The increasingly large Luso contingent in Greek football inevitably gain their fare share of headlines throughout the season, but Sunday afternoon’s action saw a particularly special contribution from the men from Portugal.
Vieirinha scored his first goals of the campaign after coming on as a substitute to help champions PAOK rescue a last-gasp 2-2 draw with Panathinaikos, while Nélson Oliveira was also a hero for AEK with a double and a desperately late winner in their victory over Atromitos. Elsewhere, one of the goals of day went to Lisandro Semedo, who scored an audacious lob for OFI.
Portugal midfielder André Gomes was stretchered off with a serious injury during the latter stages of Everton’s 1-1 draw with Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday afternoon, with the incident and its impact on other participating players overshadowing events at Goodison Park.
Gonçalo Paciência scored the crowning goal as Eintracht Frankfurt secured one of the results of the season in Germany’s Bundesliga, beating champions Bayern Munich 5-1 at Commerzbank Arena on Saturday afternoon.
Portuguese international Eder continued his good goal scoring start to the Russian Premier League season with Lokomotiv Moscow’s opener in a 1-1 draw at Ufa on Saturday afternoon.
Last month, well-travelled forward Daniel Candeias produced arguably the most remarkable performance of his career in Genclerbirligi’s victory at Antalyaspor. The Portugal man scored a hat-trick and provided two assists in the first half alone as his team ran out 6-0 winners, marking the first treble of a football journey which has taken in six countries.