Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 Benfica (agg. 4-4, Eintracht win on away goals) 

Eintracht Frankfurt defeated Benfica 2-0 at the Waldstadion to advance to the UEFA Europa League semi-finals.

An offside Filip Kostic goal and Sebastian Rode strike clinched a famous victory, the result overturning the first leg 4-2 defeat in Lisbon as the German club go through on away goals. Ante Rebic was outstanding for Frankfurt, but it was a total team effort roared on by an passionate and raucous home support. The Portuguese club will lament the offside goal but were largely second best throughout the contest.

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  jon/usa — The first goal was a mile offside, but at the end of the day, we only have ourselves to blame. Their is absolutely no excuse for letting a side that was playing a man down score two away goals. Jardel and Fejsa looked rusty in Lisbon, and they were just as off the pace today in Frankfurt. Seferovic ......
  Joao — i'M GOING TO COPY AND PASTE A SENTENCE I WROTE WHEN BENFICA WON 4-2 LAST WEEK "Personally I think Frankfurt would be more happy with the result than Benfica, alright they lost but they managed to get 2 away goals and only need to score 2 goals in their own ground to be in the aggregate lead which i......

Porto 1-4 Liverpool (agg. 1-6)

If Moussa Marega had taken his chances in both legs maybe it would have been different. If the referee had chosen to award a penalty and send off Mo Salah at Anfield maybe it would have been different. If Jesús Corona’s spectacular dribble and shot in the opening minute at the Dragão last night had sent the ball just under rather than just over the bar maybe it would have been different. But it probably wouldn’t.

For the second year running, Liverpool proved far too strong for Porto and beat the Portuguese team by a 5-goal margin on aggregate. 

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  C. Manuel Contente — The final line of the article which states, "More than ever, we are talking about the same game but two very different realities" is, unfortunately, incredibly true. The fact that the global game is becoming dominated by teams that happen to collect the most tv revenue or happen to have American/Asi......
  Chris — You would think a Porto fan would be happy at Porto making the quarter finals, but this display was pathetic. Sergio Conceicao, if he loses the league as well, should pack up and go to France or wherever the wind takes him. 4 games against Liverpool in 2 years, and 1 goal to show for it is absol......

Two of Portugal’s biggest stars came to the fore in the Champions League this week, scoring huge goals for their teams as the semi-final line-up was concluded. However, for both Cristiano Ronaldo and Bernardo Silva their goals were in vain as Juventus and Manchester City both crashed out against their unfavoured opposition.

Ronaldo repeated his goalscoring form from the first leg to give Juventus the lead against Ajax in Turin, but the Dutch giants stormed back to claim a 2-1 win to progress 3-2 on aggregate on Tuesday. The following night saw a remarkable game in which hosts City and Tottenham Hotspur exchanged four goals in the first eleven minutes leading to a 4-3 win for Bernardo’s side, but they exit the competition on away goals.

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  Pedro Carvalho — At leash I get to see a FRESH Portugal team for United Nations - hoping to watch Portugal/England finals...I believe Ronaldo should play now...and a fresh Bernardo, Joao Felix, Joao Cancelo also helps......

Without doubt one the most eye-catching results in Europe this week was Lille’s 5-1 victory over Paris Saint-Germain in France.José Fonte scored for the second match running as Lille recorded a memorable win while also taking a firm grip on second place in Ligue 1.

Elsewhere, Gonçalo Guedes continues to excite with Valencia in Spain with a goal and an assist as they beat Levante 3-1. In Germany, Eintracht Frankfurt were beaten 3-1 by Augsburg ahead of their clash with Benfica, but Gonçalo Paciência was on target. On the coaching front, Paulo Sousa tasted defeat for the first time with Bordeaux, while there was a big win for Jose Gomes and Reading in England.

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  Sean Gillen — Val - surely he will look to Portugal. There has been talk of Monaco taking Silva from Sevilla. Could be good move for all parties?...
  Val — Sean/Tom, I was watching the Monaco game over the weekend. The news gets worse! Steven Jovetic out for season with knee injury. Time to steal a hot young up and coming striker. Maybe a Jose Gomes? ......

Only five games left of Liga NOS 2018/19 and there remains plenty to be decided in what promises to be a tense finale to the campaign.

The weekend’s action saw Boavista and Marítimo take big steps away from the relegation zone, while Rio Ave and Braga both recorded important victories.

At the top it remains neck and neck as title challengers Porto and Benfica recorded comfortable wins. The latter were firing on all cylinders in attack, and this time it was the turn of Portuguese winger Rafa Silva to stand out as PortuGOAL’s Figure of the Week.

