The enforced football stoppage for barely a fortnight owing to the Coronavirus pandemic already has fans longing for the return to normality and their regular soccer fix.
One can only imagine, therefore, what it is like for the players, especially footballers who were just starting to make for a name for themselves in the beautiful game.
Braga duo Francisco Trincão and Abel Ruiz are two such players. Both 20 years old, the former has just transferred to Barcelona, with the latter making the move in the opposite direction as part of the deal. Both have had some interesting things to say to the Spanish press.
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Amir Abedzadeh has had quite a football journey. Still only 26 years old, the Marítimo goalkeeper’s insistence on “chasing my dream” saw him try his luck in England and the United States of America, as well as his home country, before finding consistent top-level football in Madeira. 
FC Porto missed the chance to go three points clear at the top of the table after following up Benfica’s draw versus Vitória de Setúbal with a share of the spoils of their own, at home to Rio Ave.