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Yago Carriello celebrates scoring the winner for Portimonense by grabbing the corner flag and pretending to shoot the Vitória fans the absolute mad man 😭
I swear to god. This is the greatest league in the world 😭😂
#FutebolComTalento
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As an English fan of Portuguese football, trying to learn Portuguese, I feel strangely proud hearing an English footballer doing an interview in excellent Portuguese.
What a legend,
@DannyNamaso
🙏
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União de Leiria getting promoted to the Segunda Liga in front of 22,000 fans is wonderful to see 👏
Great to see historic clubs getting closer to where they belong!
@uniaodeleiria
@ligaportugal
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Vitória were 1-0 down against Braga in the Derbí do Minho with 97 minutes played until João Mendes did this …
What a hit! As sweet a volley as you’ll see all season. Incredible scenes!
#LigaPortugal
#SCBVSC
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Paris Hilton’s brother-in-law Courtney Raum made his debut for Länk Vilaverdense today.
The 45-year-old has never played professional football in his life, but after investing in the club, he was given a chance to fulfill his ambitions.
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WHAT. A. HIT 🤯
The type of volley you DREAM about hitting! A certified golaço from David Santos for
@oficialvfc
!
Nothing hits quite like a lower league banger 🙏
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Right, here it is. Let’s have it.
Still not a red for me. He gets the ball before the man simple as. The only time you consider the impact of his trailing leg is when you see it in slow motion.
At normal speed it’s a clean tackle.
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It may be the international break, but there’s plenty of 🇵🇹 football to enjoy!
The
#LigaBPI
started this weekend and this absolute screamer from
@AndreiaJJ1
for
@FutFemSCP
is worth watching again, and again, and again … 🙏
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And you thought the aftermath of Porto vs Sporting was gonna be the craziest thing we saw in the Primeira Liga this weekend?
Think again, over to Ricardo Quaresma … 😅
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Day 2 📍
18 months ago me and Barney took this flag to Tottenham to support Paços in Europe. Today, I finally took it home!
Paços de Ferreira 🤝 Long Ball Futebol
A HISTÓRIA CONTINUA!
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Ladies and gentlemen, sit back and enjoy 60 seconds of a parrot being a pitch invader in tonight’s Liga Revelação 😅
It’s not often you can genuinely say “I have never seen that before at a football match”!
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🚨 Announcing the first ever Long Ball Futebol Giveaway 🚨
Win the Primeira Liga football shirt of YOUR choice! Simply follow
@LongBallFutebol
, like & retweet this post!
Giveaway ends 27.5.2023 ⏰
Full info and ways to earn extra entries below ⤵️
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Apparently, somewhere under that fog, Hidemasa Morita has scored his debut goal for
@CD_SantaClara
🌫
It’s a goal that gives them 3 points over
@RioAve_FC
who are trying to turn their season around, but it’s now just 1 win in 7 for them ...
#LigaNOS
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R.I.P Christian Atsu, the former Porto and Rio Ave footballer who was found dead this morning.
Our condolences go out to all his family and friends, and to everyone affected by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria.
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If there’s a Puskas award for saves, then you’re looking at this year’s winner!
Me deus, take a bow Rodrigo Moura. The
@trofense1930
keeper has just pulled out a world class save to deny Taraabt! 🧤
#TacadePortugal
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Had a great time with
@LatteFirm
tonight chatting about new
#Arsenal
signing Fábio Vieira, what his strengths are, and what Arsenal could expect from him!
Link to watch back below ⤵️
Call me the postman, because I’ve a delivery for you:
NEW
#Breakdown
on Fabio Vieira, with Albert Carter Phillips, co-host of
@LongBallFutebol
, a weekly podcast on Portuguese football.
#Madness
Enjoy. Share. Subscribe:
❤️☕️
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Sad news as TNT Sport (
@footballontnt
) formerly at BT Sport in the UK confirm they won’t be showing Primeira Liga football.
Last season they showed 1 game per week.
This is the first time since we started our podcast that their won’t be any Primeira Liga Futebol on UK TV.
