THE BALL – Benfica defeated in the Azores (Handball)

This Saturday, Benfica suffered the fourth defeat in the national handball championship, yielding by 26-28 when traveling to the SC Horta pavilion, in the Azores. At half-time, the home team was leading by 12-11 and held the victory in the second half. Miguel Gomes, with 7 goals, stood out for SC Horta, the same as … Read more

THE BALL – Hazard costs 40 thousand euros per minute (Real Madrid)

Eden Hazard is having a career to forget with Real Madrid, where he arrived in 2018 and has so far failed 59 games. According to AS, Real Madrid bought Hazard’s pass to Chelsea for 100 million euros, to be paid in five years. The Spanish club has already paid the player 54 million euros in … Read more

THE BALL – Guardiola and the Rúben Dias prize: «It was unexpected» (Manchester City)

Rúben Dias was elected footballer of the year by the association of sports journalists in the United Kingdom. A prize that surprised Pep Guardiola, coach of Manchester City. «It was unexpected. We were aware that it has quality, but you never know what can happen. It’s amazing how you help others. It is a problem … Read more

THE BALL – Messi closes season earlier and will no longer be in the last game (Barcelona)

With Barcelona still having to close the season against Eibar, but with no chance of winning the title, the club gave Messi permission to end the season and go on vacation earlier, as he had announced yesterday with Pedri. The Argentine, who will have to decide his future in the coming weeks, ends the season … Read more

THE BALL – Buffon asks for “crazy proposal” (Juventus)

Leaving Juventus and aged 43, Gianluigi Buffon refuses to put an end to his career. The Italian goalkeeper is looking for a new challenge that motivates him. «I received many contacts and proposals, but I think the one that will catch my attention the most is the craziest and most stimulating proposal. There was a … Read more

THE BALL – João Moutinho scored the goal of the year and Fábio Silva was the best youth of 2021 (Wolverhampton)

Gala night at Wolverhampton. The English emblem attributed, this Thursday, the prizes related to the season, with three Portuguese highlighted. After Pedro Neto was elected the best player of the year, João Moutinho was awarded the goal after a fabulous shot against Arsenal (2-1, in the 22nd round of the Premier League. “I feel amazing. … Read more

THE BALL – Fernando Medina highlights Rúben Amorim, Frederico Varandas and Coates (Sporting)

Fernando Medina, Mayor of Lisbon, spoke at the Paços do Concelho to the entire entourage of Sporting national champion 2020/2021. Praising the club’s achievement, the mayor made a point of addressing special words to Rúben Amorim, Frederico Varandas and even Sebastián Coates. «Congratulations to everyone for this great victory. Sporting is the national football champion … Read more

A BOLA – Hugs in the farewell to Sérgio Conceição? (FC Porto)

Final whistle at FC Porto-Belenenses SAD and the natural greetings between coaches and players. The eyes of the few present at the venue were focused on Sérgio Conceição, who left the bench and greeted all his staff, went to the referee trio and greeted more players. The ritual seemed to go on over time, as … Read more

THE BALL – Daniel Ramos and the President dressed up as… cows (Santa Clara)

In the celebrations for the qualification of Santa Clara for European competitions there was an absolutely hilarious moment. Coach Daniel Ramos and President Rui Cordeiro came dressed in… cows. That was how they both appeared at the press conference after the match with Farense (4-0), in which Daniel Ramos explained that it is “a fact … Read more

THE BALL – «We are candidates to win the Super Cup, let’s start there» (Sporting)

Only on the antepenultimate round, before the match with Boavista, did Rúben Amorim assume the candidacy for the title of national champion. Now he has already assumed that Sporting will be a candidate to win the Super Cup. «We have the Super Cup and it is to win. Then it’s game by game, again. We … Read more