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Jornada 7 Preview: Still Lookin’ For A Hero
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The first six weeks of the season have been somewhat confusing. Sporting rolled out of the gates with three wins and those who were picking them as the favorite to win the league this year were licking their chops. Then they hit a wall. Actually, they hit a hell of a large [...]
Jornada 6: It’s A Big Week For Those Called ‘Braga’
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Porto are out of first place already in what probably amounts to their shortest run at the top since I can remember. Unreal. Benfica are actually above both of the other “Big 3″ at this point, sitting third on 12 points after a 2-1 win over Naval this past weekend…
Trofense 0 – 0 Académica
Belenenses 1 [...]
Category: Super LigaJornada 6 Preview: Back to Work
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The league welcomed the end of the International Break last week with a round of Portuguese Cup matches that I blatantly ignored as it’s not far enough into the tournament for me to care. It’s really not far enough into the tournament for you to care yet either, although the way the next round [...]
Jornada 5 Recap: Familiar Faces in First Places
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The league really has to change its name. I know that it’s allegedly called “Liga Sagres” after the beer company “Sagres,” but without commercializing it, it’s the “Portuguese Liga.” However, given the way the league has shook out in the past few years, it might as well be the “PORTOguese Liga.” Please [...]
Jornada 5 Precap: Here We Go Again
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Well, that lasted a whole four weeks… Jornada five brought us a Porto away win against formerly second place Sporting. Which, as you might have figured, also brings Porto back into familiar territory at the top of the table. Four years in a row? Please, God, no…
V.Setúbal play Marítimo [...]
Jornada 5 Preview: 2 v 4 and 3 v 5
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It’s a big weekend in Portuguese club football. Second place Sporting welcome fourth spot Porto with open arms and hearts for another iteration of the clássico (which describes seventeen matches during the season for some reason). Meanwhile, fifth place Benfica travel to current third place surprise Leixões.
After this week, Sporting, Porto, [...]
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