Nuno Espírito Santo’s Wolverhampton Wanderers are headed to Wembley as FA Cup semi-finalists after a convincing 2-1 victory over Manchester United on Saturday. Diogo Jota scored one of the goals for Wolves, who are joined in the last four by favourites Manchester City after Bernardo Silva ignited their comeback from 2-0 down at Swansea City.

Elsewhere, Marco Silva secured a huge victory for Everton with a 2-0 win over Chelsea, but there was less fortune for Paulo Sousa who was denied a debut win on the Bordeaux bench by a stoppage time goal. Vieirinha and Orlando Sá lead the goalscoring stories with a screamer and a decisive winner in Greece and Belgium respectively, while there were also goals for Portuguese in Bulgaria, Israel, Holland, Romania, Ukraine and the English Championship.

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  Val — Danny, I understand that line of thinking as I often share it myself but the Euro win should have tempered this and taught many people not to crap on their own players as they often do extraordinary things (Eder). No other country (except Argentina) have 1 Ronaldo player on the pitch, let alone 1......
  Danny DaSilva — Val, I think the issue is that we've been good enough for a while now. We've been good enough to qualify for every tournament, good enough even to win the Euro! Yet experts still just see us as a nation punching above its weight. We're hungry for more. We want the same recognition that the plaudits ......
  Val — It is always interesting to me that many of these players were maligned by the Portugoal crowd then go on to other clubs or countries and become captains and stars. Vieirinha, Bruno Alves, Carrico and heck even Beto was captain of Sevilla for a while and he won Europa league twice! I don't know,......

The final Liga NOS round before the international break leaves the division tantalisingly poised at both ends of the table going into the final straight of matches. The top 4 remained as is, the big quartet all registering victories, while the relegation battle tightened up as Chaves captialised on results around them.

One big mover was Vitória Guimarães, who leapfrogged Moreirense and moved into 5th place after a 3-1 defeat of Boavista. Their key man on the day, and PortuGOAL Figure of the Week, was Brazilian midfielder Mattheus Oliveira.

It’s ‘begin as you mean to go on’ for all four of the Primeira Liga’s top sides with wins across the board ahead of the final international break.

A sole goal from Raphinha was enough to turn Sporting’s home encounter versus Santa Clara into a 1-0 victory on Friday night, applying pressure on Sporting de Braga before their game against Vitória de Setúbal.

Abel Ferreira’s men replied to the Lions’ pursuit of third place with a 1-0 win, away from home, before being joined in triumph later on Saturday night by Porto in their 3-0 dissecting of Marítimo.

Benfica brought the action at the top to a close with 4-0 win away to high-flying Moreirense, this Sunday, leaving the Primeira Liga standings as you were for another week. PortuGOAL brings you all the action at the summit of the table.

We are back!!! In Episode 16 of the Seleção podcast, host Danny Pinto welcomes Eric Krakauer of BeIN Sports back to the show.

Danny and Eric discuss the Seleção's 25-man roster for the opening two matches of EURO 2020 qualifying, as well as Cristiano Ronaldo's epic hat-trick vs. Atletico Madrid in the Champions League. 

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  Andrew/NY — Patricio Cancelo, Pepe, Dias, Guerrerio Bernardo, William, Moutinho Felix, Jota, CR7...
  Jerrold Hewson — Based on this podcast I have come up with a 3-4-1-2 model the back line is Dias Fonte Pepe the mid field is Raphael William Neves Cancelo attacking mid Bernardo striking Felix Ronaldo...
  jon/usa — Great podcast, guys! Some very interesting points were raised throughout. We've undoubtedly got the deepest talent pool in the history of the Seleccao. You can certainly argue that we've had stronger starting 11's over the years, but I honestly can't recall a time when we have had so many quality P......

Benfica and Porto learned of their European fates after the Champions League and Europa League draws took place in Nyon today.

Porto were handed a tough draw in the Champions League quarter-finals after they eliminated Roma in the round of 16. Sergio Conceição’s side will take on Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool in the quarter-finals once again.

It will be tough for Benfica too, who face Eintracht Frankfurt - and some familiar faces - after eliminating Dinamo Zagreb last night.

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  jon/usa — I was hoping Porto would get one of Ajax, Man United, or Tottenham. I'm sure they'll put up I fight, but defeating this Liverpool side over two legs is quite the ask. I think Benfica is fully capable of defeating Eintracht Frankfurt over two legs if Bruno Lage opts to go with his strongest 11. I wo......
  Jerrold Hewson — I'd be happy with a Porto Juventus final...

