Cristiano Ronaldo celebrated his 1,000^th match with another goal in Italy as Juventus beat SPAL 2-1 away from home on Saturday afternoon in Serie A.

The Portugal captain opened the scoring for Juve at the Stadio Paolo Mazza to make it a record-equalling eleven successive league games in which he has found the net, a run during which Ronaldo has scored 16 goals.

Portuguese defender Daniel Carriço has confirmed his move to Chinese side Wuhan Zall FC, ending his 6.5-year spell with Sevilla in Spain’s La Liga. Carriço has reportedly agreed a salary of €3m per year with his new club ahead of the 2020 CSL season.

Meanwhile, staying put at his club is veteran striker Flávio Paixão, who has earned an extended contract with Lechia Gdansk following an impressive run of form in front of goal by the 35-year-old in Poland.

Differing fortunes for coaches Fonseca, Martins

Diogo Jota and Rúben Neves take the headlines in this week’s Portuguese Abroad round-up of Europa League last-32 first legs, with Jota bagging a hat-trick and former Porto midfielder Neves scoring the goal of the evening in the competition for Wolverhampton Wanderers in a 4-0 win against Espanyol.

On the coaches front, Paulo Fonseca arrested Roma’s recent slump in results with a 1-0 win over Belgians Gent in the Italian capital, but there was frustration for Pedro Martins as his Olympiacos conceded a late goal to go down 1-0 at home to Arsenal in Greece.

Tottenham Hotspur boss José Mourinho said it was “like going to a gun fight without bullets” after seeing his depleted frontline struggle to a 1-0 home defeat against RB Leipzig in the Champions League.

Elsewhere during the first legs of the round of 16, there was a win for Raphaël Guerreiro’s Borussia Dortmund over Paris Saint-Germain, while Gonçalo Guedes was selected by Valencia as the Spaniards suffered a disastrous 4-1 loss to Atalanta in Italy.