THE This Saturday, the sports press gives wide attention to Sporting’s hard-fought victory against Vitória SC (3-2), at the start of the 2nd round of the national championship, after a day marred by the death of a cyclist in the Volta a Portugal.
Finlay Tarling lost his life in the eighth stage of the cycling race between Melgaço and Fafe. The NSN athlete was just 19 years old and originally from Wales.
At Benfica, note the situation of João Palhinha, who continues to be a market target this summer, while at FC Porto the focus is entirely on tonight’s duel at Rio Ave.
Record:
– “Lion wins for scare”
– “Sporting 3-2 V. Guimarães”. Come in big and shut down later”
– “Tragedy on return to Portugal. Welshman Finlay Tarling dies at age 19”
– “Benfica. Light for two more reinforcements. Palhinha and Harwood advance”
– “Rio Ave – FC Porto. Mora enters the accounts”
– “Farioli retains euphoria ‘We have to stay focused to continue winning”
THE GAME
– “Lord of the afflicted. Sporting 3-2 V. Guimarães. From the promised rout at half-time to the anti-game to protect three points with Ioannidis’ finger”
– “Suárez whistled in Alvalade and coach gets very angry”
– “Rui Borges: ‘Difficult to win… but we won'”
– “Cycling. Black day. Finlay Tarling, 19-year-old Welshman, fatally run over in Ponte de Lima”
– “Cândido Barbosa dismayed: ‘Hardest moment of my life'”
– “Rio Ave-FC Porto. ‘It has the material to manage the noise’. Rodrigo Mora called up and motivated by Farioli”
– “Deniz Gul: coach reveals a thousand phone calls from interested clubs”
– “Alan Varela absent in Vila do Conde, André Silva and Alberto Costa called up”
– “Benfica. Straw doesn’t leave the table”
– “Dedic getting closer to reinforcing Newcastle”
THE BALL
– “Ghosts in Alvalade. Sporting 3-2 V. Guimarães. Leão reached 3-0, with a goal and two assists from Ioannidis, but the disappointment already felt in Reboleira remained”
– “Luis Suárez whistled”
– “Rui Borges: ‘We will have a lot of pain, it won’t all be a bed of roses'”
– “Tragedy at the Tour of Portugal. Finlay Tarling, 19-year-old Welsh cyclist, from NSN Development, died during the 8th stage. Accident, in Arcozelo, in the Ponte de Lima area, involved a vehicle that entered the caravan. Race continues today and ends tomorrow”
– “Benfica. Eagles demand Euro35 million from Newcastle for Dedic. English club observed the Bosnian and is urgent to sign a right-back”
– “Harwood-Bellis is preferred but there are alternatives. In addition to Southampton’s English centre-back, Dutchman Ryan Flamingo justifies contacts with PSV”
– “Palhinha remains on the radar”
– “Casa Pia can mark Aursnes’ 200th game”
– “Rio Ave-FC Porto. ‘Mora has the experience to manage the noise’. Francesco Farioli downplayed speculation surrounding the midfielder’s future and also warned of the dangers of ‘euphoria in August…'”
