Month: May 2020
Nuno Had A Dream: Out of Darkness Cometh Light
To celebrate Nuno Espírito Santo’s 3 year anniversary in charge of Wolves and his continued championing of Portuguese players in England, Próxima Jornada has produced Out of Darkness Cometh Light, which focuses solely on Nuno’s first season in charge (2017/18). On the 31st of May, 2017, Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers decided to sack manager Paul […]
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FreeSports announce increase in televised Liga NOS fixtures!
FreeSports, the sister channel of sports heavyweight PremierSports announced an increase in broadcasted Liga NOS fixtures in the UK. The channel, which is available to those in the UK free of charge will be showing THREE fixtures from each Jornada/Round of fixtures! The channel will be showing the second match of Primeira Liga’s return as […]
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Rony Lopes: The Interview
As we move towards the end of May, the footballing world also moves towards resumption. Bundesliga football is back in Germany, Liga NOS will return on the 3rd of June and La Liga is likely to be back around the 8th of June. Aaron Barton spoke to Sevilla and Portugal international Rony Lopes in an […]
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The Diogo Jota Conundrum
The main body of this article was taken from a longer Próxima Jornada piece entitled Portugal: A Goalscoring Problem? This can be found by clicking the green link. Diogo Jota is a relative newcomer to the Seleção set-up, but the 23-year-old is a player that many believe could be a valuable asset to Portugal in […]
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Portugal: A Goalscoring Problem? A Closer Look
Yesterday, Raphaël Guerreiro became the second top Portuguese scorer across Europe’s Top 5 leagues behind only Cristiano Ronaldo. One side of the coin is that Raphaël is doing extremely well, excelling in a more advanced role for Borussia Dortmund. Since the resumption of the Bundesliga following the enforced break, he has managed to find the […]
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Liga Portugal announces remaining Primeira Liga fixtures
The Liga have announced the dates and times for the remaining matches in the Primeira Liga following the resumption of the league. Fixtures are subject to change due to TV licensing The Liga will kick off on Wednesday June 3rd with Portimonense v Gil Vicente at 19:00, before Famalicão take on FC Porto at 21:15. […]
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Portuguese Impact on Bundesliga Return
Today marked the return of football, at least football within the top 5 European leagues. It’s return brought with it no supporters, no noise and a strange vibe but ultimately, football is back. There are currently 3 active Portuguese talents within the German top flight, Eintracht Frankfurt duo Gonçalo Paciência and André Silva as well […]
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Liga NOS to return on June 4th, 2020
Liga Portugal earlier announced that the Primeira Liga (Liga NOS) will return to action on the 4th of June, following a break of 88 days due to COVID-19. The Liga’s statement outlined the plans for the resumption of football, which will obviously be played ‘behind-closed-doors’ with no spectators. The statement read: “Over the past few […]
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