Portuguese Football in English
Newcastle United 1-4 Manchester United
Bruno Fernandes recovered from missing a penalty to score the vital goal as Manchester United came from behind to beat Newcastle United 4-1 at St James Park in the Premier League.
The Portugal midfielder failed to score from the spot with the match level at 1-1 early in the second half, but Fernandes made up for his miss with a superb goal five minutes from time and later added an assist for Marcus Rashford as United secured an emphatic result.
Ricardo Sá Pinto has been announced as new coach of Brazilian club Vasco da Gama on a short-term contract until the end of the current Brasileirão championship.
Sá Pinto, 48, has been without a club since leaving Braga in his homeland shortly before Christmas last year, and was recently thought to be on the verge of taking the reigns at Greek giants Panathinaikos.
Former Sporting Braga boss Sá Pinto has hailed the talent of Barcelona’s Francisco Trincão and says the La Liga side must help develop what he believes is already “a complete player” in Spain.
Trincão moved to Camp No in a € 31m deal this summer and the 20-year-old has already impressed during his showings during pre-season and the opening stages of the new season. For his ex-coach at Braga, Trincão already possesses many of the key attributes needed to become a key player for Barcelona over several seasons.
The closure of the European transfer window provided plenty of late action and as expected Portuguese players were at the heart the rush to finalise deals.
We sum up the last ten days of the window (post Diogo Jota moving to Liverpool) including a frantic last weekend during which several Portugal internationals took on new adventures.
Monday saw FC Porto loan midfielder Danilo Pereira to Paris Saint-German for this season, with the French champions paying €4m for the deal and including an obligation to make the deal permanent next summer for €20m should necessary clauses be met. Danilo's move came on the same day Porto sold left-back Alex Telles to Manchester United for around €15m.
Sunday was a lively day for Portuguese goalscorers this week, with some of the brightest Luso youngsters making an impact in the major leagues across Europe.
Rafael Leão steals the show with a first-ever brace for AC Milan in Serie A, while Renato Sanches also found the net and Pedro Neto scored the winning goal for Wolverhampton Wanderers in England. Bruno Fernandes was also on the scoresheet, but his early penalty came in a devastating 6-1 loss for Manchester United against José Mourinho’s Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford.
