THE This Saturday, the sports press has several themes in focus, highlighting, above all, one protagonist: Gianluca Prestianni.
The young Argentine winger continues to make people talk, but he’s not the only one. At Sporting, Issa Doumbia is beginning to unleash himself in the new tactical system and is already attracting a lot of attention abroad.
At FC Porto, the focus is on Jan Bednarek who is preparing to debut in the Champions League after a long wait.
THE GAME
– “FC Porto. Sheriff gives the starting shot. Boss enters the books to put an end to a series of six games conceding goals, the worst sequence in the Farioli era”
– “Bednarek will finally make his Champions League debut in his 454th game as a professional”
– “Benfica. Prestianni in Messi’s line. Influence of the Argentine, who will renew, only surpassed by the star”
– “Banjaqui has Chelsea on his heels”
– “Sporting. João Simões is an off-season reinforcement”
– “V. Guimarães. SAD with a loss of 11 million”
– “Roller hockey. France-Portugal 6-3. Debacle crushes dream of world title. Team lets a good lead slip away and loses in the semi-finals”
THE BALL
– “Prestianni on a global scale. Argentinian shines at Benfica and begins to gain space in the national team/ Winger already has eight goals and five assists”
– “Valuation is meteoric: market price went from 20 to 40 million euros”
– “Pavlidis scored his 75th goal with the Eagles’ shirt. ‘It was special'”
– “Sporting. Doumbia coveted. Juventus and Newcastle attentive. Roma and Brentford also follow the Italian midfielder”
– “Rui Borges in solidarity. Limited edition of the coach’s iconic watch is launched, with half of the proceeds going to the Mirandela association”
– “FC Porto. Bednarek to stabilize the defense. Central has already served his suspension and returns to the eleven against PSV, which marks the Pole’s debut in the Champions League”
– “Dragons will pay homage to De Jong and Bobby Robson”
– “The secrets of the fantastic rise of Como 1907”
– “Cycling. Bronze for Miguel Salgueiro in the Track World Championship”
– “Roller hockey. Portugal eliminated by France (3-6, ap) in the semi-finals”
Record
– “Sporting. Maxi untouchable in January”
– “Uruguayan feels happy and agrees to stay”
– “Man. United and Arsenal are interested but the clause is 80 million euros”
– “Benfica. Marco Silva gives wings to the team. He shot up the goal average”
– “Prestianni has never scored so much”
– “FC Porto. Bednarek to stop the defense”
– “Farioli lost 4 games out of 58 with the Pole. Without him it was 4… out of 6”
– “Jesualdo Ferreira Interview. ‘I was happier and more recognized at FC Porto'”.
– “Roller Hockey World Cup. Dream ends in the socks (France 6-3 Portugal)”
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