Interviews
‘Here at Boavista, the fans live for football’: Exclusive Interview with Boavista’s Bruno Lourenço
Boavista head into Saturday’s match against SC Braga looking to end the season strongly. Petit’s side are currently 11th in the Primeira Liga and are looking to improve on last season’s 10th-placed finish with two games left to play. At the Estádio do Bessa XXI in particular they have been excellent this season, losing just […]
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‘I Don’t Want to Be in My Comfort Zone’: Exclusive Interview With Levante UD and Portugal Star Tatiana Pinto
To say things are going well for Tatiana Pinto would be a colossal understatement. The 29-year-old midfielder helped Portugal qualify for their first-ever FIFA Women’s World Cup back in February, last month she made her 100th appearance for the national team in front of a record crowd in Guimarães and just a couple of days […]
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Exclusive Interview: Independiente del Valle Coach Ricardo Manuel Pinto Pereira on Goalkeeping, Life Lessons, Dealing with Failure and Passion For Football
The 49-year-old goalkeeping coach has a wealth of experience in the game, starting his coaching career at Benfica over a decade ago, since then he has worked all over the world at the likes of Standard Liege, Nottingham Forest, Legia Warsaw, and Al-Fateh and he has worked with the likes of Éderson, Guillermo Ochoa, Artur […]
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‘Casa Pia Is A Family, We Want To Fight For Eachother’: Exclusive Interview with Saviour Godwin
Statistics and results were correct at the time of recording on April 7th. One of the standout stories from this season has been Casa Pia’s incredible journey. Four seasons ago they were playing in the Campeonato do Portugal, last season they were promoted to the Primeira Liga for the first time in 83 years and […]
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The Past, The Present and The Future: Länk FC Vilaverdense – A Club on the Rise
12 matches into the Liga 3 season, newly-promoted Länk FC Vilaverdense sit top of the table and have yet to lose a single game, they are into the Oitavos (last 16) of the Taça de Portugal for only the second time in their history and they recently brushed aside Primeira Liga side Portimonense 2-0. In the stands, […]
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PODCAST – Próxima Jornada Meets: Estoril Praia Midfielder Rosier Loreintz
When Estoril Praia eliminated three different Primeira Liga sides from the Taça de Portugal en route to the semi-finals, it was clear to see that Bruno Pinheiro’s men belonged in the Portuguese top flight. Sure enough, Estoril won the Segunda Liga, winning 20 of their 34 games and gained promotion to the top flight in […]
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Ryan Gauld: The Interview
On November 8th, newly-promoted SC Farense secured their first win of the season, a hard-fought 3-1 victory over Vasco Seabra’s Boavista. The talisman for Farense that day and indeed for the last 18 months, Ryan Gauld. A player who was catapulted into the headlines at just 16-years-old and dubbed “mini-Messi” in his native Scotland, the […]
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Os Belenenses: Redemption and Rebirth
At the end of the 2017/18 Primeira Liga season, a historic club was changed forever. Os Belenenses, founded in 1919 and steeped in tradition (one of only two clubs outside of the ‘Big 3’ to have won the Primeira Liga) split from the SAD (Sociedade Anónima Deportiva) following a long-running and bitter feud. As a […]
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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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‘We deserved to win silverware’: Exclusive Interview with Benfica and Portugal Legend Nuno Gomes
689 club appearances, 254 goals. 79 international caps, 29 goals. He represented the Seleção at 3 UEFA European Championships and 2 FIFA World Cups. A man revered throughout Europe for his technical ability, his craft and a deadly eye for goal. We are of course talking about Nuno Gomes. Nuno Gomes, born in Amarante, made […]
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“Look after my boy” – Bruno Fernandes speaks on Jorge Jesus
This following interview was conducted by Renato Senise (@Renato_Senise) in Portuguese for DAZN Brasil. The content of the interview was translated and transcribed by Matt O’Connor for Próxima Jornada (@ProfMatheu) Jorge Jesus, the enigmatic former Sporting and SLB manager is making waves of late, to put it mildly. His impact in Brazil since his arrival […]
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Ricardo Pereira: The Interview
Ricardo Pereira discusses his footballing career so far, his hopes for the future and everything in between.
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