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  jon/usa — I completely agree, Andre. Rafa had a rough start to life at Benfica, but as Jamie mentioned, it was largely due to a a lack of confidence rather than a lack of quality. Anyone who watched his first season and a half at Benfica could tell that he was struggling to make the transition from Braga (whe......
  Andre/UK — I have always liked Rafa Silva, really positive player who always tries to make things happen. Despite his slowish start at SLB, I always knew it was just a matter of time until he settled in. He really has been having a fantastic season and is yet another player who has looked so much better since ......

Benfica held onto first place in the Primeira Liga for another week after defeating Vitória de Setúbal 4-2 at the Estádio da Luz, this Sunday, holding off second-placed FC Porto following their success away to Portimonense, a day prior.

The Dragons moved up to first place temporarily with a 3-0 win, this Saturday, before the likes of Rafa Silva, João Félix and Haris Seferovic powered Benfica back up to first place, in response.

Also in the hunt for a place on the Liga NOS podium, ten-man Sporting firmed up their bid with a 3-1 victory away to Desportivo das Aves, as Sporting de Braga also found three goals themselves to fund a 3-0 win over Tondela and remain within touching distance of the Lions. PortuGOAL has more from the top of the Primeira Liga table.

Benfica defeated Eintracht Frankfurt 4-2 in a highly entertaining Europa League quarter-final first leg at the Estádio da Luz.

João Félix was the star of the show with a hat-trick, but Eintracht will feel they have a chance to overturn the deficit in Frankfurt after playing 70 minutes with 10 men following Evan Ndicka’s straight red card. 

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  jon/usa — I agree with you guys regarding Felix. The kid is pure class, and he definitely has the potential the potential to be the best player Portugal has produced since Ronaldo. I also think that it would be best for him to stay at Benfica for at least one more season. Yes, he is significantly more mature ......
  Andre/UK — All things being considered, an excellent result for Benfica to take into the second leg in Germany. Yes it was disappointing to concede two away goals, and particularly the second goal which was so preventable....but people seem to be forgetting that Benfica actually won by two goals (someone actua......
  Joao — Credit to Frankfurt, they had a man less knew they were going to lose and Benfica were going to score more goals and decided to risk it by attacking and getting goals for themselves, made for a extremely entertaining game. Personally I think Frankfurt would be more happy with the result than Benfic......

This week’s Champions League quarter final first legs provided plenty of Portuguese involvement, with Cristiano Ronaldo and João Cancelo leading the big stories during Juventus’ 1-1 draw with Ajax in Amsterdam. Ronaldo scored Juve’s goal, provided by Cancelo, but the defender later lost possession ahead of the Dutch side’s equaliser as the tie remains in the balance.

Meanwhile in Manchester, Portuguese full-backs Diogo Dalot and Nélson Semedo faced off as representatives for Manchester United and Barcelona respectively, with the Spanish champions edging the match 1-0. Bernardo Silva missed out on the action, however, with injury ruling him out of Manchester City’s 1-0 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur.

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  paul de'oliveira — @—-Z—- hey when you coming back to BS?...
  Joao — @—-Z—- that comment made me laugh, CR7 going to Sporting is not an entirely far fetched idea but for him to carry Sporting to Champions League glory??? I honestly wished that could happen as I support SCP myself....
  —-Z—- — CR7, the Greatest champions league player of all time. He will win CL with Juventus and then transfer to Sporting and lead them to CL glory. I have inside sources that is Ronaldo’s plan. Also part of why SCP is going to rename the stadium to Estádio José Alvalade CR7......

Everton’s Portuguese midfielder André Gomes received widespread plaudits for his performance in The Toffees’ 1-0 victory over Arsenal on Sunday, and the showing from the Benfica man has only reignited speculation over his future.

Meanwhile, José Mourinho continues to keep his name in the headlines in various countries ahead of his next job, while transfer speculation surrounds Wolverhampton Wanderers’ young Portuguese players and Marco Matias steals the show in the English Championship.

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  Danny DaSilva — Andre Gomes is a weak minded individual. Uh no, I hope he doesn't see this. There goes his confidence again....
  —-Z—- — Mourinho to Bayern? They probably would enjoy his methods there. I could see him doing well in bundesliga. He Would need to lead them to European success as winning the German league is expected over there....

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“João Félix? I don't think he'll be at Benfica for long, because he's a huge talent. I already knew about him but everyone in the (Frankfurt) changing room was amazed by him. He's an exceptional player.”

Gonçalo Paciência
(Eintracht Frankfurt's Portuguese striker after Europa League clash against Benfica)
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