Alex Gonçalves

NOOOO WAYYYYYY!!!!!!! INCRESJBLE!! TRUBIN SCORESSSSS!! BENFICA'S GOALKEEPER SCORES WITH THE FINAL TOUCH OF THE GAME TO SEND BENFICA THROUGH TO THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE KNOCKOUT ROUND!!!!!! I cannot believe my eyes!! TRUBIN!!

*agg. 4-1

FT Porto 2-0 Stuttgart (agg. 3-0). Porto round off a perfect week for Portuguese clubs with a very professional display against a strong German outfit. Up next in the quarter finals it's Nottingham Forest and a reunion with the highly regarded Vitor Pereira.

FULL TIME Braga 4-0 Ferencvaros (agg. 4-2). A thoroughly professional outing. Braga follow in the footsteps of Sporting and pull off a superb European comeback, seeing them advance to the quarter finals of the Europa League. A tremendous couple of days for Portuguese football!

Sporting, that is MENTAL. FT: Sporting 5-0 Bodø/Glimt. Bodø beat Man City. They defeated Atletico Madrid. They overcame Inter Milan. TWICE. But Sporting come from 3-0 down to win 5-3 in aggregate in a truly mesmerising display. Absolutely phenomenal result. Into the quarters!

All that talk about Tudor being sacked; after that second half performance, Slot has to be in big, big trouble, that was dire viewing.

Feel like the opposition should complain about Chelsea doing the team talk in their half then. It's at best disrespectful, ridiculous seems more fitting. Rosenior does himself no favours.

When you persist with doing this kind of thing for seemingly no reason whatsoever and proceed to go on to lose, you just end up looking utterly ridiculous to be honest.

41-year-old Thiago Silva 💙 The oldest outfield debutant in the #UEL 🍷

Time to accept that Bodø/Glimt are one of the favourites to win the Champions League. Sporting blown away by Bodø/Glimt, but I won't be overly critical. Sporting have beaten PSG, Marseille, Brugge, Bilbao this season. Bodø are just a genuinely great team, particularly at home.

Turns out Benfica are pretty good then I suppose

Rodrigo Gomessssss!

@DaveGreen1987 I think you keep it simple, even general; make it clear you condemn all forms of discrimination & take allegations like these seriously. Say you'll investigate. Can even state the player denies the allegations and regrets the misunderstanding. Soft support instead of blind trust.

@Aljeeves Genuine question, Alex. You’ve even said in your post it’s something the player has allegedly said, so what are the club supposed to do? Condemn their own player without absolute certainty of what was said? What if the rumours are true and Vini used a homophobic slur also?

Benfica's response to events that unfolded yesterday has been awful. Blindly & unequivocally supporting a player who has allegedly racially abused another player is poor. Say racism is unacceptable in any form, say you'll investigate, & go from there. Blind support is ridiculous.

A combustible Marinakis paired with a combustible Vitor Pereira. What could possibly go wrong? #NFFC

Might go on to be a great signing, but I honestly haven't seen much to suggest he's a £50m player. Seems solid business from a Wolves perspective - main issue is that it's difficult to imagine the money being well re-invested.

And we meet again ⚔️

Sorrir e acenar, rapazes… 🐧 Sorrir e acenar 👋 Sporting CP, SL Benfica, SC Braga e FC Porto seguem juntos a elevar a bandeira de 🇵🇹 na Europa.

Farioli: "Muitas vezes leio que o nível do futebol português não é suficientemente competitivo, mas na realidade vimos o que aconteceu ontem e hoje também, com o Braga também no top 8. A realidade é que estamos a jogar contra dois gigantes na Liga portuguesa, que ontem mostraram ambos o seu nível, assim como o Braga. É um grande feito para o futebol português que, se não estou errado, ultrapassou os Países Baixos no ranking da UEFA e é muito importante." Via: @sporttvportugal

FT Porto 3-1 Rangers FT Go Ahead Eagles 0-0 Braga. Porto and Braga both get the job done and secure a spot in the top 8 of the Europa League standings! Both advance directly to the round of 16, finishing 5th and 6th respectively. Great campaign from both sides.