The return of football across the world has provided a setting for some of the best form shown by Portugal’s foreign-based contingent so far this season, and the performances of Portuguese across the sport continues to astonish as we edge towards the crucial final stages in many competitions.

Finding the back of the net remains a habit for Luso players, with the likes of Domingos Duarte, Cristiano Ronaldo, Bernardo Silva and Diogo Jota leading the way as we saw goals in Spain, England, Greece, Russia, Poland, Japan, Bulgaria and Turkey this weekend, while high-profile Portuguese bosses José Mourinho, Jorge Jesus, Nuno Espírito Santo and Paulo Fonseca all enjoyed positive weekends.

Real Sociedad 2-3 Granada

Granada reignited their hopes of securing European football in Spain’s Liga with a late winner against Real Sociedad, courtesy of inspirational centre-back Domingos Duarte.

The Portuguese registered a first-half assist with a left-footed cross and then rose to head home at the back post with a little over two minutes on the clock, meaning Granada remain firmly in the hunt for a Europa League spot with just three matches of the campaign remaining.

Portuguese footballers continue to light up European football amidst the packed fixture schedule across the continent, with Bruno Fernandes once again leading the way with another starring role in Manchester United’s latest victory in England and Nani marking the return of MLS with a late winner.

Fernandes scored from the spot and provided an assist as United cruised to a 3-0 victory at Aston Villa, on the day that Hélder Costa found the net to help Leeds United edged closer to promotion to the Premier League. Meanwhile in Italy, Miguel Veloso was the hero with a late equaliser for Hellas Verona in a 2-2 draw with Inter Milan.

AC Milan 4-2 Juventus

Rafael Leão scored arguably the biggest goal of his AC Milan career so far as the Rossoneri staged an astonishing comeback from 2-0 down to beat Serie A champions Juventus 4-2 at San Siro.

Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo scored one of the visitors’ goals as Juve took a commanding lead after the break, but youngster Leão emerged from the bench and scored the goal which put Milan ahead and on the way to a most unlikely victory.