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PortuGOAL Figure of the Week: Fran Navarro's debut double gets Gil Vicente off to a flyer
Portuguese top flight football as the newly-christened Liga Bwin got under this weekend with Sporting kicking off the campaign and their league...
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Sporting set the trend in series of opening wins for the Top Four
Sporting have begun the defence of their Primeira Liga title with a 3-0 win at home to Vizela, opening up their 2021/22 campaign in style against...
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Classy Benfica brush aside Spartak in Russia
Spartak Moscow 0-2 Benfica Benfica took a big step towards securing a playoff berth in this year’s Champions League with a comfortable away victory...
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Champions League: Spartak Moscow-Benfica preview
A strange quirk of modern football is that major European teams often find themselves playing the most important match of the season in their very...
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Sporting come from behind to lift Super Cup
Sporting 2-1 Braga Portuguese champions Sporting started 2021/22 as they finished the previous campaign: with that winning feeling. Braga began the...
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Who will win Portugal’s 2021/22 Primeira Liga?
It’s that time of year again. The slate has been wiped clean and football fans all over Europe have convinced themselves (however flimsy the...
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João Mário completes controversial Benfica switch
João Mário has joined Benfica on a free transfer after reportedly cancelling his contract with Inter Milan to complete his move to the Eagles, ahead...
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Iranian players in Portuguese football
In the past Iranian players used to be nonexistent in Portuguese football. However, the last few years has seen a steady influx of Persian talent....
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PortuGOAL Team of the Season 20/21: Non-“big four” edition
Portugal’s “big four” teams dominate the country’s sporting headlines year on year. So we thought we would compose the Liga NOS 2021/22 team of the...
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Braga beat nine-man Benfica to lift Portuguese Cup
Braga 2-0 Benfica Sporting de Braga have won the Taça de Portugal for the third time in their history after defeating nine-man Benfica 2-0 in...