Portuguese Football in English
André Silva is certainly finding his feet in the Bundesliga with Frankfurt. Having scored his first goal for his new club last weekend against Borussia Dortmund in a 2-2 draw, the Portugal striker followed that up with another on Friday evening.
Silva got what proved to be the winning goal as Frankfurt won 2-1 away at Union Berlin, a result which for now moves the club up into 7th place and represents improved form after a difficult start to the new campaign.
Paulo Sousa is enjoying his best period since taking charge of French side Girondins de Bordeaux in March, and as his team prepares to host champions Paris Saint-Germain this weekend the Portuguese says they will treat their opponents like everyone else.
Bordeaux are on a six-match unbeaten run, during which time they have amassed the same points as PSG. It is a far cry from the desperate form in which Sousa’s men ended the season, with the Portuguese now seemingly exerting his authority on the club with every passing week.
Portuguese international João Félix scored his second goal for Atletico Madrid on Wednesday with the clincher as Los Rojiblancos won 2-0 at Mallorca in La Liga.
Atletico led 1-0 at half time on the Spanish island through Diego Costa’s 26th-minute header, with former Benfica starlet Félix making sure of things on 64 minutes when his sharp control and left-footed finish took a deflection before finding the back of the net.
Portuguese forward Hernâni opened his account for Spanish side Levante on Tuesday night with a brilliantly taken strike, but the goal came in defeat at William Carvalho’s Real Betis. Elsewhere in Spain, Granada and Portuguese duo Rui Silva and Domingos Duarte are temporarily back on top, while Nélson Semedo kept his place as Barcelona returned to winning ways.
Leonardo Jardim praised his players following their first Ligue 1 win of the season in the derby with Nice in France. In England, the League Cup takes centre stage and there was a goal for Cédric Soares, a full debut for João Cancelo and a sparkling display from youngster Domingos Quina on a lively night for Portuguese.
As we round up the remaining stories involving Portuguese across the footballing world, there was another victory in Serie A for Paulo Fonseca with Roma making it three victories in a row in all competitions and an unbeaten start to life in the Italian capital.
Meanwhile in France, Portugal’s coaching trio in Ligue 1 all secured draws and Renato Sanches and Mathias Lage featured for their clubs, while a shock defeat for Barcelona in Spain has seen Nélson Semedo come under fire.
