Champions League: Porto beat Olympiacos, scintillating Félix, Jota scores again

It was quite a Champions League night for Portuguese football. Porto got their first points of the campaign with a hard-fought 2-0 victory over a Portuguese-heavy Olympiacos side at the Estádio do Dragão, thanks to a goal in each half from Fábio Vieira and Sérgio Oliveira.

Elsewhere, João Félix gave a performance to definitively dispel any lingering doubts about his otherworldly quality. The young Portugal forward was a whisker away from scoring a spectacular opener before going on to terrorise Salzburg. He scored a brace and he could have easily netted several more in a 3-2 win. Diogo Jota continued his dream start to life at Liverpool, scoring again in a 2-0 victory against Midtiylland at Anfield.

PortuGOAL Figure of the Week: Pedro Gonçalves proves the difference as Sporting stay unbeaten

Closely-fought encounters was the theme of Jornada 5 of Liga NOS 20/21, “fought” being the key word in a typically fierce Minho derby on Sunday night as Braga narrowly overcame bitter rivals Vitória Guimarães in a game that saw three red cards dished out.

Famalicão and Boavista arguably played out the match of the round as they contested a thrilling 2-2 draw, while it was business as usual for Benfica as they continued their perfect start with victory over Belenenses.

Sporting are a team not to be forgotten in this fledgling title race as they kept up their own unbeaten start. New signing and PortuGOAL Figure of the Week Pedro Gonçalves was in brilliant form to help his side triumph over Santa Clara.

FC Porto bounce back in week of wins for Portugal’s Top Four

FC Porto returned to winning ways with a 1-0 victory at home to Gil Vicente prior to Benfica’s 2-0 win against Belenenses at the Luz, prolonging the Eagles’ perfect start to their Primeira Liga campaign to five games.

Jorge Jesus’ men, currently five points clear at the top of the table, were placed under pressure by Porto’s first league win since Matchday 3, beating Gil Vicente with a sole Evanilson goal before Sporting joined in with the jubilation, taking three points away at Santa Clara in a 2-1 triumph.

Fourth-placed Sporting de Braga also came away victorious in their ill-tempered Minho Derby against Vitória de Guimarães, winning 1-0 before Benfica wrapped up Matchday 5.

Week 5 match reports and video highlights

ITALY: Leão shines again for Milan as Fonseca’s Roma earn draw [video]

AC Milan 3-3 Roma

Rafael Leão was in sensational form for AC Milan at San Siro with two fabulous assists, but Paulo Fonseca’s Roma fought back from behind three times to earn a share of the spoils in an entertaining six-goal thriller.

Milan came into the game protecting Serie A’s only remaining 100% record, while Roma arrived having found form after a slow start to the season. Leão kept his place for the hosts on domestic duty after dropping to the bench for the midweek win over Celtic in the Europa League, while Diogo Dalot was among the substitutes having made his debut in Scotland.

Val — Leao is a perfect compliment to Zlatan. His pace, passing, crossing and trickery creates space for the big Swede to hammer home the goals. Zlatan doesnt miss much and its looking like an awesome partnership. Who better to learn from in regards to scoring goals?...

Portuguese Abroad goals: Klopp praises Jota after Liverpool winner; Marcos Paulo on target in Brazil; Paixão, João firing in Poland, England

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp heaped praise on Diogo Jota after the Portuguese international scored the winning goal in the Premier League champions’ 2-1 win over Sheffield United on Saturday evening. Jota’s strike – his second for the club – saw the Reds go joint-top of the standings in England.

Elsewhere, Portugal U19 international forward Marcos Paulo struck for Fluminense in their win over Santos in Brazil, while Flávio Paixão and Lucas João continued their strong goalscoring starts to the campaign in Poland and England’s Championship respectively.

Portuguese coach João Luís lifts Lithuanian Cup with Panevezys

FK Panevezys lifted the first trophy of their short history this weekend by winning the Lithuanian Cup, and a Portuguese coach was behind the triumph.

João Luís, who was born in Funchal and spent his career with local sides Marítimo and Machico, led Panevezys to a penalty shootout win over champions Suduva after a 1-1 draw on Saturday afternoon, claiming the club’s first-ever piece of silverware.

Rio Ave players signed shirts are up for auction

On Sunday 18 October Rio Ave played against Benfica in their 4th game of the season. We are excited to announce that the shirts worn by the Rio Ave players are now available for fans to bid on.

This unique piece of memorabilia is the ultimate way of bringing a piece of the match to your home whilst you are unable to visit the stadium.

This is not an opportunity you want to miss. Many fans will dream of having this green and white Nike shirt on their wall and now we are giving you the chance to make this dream a reality.

Marky — I really like this small club, one that punches above their weight with talent and organization. Tarantini is there steady captain, and it looks like that Fabio Coentrao has returned to help short up the defense. Was sad to see them bow out against A.C. Milan....

SPAIN: Portugal youngster Correia a bright light as Valencia troubles deepen

Elche 2-1 Valencia

Spanish club Valencia suffered another defeat on Friday evening against Elche, losing for the third successive match in La Liga as their disastrous form reached a new low.

With the club submerged in unrest and opposition towards the ownership, Los Ches look set for a tough season having failed to strengthen the squad following a number of key departures. However, the disarray at the Mestalla has led to one positive story with the emergence of Portuguese full-back Thierry Correia.

Star showings by Darwin and Galeno get Benfica and Braga off to flying start in Europa League

Portugal’s two representatives in the group stage of the Europa League got their campaigns off to a highly satisfactory start.

Benfica beat Lech Poznan 4-2 in Poland, with Uruguayan striker Darwin Núñez bagging a hat-trick, while at the Quarry birthday boy Wenderson Galeno was the star of the show in Braga’s 3-0 victory over AEK Athens.

Sérgio Conceição fumes at Pep Guardiola and referee after Porto defeat at City

Porto’s awful record in England continued last night as a 3-1 loss against Manchester City made it 18 defeats and 3 draws in 21 games in UEFA competitions in her majesty’s country.

The Dragons matched their opponents for over an hour of the match and even took the lead through a stunning individual goal by Luis Díaz, only to be undone by controversial penalty and free-kick awards, converted by Sergio Agüero and Ilkay Gündogan respectively. A fine strike by City substitute Ferran Torres saw the hosts run out 3-1 winners.

Conceição vented his anger at the officials after the match and also at counterpart Pep Guardiola, the two coaches having exchanged angry words during the encounter.

Chris — I'm usually pretty honest about how Porto (along with Benfica and Sporting), get the rub when it comes to domestic officiating. However, Man City's MVP was the ref. Horrendous and clearly biased officiating. Man City's "beautiful football" was nothing more than hacking as much as possible whenever......