THE BALL – Portugal beats Slovakia and leads the race for the European Championship (U17)

The national under-17 team, coached by Filipe Ramos, won this Wednesday afternoon, at Estádio do Fontelo, in Viseu, its counterpart from Slovakia by 2-0, in the debut of the Portuguese team in Group 5 of qualification of the Elite Round for the Euro 2023, whose final phase will take place in Hungary, from May 17th … Read more

THE BALL – Luz and Benfica Campus again voted best pitches in Liga and Liga 2 (Liga)

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Stadium (Luz, in Lisbon) and Field No. 1 of Benfica Campus, in Seixal, were elected the best of the 25th round of Liga and Liga 2, respectively, announced this Wednesday the Liga Portugal. The ‘green carpet’ of the reds, leaders of the championship classification, with 68 points – ten points ahead … Read more

THE BALL – RB Bragantino de Caixinha is eliminated and misses the meeting with Abel Ferreira in the Paulistão final (Brazil)

RB Bragantino, owned by Pedro Caixinha, failed to qualify for the final of the São Paulo championship, where Palmeiras already was. The club lost on penalties to Água Santa, the surprise team of this championship, which will be in the final for the first time. Água Santa won on penalties by 4-2, after a 1-1 … Read more

“Coach Un” has not yet set a goal to finish the rank. I would like to give 3 points to Madam.

Hope to maintain standards! “Coach Un” Surapong Kongthep, coach of the Port Authority FC, reveals his feelings after the game that led the home team to beat Sukhothai FC 2-0. Just do a good job and collect points for every game. I would like to give 3 points to Madam Pang. The aftermath after the … Read more

THE BALL – Portugal crushes Hungary and takes third place in the European (Futsal)

Portugal thrashed, this Sunday, Hungary, by 12-0, and was in third place in the European women’s futsal. After defeating Spain (2-3), two-time champions, in the semi-finals, the team crushed the hosts with goals from Gabriella Kota, Carla Vanessa (3), Sara Ferreira, Lídia Moreira, Carolina Rocha (2), Fifó (2), Janice Silva and Pisko. After the silver … Read more

THE BALL – Bellerín’s absence confirmed: Amorim’s squad for London (Sporting)

Sporting are leaving for London, where tomorrow they face Arsenal in the second leg of the round of 16 of the Europa League (2-2 in Alvalade). Those summoned were not disclosed, but it was possible to identify them upon arrival at the airport – a delegation led by President Frederico Varandas. In addition to Coates … Read more

THE BALL – AZ Alkmaar dispatches Real Madrid and sets up a meeting with Sporting (Youth League)

AZ Alkmaar beat Real Madrid 4-0 this afternoon and are Sporting’s opponents in the Youth League final four, to be played on April 21 in Nyon, Switzerland. After beating Barcelona 3-0 in the previous round, the Dutch team maintained their appetite for defeating Spanish opponents, and in Wijdewormer, in the Netherlands, they did not give … Read more

A BOLA – Águias renew with goalkeeper who won under-20 Intercontinental Cup (Benfica)

Benfica announced, this Tuesday, the contract renewal of Pedro Souza, a 20-year-old goalkeeper. The Portuguese-Brazilian is in his sixth season with the Eagles and is part of the Reds’ B team, having won the under-20 Intercontinental Cup this season, held in Uruguay. Pedro Souza, who was national youth champion in 2018/2019, was «proud» for renewing … Read more

THE BALL – Have you learned to pronounce Andreas Schjelderup and Casper Tengstedt? They teach and say it’s not even difficult… (video) (Benfica)

We won’t be exaggerating if we say that for the vast majority of Benfica supporters (and supporters in general, even from other clubs), trying to pronounce the names of Benfica’s Nordic reinforcements (they arrived in January) is a mission that seems almost impossible. Well, Andreas Schjelderup (18-year-old Norwegian winger) and Casper Tengstedt (22-year-old Danish forward) … Read more

A BOLA – Praise and complicity: Grimaldo’s locker room (Benfica)

Grimaldo was involved in the last two goals of the victory against Marítimo (3-0) and the third he offered to Neres with a back-heel pass. The Spanish left-back is having a great season and already has five goals and 11 assists. The performance and the way he shows off make not only the fans enthusiastic, … Read more