Portuguese Football in English
Sassuolo 1-3 Juventus
Cristiano Ronaldo rolled back the years with a brilliantly taken goal to reach the 100-goal landmark for Juventus, who beat Sassuolo to bounce back from their defeat to Milan at the weekend.
With Juve’s top four hopes hanging in the balance, a win at the MAPEI Stadium was vital and the visitors survived conceding an early penalty to take all three points and keep the pressure on Milan and Napoli in the battle for Champions League football.
It was another productive weekend for Portugal’s foreign-based contingent as many of Europe’s top leagues draw to a close. Seleção internationals Bruno Fernandes, Rony Lopes and Nani were among the goals in England, France and USA respectively, while there was a special moment in France as youngster Thierry Correia got on a La Liga scoresheet for the first time.
Meanwhile, there was a final match in charge for the departing Luís Castro at Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine and an impressive start for the well-travelled José Morais in his new job with Saudi Arabian side Al Hilal.
Diogo Jota has been speaking about his unconventional move to Wolverhampton Wanderers in the English Championship in 2018, and admits agent Jorge Mendes has been proved correct to take him to the then second-tier club.
Speaking to British publication FourFourTwo, Jota says he and his family had doubts over him leaving Atletico Madrid for the West Midlands club, while also looking ahead to the European Championships and reflecting on his earliest Seleção memory.
José Mourinho will take charge of Roma at the end of the season on a three-year contract, the Italian club confirmed on Tuesday afternoon.
Paulo Fonseca's departure after two seasons at the helm was announced earlier in the day and will now be replaced by countryman Mourinho, who makes a quick return to football having been sacked by Tottenham Hotspur last month.
Wolverhampton Wanderers boss Nuno Espírito Santo praised the performance of striker Fábio Silva after the Portuguese youngster scored in their 1-1 draw against West Bromwich Albion at the Hawthorns on Monday night.
Prior to Monday’s Black Country derby in the Premier League, the weekend’s action brought a rare goal for Adrien Silva in Sampdoria’s victory over Roma in Italy. Elsewhere, Nani turned on the style again in MLS, while veteran Paixão twins, Marco and Flávio, were both on target in Turkey and Poland respectively.
