Flamengo staged a sensational late recovery to come from behind and win 2-1 against Fortaleza on Wednesday evening. Two goals in the final seven minutes of normal time gave Jorge Jesus’ side their fourth straight league victory and maintained their 8-point lead at the top of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

The winning goal in Fortaleza was scored by 17-year-old wonderkid Reinier, with Flamengo’s refusal to release the youngster to the Brazil U17 team validated in the eyes of Mengão’s Portuguese boss. Meanwhile, Jesus says he has no intention of resting players in the midst of a hectic schedule in which the Rio de Janeiro club fight on two fronts.

Ukraine 2-1 Portugal 

Cristiano Ronaldo scored the 700th goal of his illustrious career and registered nine total shots by himself, but Portugal were made to pay for incoherent build-up and failing to break down the organized hosts for long stretches. Ukrainian keeper Andriy Pyatov made nine saves in a wonderful performance. 

Andriy Yarmolenko capitalized on poor defending in the first half to put the hosts up 2-0 after an early goal by Yarmechuck and Andriy Shevchenko's side became the fifth to qualify for Euro 2020 in front of an adoring home crowd in Kiev.

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  Joe — Very well said Nathan. Maybe you should be the coach with such an inspiring post! ...
  Nathan — To all, Wonderful comments and such great spirit all around. I do not blame those who feel strongly that Santos is not the right man. I also see the wisdom in appreciating what Santos has done for us and obviously wanting that to continue as long as possible. Let us try to agree on one thing: we ......
  Justin/rochester — Just for the hell of it here's how Liverpool which in my opinion is the best team in the world lines up with Portugal. Alison-Rui P Alexander Arnold-Semedo Van Dijk-Pepe ? Lovren-Rúben Dias Robertson-Raphael Henderson-William Fabinho-Neves ? Wijnaldum-Renato ? Salah-Bernardo Firmino-Ronaldo M......

Portugal 3-0 Luxembourg

Portugal returned home to Lisbon and completed a routine victory over Luxembourg tonight to stay in second place in Group B of Euro 2020 qualifying.

Bernardo Silva continued his run of brilliant form, scoring Portugal's first of the night, and Cristiano Ronaldo added another for good measure, his 699th for both club and country in his glittering career.

Gonçalo Guedes rounded out the win by continuing his own goal-scoring flourish with a late deflected effort.

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  Resumen y goles — Big match match in the link bellow the extended Highlights if someone missed the game watch here...
  Luis Ribeiro — We have the winningest coach in the history of the Portugal team and people are here making comments like they have a clue about coaching....
  Thomas Pinto — Sorry about the typo meant change...

Flamengo extended their lead at the top of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A to eight points on Thursday night with a 3-1 victory over Atletico Mineiro at the Maracanã Stadium.

Goals from Willian Arão, Vitinho and Reinier gave the home side all three points and allowed Jesus’ men to capitalise on Palmeiras’ defeat to fellow title contenders Santos the previous evening. Flamengo now lead the standings by eight points with 14 matches remaining of the campaign, which ends in December.

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  Michael Teixeira — JJ has done a great job and the people hugely appreciate his work. The pundits, they are just that. These are the same pundits who criticize players like Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and company over the year. The medo in Brazil is notoriously ruthless. Força JJ!...
  Angelo — JJ is full of it. He'll bounce out of there once a better job comes his way....
  Danny — Where are the arrogant Brazilian tv pundits who said JJ was a nobody and never coached a big team ? Sorry i never cared for Brazilian league football and never will but im glad JJ is making those pricks look stupid...

Championship club Reading dispensed with the services of Portuguese manager José Gomes on Wednesday after 10 months in charge at Madejski Stadium.

In response to his departure, the well-travelled Portuguese expressed his gratitude for the opportunity afforded, while online reaction suggests Royals fans are far from convinced by the decision to remove Gomes.

In Episode 23 of the Seleção podcast, host Danny Pinto is joined by Aaron Barton of Promixa Jornada (@ProximaJornada1) to discuss Portugal’s 25-man squad for the upcoming EURO 2020 qualifiers versus Luxembourg and Ukraine, including Rúben Semedo’s debut call-up and his remarkable journey to the national team.

Danny will also discuss the Seleção injuries that could potentially impact lineups, Luxembourg and Ukraine’s form heading into their matches with Portugal, and his predictions for the Starting XI and outcome of each match. 

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  Seleção Podcast — Thank you both for the kind words... Failed to realize that Diogo Jota (who I suggested be the injury-replacement for Rafa) is not available due to his own injury issues....
  Filipe — Yeah, great pod. Keep the great work up. Always an enjoyable listen....
  Jerrold Hewson — great PODcast! I thought at first Ronaldo would be a super sub against this team, but now that I think about it, he is going for Ali Daei's international record and needs games. I too would rest William for Monday's game. I too am curious as to who will replace Rafa now?......

André Silva will join up with the Portugal squad in fine goalscoring form after getting his third goal in as many Bundesliga games for Frankfurt on Sunday, but the former Porto man was denied a late winner by Werder Bremen in a 2-2 draw.

Silva was paired in attack with compatriot Gonçalo Paciência as Frankfurt hosted Bremen in the final match of round seven in Germany, and both players could have notched numerous goals and assists on an afternoon which saw the duo praised by Eintracht boss Adi Hutter.

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