[ad_1] This Wednesday, the FPF Referees Council announced the nominations for the first four matches of the 8th round of the league, including Santa Clara-FC Porto and Sporting-Moreirense. Paços de Ferreira-Famalicão, day 27 (19 hours)Referee: João BentoAssistants: Pedro Felisberto and Hugo Coimbra4th referee: Ricardo BaixinhoVAR: Hugo MiguelAVAR: Bruno Jesus Tondela-Vitória …
Read More »BALL – Jorge Jesus calls 21 for Glasgow (Benfica)
[ad_1] 21 players have been called up by Jorge Jesus for the match against Rangers, in Glasgow, this Thursday (8 pm), referring to the 4th round of Group D of the Europa League. To underline the inclusion of the young João Ferreira (lateral), Paulo Bernardo (middle) and Tiago Araújo (extreme). …
Read More »THE BALL – Absences for Covid-19: “Sometimes there are evils that come forever” (Benfica)
[ad_1] Jorge Jesus spoke to SportTV, in preview of the Glasgow match with Rangers, about the absences motivated by the positive aspects of covid-19, namely Darwin, Weigl and Taarabt, but he preferred to underline that sometimes the opportunities given to other players end up bear fruit. Headache with Covid-19. «It …
Read More »THE BALL – One hour walk to Marseille (FC Porto)
[ad_1] The trip to France was made in the afternoon, but with a delay that left the dragons on the verge of a nervous breakdown. The departure of 2Excel Aviation flight BRO021 was initially scheduled for 3.30 pm, except that the plane chartered by FC Porto took off from the …
Read More »THE BALL – Ronaldo among the nominees for the FIFA Awards (Juventus)
[ad_1] Cristiano Ronaldo appears among the 11 FIFA nominees for the best player of the year award. Thiago Alcântara, Kevin De Bruyne, Robert Lewandowski, Sadio Mané, Kylian Mbappé, Lionel Messi, Neymar, Sergio Ramos, Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk complete the batch of candidates. The public vote will run until …
Read More »THE BALL – “We knew what we were hiring” (Manchester United)
[ad_1] Ole Gunnar Solskjaer completely surrendered to Bruno Fernandes’ season with the Manchester United shirt. This Tuesday, the Portuguese midfielder scored two of four goals in the Champions League win against Basaksehir. “I see him training every day and we knew what we were taking when we took him. He …
Read More »THE BALL – Ronaldo equals Messi’s record (Champions League)
[ad_1] Scoring in the duel with Ferencvaros, Cristiano Ronaldo made his 70th career in the Champions League played at home. The Portuguese international thus equals Lionel Messi’s record, who in Barcelona has the same number of goals scored in Champions League matches at Camp Nou. In total, Ronaldo scores 131 …
Read More »THE BALL – “Tottenham have made four shots and two goals, congratulations to them” (Manchester City)
[ad_1] A little sarcastically, Pep Guardiola took advantage of the press conference to kick off the match with Olympiakos for the Champions League to scramble Manchester City’s 0-2 defeat to Tottenham last Saturday. «The fault of this season is the coach. I have to find a way around this and …
Read More »THE BALL – Montero wanted for January (SC Braga)
[ad_1] Fredy Montero could return to the league as early as next January. The 33-year-old Colombian striker, who has made himself known to Portuguese fans after a successful and multi-year relationship with Sporting, appears at the top of SC Braga’s priorities to strengthen the attacking sector. The international coffee shop …
Read More »THE BALL – “Mourinho brainwashed the team” (Tottenham)
[ad_1] Former Tottenham manager Tim Sherwood congratulated José Mourinho for his work on the bench. spurs, leaders (together with Liverpool) of the Premier League. «He has found a way to be successful with the players he has. Sergio Reguilón was a great signing for left-back but, for me, Hojbjerg was …
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