Life is usually pretty simple for a football supporter - not easy, mind you, but simple. You love your team. You hate (or at least profoundly dislike) your city rivals and/or archenemies. When your team win, it's one of the best feelings in the world. When they lose, getting to work the next morning seems just a tad harder.

This is one of the reasons why the phenomenon that surrounds Benfica's coach Jorge Jesus is so interesting. Every club - at least in Southern Europe - is subject to these virtually bipolar fans (straying away from the loyal supporters), but the Eagles are a club that seems to be constantly riding a wave of euphoria or experiencing the hardest of crashes with reality. There is hardly ever any in-between. During the same week, it is possible to hear supporters swearing on their mother's grave that Jesus has been the best thing that has happened to Benfica over the past two decades and others who assure their conversational partner that he's only lucky he's had access to such gifted players.

FC Porto winger Yacine Brahimi was today announced as the winner of the BBC African Footballer of the Year Award 2014. 

The Algerian has been a revelation since his summer switch from La Liga club Granada to northern Portugal. His scintillating dribbling and numerous assists and goals have made him a firm fans' favourite at the Estádio do Dragão. 

Of the teams occupying the top seven positions before this weekend's programme, only Belenenses dropped points with a goalless draw at home to Arouca (Paços de Ferreira host Estoril tonight).

Porto, Braga and Sporting clocked up convincing wins, while the leading duo Benfica and Vitória Guimarães won away at Académica and at home to Moreirense respectively. 

Club football in Portugal always throws up more than its fair share of unpredictable events, excitement and topics for discussion, and the 2014/15 season has been no different.

With the Primeira Liga schedule to resume after a three-week break, PortuGOAL takes a look at five talking points emerging from the first third of the campaign.