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• Women's Football

Portugal has contributed so much to the traditional version of world’s most popular sport, be it in terms of some of the best ever players, coaches, club sides and national teams to grace the beautiful game. What about women’s football? In a special report, PortuGOAL maps out all you need to know about the women’s game in Portugal.

Find out about Portugal’s top women’s teams and the fight for silverware, the status of Portugal’s national team, and what to look ahead to this season and beyond.

Sporting’s tumultuous summer is an increasingly distant memory as the Lisbon club made it five wins and one draw from their opening six matches in all competitions with a 2-0 Europa League victory over Quarabag at Alvalade tonight.

Second-half goals by young stars Raphinha and Jovane earned the three points for the Lions.

Comprehensive Portuguese in the Champions League round-up

Renato Sanches came back to the Estádio da Luz and stole the show as Bayern Munich inflicted a 2-0 defeat on Benfica. The 21-year-old midfielder was involved in the first goal and scored the second. Porto got what could prove a crucial point as they began their Champions League campaign with a 1-1 draw in Germany at Schalke, Otávio scoring from the penalty spot. Matthew Marshall reports from Gelsenkirchen and Tom Kundert from Lisbon.

PortuGOAL also rounds up all the action involving Portuguese players and coaches as Ronaldo received a shock red card, Bernardo Silva scored in a losing effort and there were differing fortunes for coaches José Mourinho, Paulo Fonseca and Leonardo Jardim.

The opening chapter of Liga NOS 2018/19 concluded with Jornada 4 this weekend, the final round of games before the first international break of the season.

The results had a familiar feel, with a lot of the usual, expected-to-be top half suspects recording victories. This edition of Figure of the Week, like many, had a number of contenders. Feirense’s Brazilian goalkeeper Caio Secco was magnificent in an unlucky late defeat to Sporting (in which the Lions’ youngster Jovane Cabral had another exciting cameo), Santa Clara’s Osama Rashid scored twice to help the promoted side to their first win of the season and Benfica’s Eduardo Salvio showed what he is capable of during a 4-0 triumph over Nacional.

However, this week’s individual honours go to a player who has really impressed in the early phases of the campaign, and who provided a moment of brilliance in the dying stages of Rio Ave’s match with Portimonense. Gelson Dala, on loan from Sporting, is PortuGOAL’s Figure of the Week.