When the Primeira Liga season restarted in early June few would have expected Sporting to become the in-form team. The previously flying Braga have stumbled, while neither Benfica nor Porto appear inclined to make a strong charge for the championship title. It has been Sporting who have shone since the resumption, Rúben Amorim’s side remaining undefeated while fielding teams packed with academy products.

So, who are Rubén Amorim’s new kids who are suddenly making headlines in the Portuguese football world? PortuGOAL’s Sporting Clube de Portugal expert Richard Cole takes a closer look.

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  Superknown — Thanks for the article. Plata and Nuno Mendes have caught my eye. Yeh Cobral and Wendel also. The team is exciting (if raw) to watch and they remind me of the Lille team from a few season ago before they sold their best players. It would be good if Sporting could keep a few and actually have a go a......

AC Milan 4-2 Juventus

Rafael Leão scored arguably the biggest goal of his AC Milan career so far as the Rossoneri staged an astonishing comeback from 2-0 down to beat Serie A champions Juventus 4-2 at San Siro.

Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo scored one of the visitors’ goals as Juve took a commanding lead after the break, but youngster Leão emerged from the bench and scored the goal which put Milan ahead and on the way to a most unlikely victory.

Liga NOS 2019/20 continues to hurtle towards the finishing line after another round of action across the week. Porto continued their march towards the league title with a resounding 5-0 win over Belenenses, although Benfica kept up the fight with a return to form in beating Boavista.

Aves’ relegation has already been confirmed but the fight to avoid joining them continues to be tight, Marítimo and Paços Ferreira gave their own survival hopes huge boosts with significant wins over Santa Clara and Vitória Setúbal respectively.

The battle for 3rd place continues also as Sporting dropped points in their quest for the position against Moreirense. 4th placed Braga took advantage in closing the gap with PortuGOAL Figure of the Week Paulinho instrumental in a crushing win at the Quarry.

The soccer world doesn’t know for certain when the summer transfer window will open. FIFA is still ironing out details to determine an exact date.

A range of Portuguese stars, such as Danilo, Joelson Fernandes, João Palhinha and Florentino Luís will be watching carefully, with Arsenal, Barcelona, Wolves and AC Milan respectively reported as interested in buying them. 

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  Angelo — Portugal's two plus decade of success coincides with the collapses of Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union. Coincidental?...
  Superknown — What are you doing advertising a betting website? That's poor. I think Danilo might be too slow and not mobile enough for English Football. Also I didn't realise he was 28 already. You can guarantee Jorge Mendes will be involved somewhere with these various players which means buying clubs will o......

José Mourinho’s Tottenham Hotspur got back to winning ways on Monday evening with a 1-0 home victory over Everton in the Premier League.

The game provided a much-needed boost for Mourinho’s side after a recent 3-1 loss to Sheffield United, but the Portuguese appeared equally enthused about the fight shown by his players during a half-time confrontation after his recent plea for the players to hold each other to higher standards.

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  Superknown — They have gone backwards under Mourinho and his reputation falls by the week. A second grade coach who's had his time and has now run out of ideas. Pressure management doesn't work! Try something else!...

Sporting de Braga’s hopes of a top three finish have been kept alive after Sporting’s six-point advantage was cut to four, following tonight's goalless draw away to ten-man Moreirense. The Arsenalistas, in action first on Saturday night, were able to apply pressure on the on-song Lions with a 4-0 victory at home to Desportivo das Aves on Artur Jorge’s debut. Sporting would fail to follow up on Braga’s antics in their uninspiring performance against Moreirense, dropping points for the first time since their comeback fixture.

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  Joao — Credit to Moreirense they killed our creativity even with a man less I never truly believed we would win. I think this game clearly shows we need a match decider, if we still had Bruno Fernandos he would've unlocked the defense but Sporting don't have a player who's willing to or is good enough to m......

FC Porto are just two wins away from clinching the Primeira Liga title after dismantling Belenenses with a 5-0 score-line at home, replying to Benfica’s 3-1 win over Boavista in their first game since Bruno Lage’s resignation as manager.

With both title challengers at home this weekend, Benfica kicked off Nélson Veríssimo’s reign as the interim head coach with goals from André Almeida, Pizzi and Gabriel to apply pressure on Porto, momentarily trimming the Dragons’ lead to three points.

A big performance at home saw Sergio Conceição’s men rack up five goals at the Estádio do Dragão, however, restoring their six-point-advantage in style and edging the Blue & Whites closer to the title.

Bruno Fernandes made it three goals in his last two games after a superb free-kick helped Manchester United to a 5-2 win over Bournemouth in the Premier League.

Fernandes also registered two assists on the day for United, who strengthened their push for a Champions League place with a third straight league victory.

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  Justin/rochester — I’m pretty sure that I’ve never seen a team turn around as quickly as Man U has since Bruno Fernandes got there in January. They’re a completely different team all over the field and he’s the only difference on the team. It’s not because I’m biased either because he’s Portuguese. Even ......

Cristiano Ronaldo followed up his stunning long-range goal in midweek with another special strike from a free-kick as Juventus beat local rivals Torino to edge closer to the Serie A title.

In scoring in the 4-1 derby victory, Portugal captain Ronaldo reached another notable career achievement as he became the first Bianconeri player to reach 25 league goals since 1961.

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