 Seleção coach Fernando Santos usually has a surprise of two when it comes to announcing the Portugal squad, and today was no different. Braga’s Brazilian born striker Dyego Sousa was given a debut call-up for the start of the Euro 2020 qualification campaign.

Benfica’s teenage star João Félix is another debutant, while Wolves forward Diogo Jota gets the nod and there are recalls for José Fonte and João Moutinho. 

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  Neville — Benfica centre-back Francisco Reis Ferreira is a good defender who should have been called by Selacao. At 21 he has the maturity operating at the heart of the backline. He looks to be an excellent tackler and has the ability to make well-timed interceptions in his own half. He has scored vital goals......
  Phil — My ideal line-up would be Cancelo....Dias...Ferro.....Rui Carvalho....Neves Bernardo Silva......Félix......Rafa Ronaldo...
  Phil — Overall not many surprises couple no brainer additions with Félix and Jota. Would like to see Santos call up even more of are younger players, I think Mountinho and Fonte are taking up valuable spots. Are focus should be on preparing a team for the World Cup, focus on putting together the best guys......

Benfica will be in Friday’s Europa League draw after beating Dinamo Zagreb 3-0 in Lisbon to reach the last eight thanks to fine goals from well-struck shots by Jonas, Ferro and Grimaldo. It was also a great night for former Benfica favourite Gonçalo Guedes, who struck a dramatic late goal to earn Valencia a place in the last eight of the competition.

In terms of other Portuguese involvement, it was a disappointing night for Daniel Carriço and André Silva as 5-time Europa League winners Sevilla crashed out in Prague, while Gonçalo Paciência’s Frankfurt eliminated Cédric Soares’ Inter and Napoli, with Mário Rui, went through at the expense of Salzburg.

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  Mike — 3 great goals by Benfica, but man they rode their luck. Zagreb lost because they missed some easy tap ins. Benfica won't get away with that against better opposition. Happy to see Guedes fit again and scoring important goals. We need all our players firing on all cylinders for the Nation's League.......

Olympiakos midfielder Daniel Podence has admitted that the team appears set to fail its primary target of winning trophies this season, despite a promising debut campaign in Greece from the Portuguese.

Podence arrived in Piraeus from Sporting for €3m last summer and has become a key figure in the side under Portuguese coach Pedro Martins. Podence has started 21 of the team’s 24 league games and has contributed eight goals so far in all competitions, making it the most prolific campaign of the 23-year-old’s career so far.

Portugal international Bernardo Silva has signed a new six-year contract with English Premier League champions Manchester City.

Reports had indicated that City were prepared to double Bernardo’s wages to over €200,000 per week in order to tie the midfielder down. Spanish duo Barcelona and Real Madrid were believed to have been keeping tabs on Bernardo, but the new deal should see the former Benfica man spend his prime years in Manchester

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  Chris — It's a shame to see him at such a plastic club. Some may disagree, but I see Man #@tty as part of the problem in football. Corruption and oil money, money laundering and throwing money at players to inflate the cost of a game. It's a game at the end of the day. Getting paid £200K a week to kick a......

Cristiano Ronaldo produced one of the most memorable nights of his illustrious career this evening, scoring all three goals as Juventus overturned a 2-0 first-leg deficit to beat Atletico Madrid 3-0 in Turin and move into the Champions League quarter-finals.

The Portugal captain, who urged the Juventus home crowd to "think positive" during the build-up to the game, opened the scoring in the 27th minute, added a second just minutes after the re-start and completed his treble from the penalty spot. Elsewhere, Bernardo Silva made it the perfect night for Portuguese with a goal in Manchester City's 7-0 win over Schalke.

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  George L.Sarabia — Ronaldo is simply the best when it comes to headers so to allow that many crosses was just suicidal from A. Madrid Thanks for sharing this amazing post...
  Joao — A. Madrid must be sick and tried of C. Ronaldo... but C. Ronaldo deserves to be the headline but you can't deny it was an absolute team effort for Juve to go and win 3-0. I don't know what A. Madrid was thinking... yes they are known for being defensive but still going to defend the whole game again......
  Jerrold Hewson — I think Bernardo got an assist too...

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