César Leitão, referee from Beja, dies after feeling bad playing with friends

César Leitão, referee from Beja, dies after feeling bad playing with friends

César Leitão, referee of the Beja Football Association, passed away this Saturday, aged 33. According to a press release from the Portuguese Football Federation, the referee from Ourique “felt bad during his time with friends, having fallen inanimate and died on the spot”. The president of the FPF, Fernando Gomes, addressed “the most heartfelt condolences … Read more

FC Porto: Rodrigo Conceição on his way to Moreirense

FC Porto: Rodrigo Conceição on his way to Moreirense

Moreirense has an understanding with FC Porto to receive Rodrigo Conceição. The two clubs have already signed an agreement for a loan until the end of the season, so only the signatures are missing. Rodrigo has not even been called up by his father, Sérgio Conceição, for an internship in the Algarve, and in the … Read more

Grujic left the Liverpool internship and traveled to Porto

Grujic left the Liverpool internship and traveled to Porto

Marko Grujic left the Liverpool training camp and traveled tonight to Porto, on a private flight from Salzburg, where the English team is serving a pre-season period. The Serbian international midfielder is very close to strengthening FC Porto, after a loan season from the English team. Grujic, 25 years old, was appointed as the reinforcement … Read more

Benfica goes to the Champions draw: possible opponents

Benfica goes to the Champions draw: possible opponents

Benfica will meet, this Monday, the opponent in the third qualifying round of the Champions League. The draw is scheduled for 11 am, and the lot of possible opponents is defined, albeit in a conditional manner, as they may be dependent on duels in the second qualifying round, yet to be played. In any case, … Read more

Nuno Espírito Santo: «Bale will not be part of the Tottenham squad»

Nuno Espírito Santo: «Bale will not be part of the Tottenham squad»

In the first press conference as Tottenham coach, Nuno Espírito Santo was pragmatic about Gareth Bale’s situation. «It won’t be part of the squad», replied the Portuguese coach. Gareth Bale returned to Tottenham last season, on loan from Real Madrid, but in 2021/22 he will not be in the squad of «Spurs», at least judging … Read more

Benfica test against Belenenses: check the starting eleven

Benfica test against Belenenses: check the starting eleven

Benfica is facing Belenenses, in Seixal, in that is the fourth test of the pre-season of Jorge Jesus’ team, the first against a team from the League. After the defeat against team B and the triumphs over Sp. Covilhã (2-0) and Farense (3-2), Jorge Jesus started this Tuesday’s game with the following eleven: Helton, Gilberto, … Read more

OFFICIAL: Flamengo announces Renato Gaúcho as new coach

OFFICIAL: Flamengo announces Renato Gaúcho as new coach

Flamengo announced this Saturday the Brazilian Renato Gaúcho as the club’s new coach, replacing Rogério Ceni, who left the Rio de Janeiro club eight months after being hired. This is a debut for the 58-year-old coach, who has coached rivals Vasco da Gama (four seasons) and Fluminense (seven seasons) on several occasions, but has never … Read more

Cervi and the exit to Celta: «I tried to keep calm so I wouldn’t go crazy»

Cervi and the exit to Celta: «I tried to keep calm so I wouldn’t go crazy»

After five seasons at Benfica, Franco Cervi moved to Celta de Vigo. In the official presentation as a reinforcement of the Galician emblem, the Argentine confirmed that he was close to heading to the Balaídos in January and confessed to having been away from the negotiations to “not go crazy.” «I believed that the transfer … Read more

Sporting: Vinagre has already been at Amorim’s orders

Sporting: Vinagre has already been at Amorim’s orders

I’m not presented as a reinforcement yet (which should happen in the next few hours), but Rúben Vinagre is already training at Sporting. O More football knows that the left-back, who last season was loaned by Wolverhampton to Famalicão, was already under Ruben Amorim’s orders in the morning training session this Friday. In the official … Read more