Lille recorded the result of the evening in the Europa League on Thursday night with a superb 3-0 victory over Milan at San Siro. The encounter featured numerous Portuguese players, but Renato Sanches was the standout Luso performer with a dominating display in midfield for the Ligue 1 side.

Elsewhere it was a good evening for Portuguese bosses as Paulo Fonseca’s Roma hammered Romanians CFR Cluj in the Italian capital, while José Mourinho’s Tottenham Hotspur recovered from last week’ surprise defeat to Antwerp with a 3-1 win over Bulgarian champions Ludogorets.

Just another evening in the Champions League as Portuguese players stole the headlines yet again across the continent in Europe’s premier club competition on Tuesday night.

Diogo Jota was the star performer with a hat-trick in Liverpool’s astonishing 5-0 win over Atalanta in Italy, while there was another glittering display from João Félix with Atletico Madrid in Russia and João Cancelo put the seal on Manchester City’s win over Olympiacos with a superb strike. There was also, however, a devastating home defeat for Luis Castro’s Shakhtar Donetsk against Gladbach.

Abel Ferreira was confirmed as new coach of Brazilian giants Palmeiras ahead of the weekend, and the former Braga boss landed in Sao Paulo to take in his new side’s victory over Atletico Mineiro on Monday afternoon.

Verdão ran out 3-0 winners against Atletico with Abel in the stands, after which the new man at the helm will begin work in his new surroundings. Palmeiras fired veteran coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo last month after a poor run of results, leading them to Abel and a swift negotiation to release him from his contract with PAOK Thessaloniki in Greece.

Cristiano Ronaldo, André Silva, Diogo Jota and João Félix were the biggest names on the scoresheet over he weekend, but as usual there were many Portuguese finding the net in leagues across the continent and beyond.

Rony Lopes and Gelson Martins both scored for the first time in Ligue 1 this season during Sunday afternoon’s action in France, while Daniel Candeias has hit form in Turkey where he scored a stunning volley for Genclerbirligi and Rúben Vezo’s equaliser gave Levante a point in Spain’s Liga.