorrow against Bosnia? It's very critical there, a win is a must, and we must sit and watch Russia or Belgium or Poland to slip draw or lose for us to get a spot among the top 4 best 2nd among all 9 groups, in order to play i......
  Neville — The Bench strength looks good. Pedro Mendes looked more confident at the back. IMAGINE, WHEN THE BEST PLAYER CR7 JOINS THE SQUAD....
  Nick J — No Cristiano no party! oh, wait.......

Poland 2-3 Portugal

Portugal put on an impressive display in an action-packed game in Chorzów. The Poles took the lead early on through a Krzysztof Piatek header. However, goals from André Silva, a Kamil Glik own goal, and a brilliant Bernardo Silva effort put the Seleção ahead.

There was controversy after Rui Patrício was beaten by Jakub Błaszczykowski's superb shot but that goal ultimately didn't deny Portugal the victory in a polished performance in Poland.

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  SupremoGino — Thanks guys. enjoy the match....
  Red — @supremogino try http://myp2peu.eu/...
  Mike — @supremogino. I use http://www.mamahd.org. Works pretty well....

Leonardo Jardim has paid the price for Monaco’s disastrous start to the season, with the former Sporting manager to be sacked after a little over four years at the Stade Louis II according to reports in France.

Monaco sit in 18th place in Ligue 1 and are on a run of ten matches without a win. Jardim’s side lost 2-1 at home to Rennes on Sunday evening, making it four defeats in a row, during which time Les Monégasques have scored just once.

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  Nick J — FARCE! They were looking for an excuse so they could get a big name in. His next club will be lucky....
  mike — Sporting needs to hire him back!!!...
  Val — 2014-2015 (third place) 2015-2016 (third place) 2016-2017 (first place) 2017-2018 (second place) Wins: 125 Draws: 52 Loses: 55 G/F: 438 G/A: 286 All while operating under a SELL EVERYTHING VALUABLE plan. He also caused havoc in the Champions league by knocking out some of the worlds heavy-weights......

Benfica grabbed all the headlines as Liga NOS pauses for another international break following Week 7, beating Porto 1-0 in the Clássico to claim top spot in the division. Other highlights included Portimonense’s Shoya Nakajima displaying another scintillating example of his talent in a 4-2 upset of Sporting, while Rio Ave battled to an impressive draw away at Braga.

However for the second week running PortuGOAL’s Figure of the Week is an unlikely hat-trick hero, Hildeberto Pereira netting all 3 goals as Vitória Setúbal beat Moreirense 3-0 at Estádio do Bonfim.

It was an eventful weekend for Portuguese players and managers across Europe, with Cristiano Ronaldo and José Mourinho leading the upbeat stories. Ronaldo scored for Juventus in their victory over Udinese in Italy, while Mourinho, Nuno Espírito Santo and Marco Silva all recorded wins in England.

In less positive news, Monaco continue to flounder under Leonardo Jardim in France and Eder was red-carded in Russia, but there were plenty of Portuguese goals among the lesser-heralded leagues on the continent, while Pedro Caixinha, Sá Pinto, Toni Conceição and Vítor Pereira are enjoying good spells in their managerial positions.

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  Val — Mourinho the victim is laughable! What man hunt? He coaches the richest club on Earth surrounded by all star players, bench and reserves and all he does is whine and complain. Its like a rich kid complaining about how tough his life is. STFU Mourinho! Lucky his team managed 3 goals in the second ha......
  Eu — What about Daniel Candeias at Rangers, another great performance to help beat top of the league hearts. last years player of the season and the only good thing Pedro Caixinha brought to Rangers during his torrid spell at the club. I would love to see him get a mention even though he has a very nomad......

Benfica 1-0 FC Porto

Benfica returned to the summit of the Primeira Liga table after a second-half goal from Haris Seferovic handed the Eagles a 1-0 win over FC Porto at the Estádio da Luz, this evening.

Following Sporting de Braga's 1-1 draw to Rio Ave on Saturday night, the two giants locked horns in a direct dispute for top spot before the upcoming international break, as both sides played out a goalless first half.

Seferovic stepped up to tip the balance for the hosts in the second period. The Eagles were tasked with defending their lead with 10 men after Cristian Lema's red card late on, but Porto failed to hit back.

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  Nick J — Deserved win for Benfica. They were organised, pressed hard and their positioning gave Porto nowhere to go. Marega cant lead the line and quite a few players are still way off their best. Aboubakar is going to be a HUGE miss this season....
  John — Big win for Benfica and well deserved. I am surprised you didn't mention how much of a joke that red card was....
  Johan/Netherlands — Yess, finally a win against Porto, how long ago is that. Gives me positive energy for days, and confidence for this SLB-season. Porto will really mis Aboubakar this year, Benfica missed the length of Jardel in the end of game, hope he'll return before the matches versus Ajax, cause they'll mis Dias......

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  4. PortuGOAL Figure of the Week: Vítor Gomes is Aves' unlikely sharpshooter
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