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Sandwiched Sporting draw after FC Porto and Benfica wins
With the international break just around the corner, the fixture machine offered us a double header between two of Portugal’s most fervent...
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Portuguese shine all over Europe in the Champions League
Portuguese coaches and players scattered all around Europe enjoyed an almost universally positive week in the Champions League. Porto beat Leipzig...
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PortuGOAL Figure of the Week: Porto’s Yacine Brahimi
Another week in Liga NOS, another trio of wins for Portugal’s Big Three, although Lisbon sides Benfica and Sporting were run very closely in their...
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Lisbon duo claim wins as Porto stack the goals
It isn’t uncommon for the bigger teams in the league to take their eye off the ball at this stage of the season, as the likes of FC Porto, Sporting,...
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Last chance-saloon for Sporting, Porto and Benfica to stay in Champions League
It’s been a largely disappointing Champions League campaign for Portuguese clubs this season. While Benfica’s chances of remaining in the...
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Ridiculed Moussa Marega proving the doubters wrong
Week 9 of Liga NOS saw a barrage of goals as top two sides Porto and Sporting blasted their way to emphatic victories, winning 6-1 and 5-1 against...
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Porto and Sporting go goal crazy as top three win
Following the international break and the early rounds of the Taça de Portugal, Primeira Liga football has taken somewhat of a backseat role in...
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Champions League woe: Sporting’s deja vu and the tale of two goalkeepers
It was a disappointing week for Portugal’s three Champions League participants, with Porto, Sporting and Benfica all losing, albeit by a single goal...
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Benfica’s tough task and Manchester United’s Portuguese connections
Benfica welcome José Mourinho’s Manchester United to the Estádio da Luz tomorrow with the Portuguese champions in desperate need of a positive...
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Juventus-Sporting: the lowdown on last season’s finalists
Sporting travel to Turin today ahead of a daunting Champions League appointment against Juventus on Wednesday evening. Beaten finalists in two of...