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Ten games to go: New champions in the offing, a fierce fight for Champions League football and a wild relegation battle
The 2020/21 season will go down in football history as one of the most unusual ever all around the world. The Covid-19 pandemic led to a full...
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PortuGOAL Figure of the Week: Ivo Vieira inspires Famalicão’s reversal of fortunes
Liga NOS now takes a break for international football to resume, and the league has been left finely poised after the Round 24 action. Sporting’s...
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Benfica re-enter the top three with win over Braga after Sporting and Porto hold firm
Benfica have leapfrogged Sporting de Braga in the Primeira Liga table after defeating the Arsenalistas 2-0 away from home, this Sunday. Goals from...
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Vítor Baía: “We’ll be up for the challenge; in my eyes we are favourites”
FC Porto land Chelsea in Champions League draw Porto’s reward for sensationally knocking Juventus out of the Champions League is a quarter-final tie...
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PortuGOAL Figure of the Week: Diogo Gonçalves provides the assistance for resurgent Benfica
Another week of Liga NOS, another week of Sporting unbeaten as the Lions extended their winning run by beating Tondela. Porto maintained their place...
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Sporting and Porto leave it late either side of Benfica’s third win on the spin, as Braga drop points
Sporting were made to wait until the 81st minute to overcome a staunch Tondela side at the Estádio João Cardoso, winning 1-0 and adding further fuel...
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Primeira Liga: No quarter given in titanic relegation battle
The tough relegation battle in the Portuguese Primeira Liga continues. It is fair to say half of the league is threatened with relegation to the...
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PortuGOAL Figure of the Week: Luther Singh keeps Paços on the path to Europe
Round 22 of this Liga NOS season was stretched over a number of days, last night’s Minho derby between Braga and Vitória Guimarães drawing events to...
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Braga triumph in Minho Derby following wins for Sporting, Porto and Benfica
Sporting de Braga held onto second place in the Primeira Liga table after defeating regional rivals Vitória de Guimarães 3-0 in the Minho Derby,...
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Porto knock out Juventus after epic match in Turin
Juventus 3-2 FC Porto (aggretate: 4-4, Porto win on away goals) Porto produced a memorable performance in Italy tonight to knock out Juventus and...