Portuguese boss Abel Ferreira has reportedly turned down the opportunity to negotiate with Brighton & Hove Albion, as he targets building on his Palmeiras legacy by winning the Campeonato Brasileiro.

Brighton are searching for a new manager after losing high-rated coach Graham Potter last week to Chelsea, where he replaced the sacked Thomas Tuchel. According to reports in Brazil, Abel was contacted about the position but has decided to stay in South America for at least the remainder of the calendar year.

Sassuolo 1-3 Udinese

Portuguese striker Beto is one of the in-form players in Italian football during the early stages of the new Serie A season, having helped Udinese come from behind to earn victory at Sassuolo on Sunday.

Beto came off the bench to bag a brace, making it four goals from his last four matches and positioning himself as one of the league’s leading goalscorers. The result sees Udinese, who last week hammered Jose Mourinho’s Roma 4-0 at home, move up to 4^th place in the standings.

The Champions League group phase kicked off this week and already Portuguese players were among the scorers on an entertaining first Matchday across Europe’s premier club competition.

Raphaël Guerreiro was on the scoresheet as Borussia Dortmund made a winning start by beating Copenhagen 3-0 in Germany, while Rúben Dias notched his first goal of 2022 in Manchester City’s convincing 4-0 hammering of Sevilla away from home, in a match which saw João Cancelo register two assists.

Nowhere in the world will a discussion on footballing heritage be complete without proper exaltation of the legendary career of Cristiano Ronaldo.

In fact, only a handful of players, active or retired, can match the achievements of  CR7, as he is more fondly called.