Sporting

Edgardo Lasalvia, former agent of Darwin Núñez, recalled the separation with the Uruguayan striker from Liverpool, who passed through Benfica. “I didn’t get a chance to talk to Darwin. I found out when he came with six bodyguards and didn’t want to do interviews at the airport. I had sent a guy from the company … Read more

After Botafogo’s 3-0 victory over Corinthians, Botafogo left-back Marçal – who played for Torreense, Nacional and Benfica in Portugal, criticized the recurring betting scheme in Brazil and revealed he had already been approached by a fan through the social networks to manipulate results. «In my case, it was last year against Flamengo, when I received … Read more

Present at the launch of the book ‘We are all part – 10 years of opinion’, by Luciano Gonçalves, president of the Portuguese Association of Football Referees (APAF), Frederico Varandas fought for a «deep reform» in refereeing to avoid the referee conditioning. «As president of Sporting, I defend a truly independent refereeing class, and when … Read more

Nélson Veríssimo, without a club since leaving Estoril, was in Italy, where he met José Mourinho and other old acquaintances from Benfica at Roma’s training centre. «One of the greatest references in the history of Portuguese football was kind enough to open the doors of his training center to me and to receive me, in … Read more

The still director of Sporting’s communication, Miguel Braga (ceases duties at the end of the season), signs the editorial of the edition of the club’s newspaper, this Thursday, and leaves the president of the Portuguese Football Federation, Fernando Gomes, by the way of the Champions League final, lost by Sporting to Palma Futsal. ′′ We … Read more

More than an hour after opening its doors to the public, the autograph session of the women’s football team of Benfica, which took place in the club’s official store at Estádio da Luz, surpassed… the statue of Eusébio. It was a real bath crowd to greet, take pictures or ask for autographs to the recently … Read more

Francesco Acerbi, Inter’s centre-back, admitted that the absence of Rafael Leão was a heavy loss for Milan, in the first leg of the semi-finals of the Champions League, which the nerazzurri won (2-0), even assuming that the Portuguese striker could be an «additional asset» for the Rossoneri if it is an option in the second … Read more

Benfica is «very interested» in signing Óliver Torres, a 28-year-old Spanish midfielder who played for FC Porto. The information was provided, this Wednesday, by journalist Bruno Alemany, from Chain BE, which states that the midfielder is a request from Roger Schmidt. He writes the same source that the operation is well under way, lacking the … Read more

At the end of the game, and after a prolonged conversation with Pepe, from FC Porto, on the pitch, the captain of Arouca, David Simão, revealed the subject of the conversation with his Porto counterpart, «It was a recurring conversation, the small sayings, when they draw or win they are always accused of wasting time … Read more