Portuguese Football in English
Portuguese youngster Fábio Silva has been speaking about Seleção captain Cristiano Ronaldo, as well as recalling some advice from fellow veteran Pepe about his prospects in football.
The forward, who recently moved from FC Porto to Wolverhampton Wanderers in a surprise €40m move, says he hopes to play with the Portugal captain in Fernando Santos’ side before Ronaldo eventually hangs up his boots.
The Europa League group phase line-up was completed on Thursday night with the final qualifying round taking place throughout the evening, and while the night proved a disheartening one for Sporting and Rio Ave, there were multiple positive stories involving Portugal’s foreign-based contingent.
Four ties were influenced hugely by Portuguese goals, while José Mourinho’s Tottenham Hotspur booked their place in the next stage with a resounding 7-2 win over Maccabi Haifa in London. Of the 19 ties not contested by Portuguese clubs, 12 involved a Luso representative in the matchday squads or on the coaches’ bench, and the outcomes were largely favourable.
Liverpool 3-1 Arsenal
Diogo Jota marked his Premier League debut for Liverpool with the clinching goal as the champions beat Arsenal 3-1 at Anfield to take an ominous early advantage over their title rivals.
Portugal forward Jota, who arrived from Wolves earlier this month in a deal worth up to €50m, came on for the final ten minutes after goals from Andrew Robertson and Sadio Mane had seen Liverpool come from behind to lead 2-1 after Andre Lacazette’s early opener for Arsenal.
It may not have been away for very long, but football fans were still delighted to witness the return of the Premier League earlier this month. What a start to the season it’s been as well.
There have been goals galore across the division in one of the most exhilarating first few games in years. It’s hard to predict what might happen next. Your best bet is checking out the latest EPL predictions from Gamblerspro.com.
João Félix and Cristiano Ronaldo were the high-profile goalscoring stories in the Portuguese Abroad section on Sunday evening, but it was another successful weekend in front of goal across the continent for the Luso contingent.
Bruno Fernandes’ dramatic late penalty saw Manchester United snatch victory against Brighton in the Premier League on Saturday lunchtime, after which André Silva continued his goalscoring form in Germany and William Carvalho inexplicably made it two goals in a week with another strike for Real Betis against Real Madrid.
Elsewhere, veteran striker twins Marco and Flávio Paixão scored six goals between them in Turkey and Poland respectively, while there were goals in Greece, Bulgaria and Switzerland, as well as another for Lucas João in the English Championship with Reading.
