Portuguese Football in English
Manchester United part-owner Jim Ratcliffe has given a couple of lengthy interviews to the British media, during which he has outlined his great support for manager Rúben Amorim.
Ratcliffe was quizzed by the BBC and former United player Gary Neville in seperate chats about a number of issues facing the club, who are currently battling poor results on the pitch and a precarious financial situation off the field.
Rúben Amorin believes Manchester United must sign more players like Bruno Fernandes if they are to be successful in improving their recruitment this summer.
Fernandes scored a sensational free-kick on Sunday afternoon as the Red Devils held Arsenal to a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford, after which attention switches to a crunch Europa League second leg against Real Sociedad later this week.
Lecce 2-3 AC Milan
Sérgio Conceição says he is seeing the benefit of more time on the training ground, after watching his AC Milan team produce a remarkable fightback to claim victory at Lecce in Serie A.
Milan trailed 2-0 heading in the last quarter of the match on Saturday evening, with Conceicao’s side looking set for another costly defeat. However, inspired in-part by the introduction of Rafael Leao, the Rossoneri scored three late goals to earn a much-needed three points.
Nottingham Forest’s challenge for the Champions League places in the Premier League is very much a reality after Nuno Espírito Santo’s side earned a huge win over champions Manchester City.
Nuno’s side opened up a four-point gap between themselves and City with a hard-fought three points, given to them by Callum Hudson-Odoi’s late strike at the City Ground. Forest remain in 3rd place in the English top flight – an unthinkable position after finishing one point above the relegation places last term.
The manager of Lyon, Paulo Fonseca, has been hit with the severest of punishments for his behaviour towards a referee in France last week, with the Portuguese boss issued a 9-month ban by Ligue 1’s Disciplinary Committee.
Fonseca angrily confronted official Benoît Millot as he was receiving a red card during Lyon’s 2-1 victory over Brest on Sunday, after which the former Porto manager profusely apologised for his behaviour.
