• Benfica
• Setubal
• Tondela
• Sporting,
• FC Porto,
• Sporting de Braga,
• Desportivo das Aves,
• Pizzi
• Portimonense
• Luis Diaz
• Goncalo Ramos

Sporting have missed the chance to secure automatic qualification for the Europa League after Tondela’s 1-0 victory over fourth-placed Sporting de Braga paved the way for the Lions, following up the shock result with a 0-0 draw at home to Vitória de Setúbal instead.

Deep in the relegation battle, Tondela edged themselves a step closer to safety, sitting three points outside of the drop-zone going into the final fixture of the season after beating Braga on Monday night.

The victory opened up the prospect for Sporting, requiring just two points to confirm their presence on the Primeira Liga podium, but an important point for Setúbal, also involved in the fight for survival, took the Sadinos a point above relegation-threatened Portimonense and left the Green & Whites still within touching distance of Braga ahead of the Lisbon derby versus Benfica.

Elsewhere, FC Porto marked their last home game of the season, complete with lifting of the Liga NOS title, with a 6-1 thrashing handed to Moreirense before Benfica’s 4-0 win away to a sorry Desportivo das Aves side. Here's the peak of the action from the penultimate set of fixtures of the season.

• Benfica
• Jorge Jesus
• Europa League
• Luis Filipe Vieira
• Flamengo
• UEFA Champions League

After several months of flirting with the concept, Jorge Jesus completed his anticipated return to Benfica last week, just five summers after crossing the Lisbon divide and swapping the Estádio da Luz for Alvalade, home to bitter rivals Sporting.

Although the memories pre-switch are fond and the CV, post-Flamengo, as enriched as it’s ever been, the manner in which Jesus departed from under the Eagles’ wings has never quite been forgotten, with the 65-year-old tasked with greater success back in the Portuguese capital to fully lighten the mood surrounding his limelight-soaking return.

But, as Benfica bow out of a disappointing 2019/20 campaign, just what will it take for Benfica, as well as Jesus, to conquer the Portuguese game again? And what are the implications if he doesn’t? Here are five queries looming over the coup. 

• Primeira Liga,
• Desportivo das Aves,

Desportivo das Aves could be forced to miss the final two games of the Primeira Liga season after failure to pay the club’s insurance policy left the bottom-placed side without access to its facilities, a couple of days before hosting Benfica.

In financial ruin, a lack of funds has seen the SAD, comprised of administrators and shareholders, cancel payments made to Caravela Seguros, Aves’ insurance company of choice.

The decision meant the team, already relegated from the Primeira Liga, would be unable to train or complete compulsory tests for Covid-19, initially leaving their home game against Benfica tomorrow night, as well as Sunday’s final game of the season versus fellow relegation candidates Portimonense, in doubt.

After weeks of speculation, it’s official. Jorge Jesus, Benfica’s most successful manager of the 21^st century and the man credited with taking the club back to the top of Portuguese football, has been appointed head coach of the Lisbon club for the second time.

Jesus, who turns 66 next week, has left Flamengo after a glorious 13 months in Brazil, winning five trophies with a scintillating style of football. However, the calamitous health situation in Brazil is thought to have been a major factor behind Jesus deciding to return to Portugal, after initially pledging his immediate future to the Mengão.