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Really like this response from Roger Schmidt. Clear and honest, calls out the poor attempt from Chelsea to unsettle Enzo Fernández.
It’s clear that if
#Chelsea
want the player, they have to pay the release clause. Benfica don’t want or need to sell.
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Wow 🤩
So excited to be at the Estádio Nacional de Jamor for the final of the Taça de Portugal Femenino between
@SLBenfica
&
@racingpower_fc
My first time in this incredible stadium, what a treat!
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He may have been disappointing this season, but this is a bit of absolute magic from Francisco Trincão 🪄
This is what we hoped he’d be doing every week upon his return to Portugal!
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@LatteFirm
Thanks a lot for having me part of the show, loved chatting about Fábio Vieira, one of my favourite players from the Portuguese league!
Give him all your support Arsenal fans and I’m sure he’ll be a great success 🙏
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📍 Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa
Taça da Liga final. After four years of doing a podcast, this is me and Barney’s first game in Portugal together!
Let’s go! 🔥
@ligaportugal
#FinalFour
#LigaPortugal
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I am incredibly excited to be heading to Portugal this weekend with Barney to watch the FINAL of the
#AllianzCup
between
@SCBragaOficial
&
@estorilpraiasad
!
It will be me and Barney's first time in Portugal together! A huge thanks to
@ligaportugal
for the invitation.
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Portuguese football stadiums and 00s euro dance bangers. Name me a more iconic duo, I’ll wait.
Sitting in the sun waiting for the game to start, no better feeling 🤩
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Nearly 24 hours later and this is still Benfica’s most recent tweet.
Not the most important thing in the world, but not a fan of this. No acknowledgment of the loss, nothing to recognise the support of the fans.
Just childish.
It’s been a crazy couple of days culminating in another landmark ticked off the list, 1,000 twitter followers 🙏🥳
A massive thank you to everyone for your support! For me and Barney, growing this project from scratch has been an incredible journey. Thanks!
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Another embarrassing refereeing decision sees Diomande sent off for absolutely nothing.
Can’t even be checked by VAR because it’s a second yellow and not a straight red.
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Apologies, I know everyone else is probably making very insightful points about this Benfica game, but I just wanted to say I love the fact that the young kid wearing number 87 for Benfica is playing with his shirt tucked in.
That is all.
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11pm vs 3am on New Years Eve 😂
Happy New Year folks! Hope you have a great evening and an amazing 2024. Cheers for all the support this year 🙏
Best wishes!
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When was the last time a player who:
- never played for one of the big 3
- never played for the Seleção at any youth level
- is still playing in the Primeira Liga outside the big 3 and Braga
Was called up for the national team?
Jota Silva’s story is a great one 🙏
Outrageous quote from SC
"They want to put the North region out of sporting success in Portugal and Europe"
At a certain point you have to stop blaming everyone else, and start looking at yourself.
Jordan Holsgrove scores a wonderful free kick for Estoril against Porto 🪄
We’ve seen him score worldies before, but this strike that gave Estoril a massive away win at the Dragão was a bit special.
Parabéns
@JordanHolsy
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Day three 📍
Hello from sunny Vila do Conde 👋
A delight to return to this beautiful town for Rio Ave vs Gil Vicente. Two teams I’ve loved watching this season, and now get to watch IRL!
Now, where’s my sun cream …
#RioAve
#GilVicente
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Two phenomenal assists from this man today 🐉
Mehdi Taremi proving why he’s not just the best striker in Portugal, but a world class forward. He plays for the team, not for himself.
One of the most underrated strikers in Europe
#FCPorto
#UCL
Day two 📍
Great game, great fans, great town, rubbish photo 😅
Vizela is one of the places I most wanted to go to, and I wasn’t disappointed.
Unfortunately for the home fans it was Braga that put on the show, but a great atmosphere nonetheless!
#Vizela
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Don’t let anyone tell you there are only 3 teams in Portugal 🙏
Wonderful scenes in the away section at the Braga vs Gil Vicente game last night, as Gil Vicente fans celebrate a brilliant late winner!
📹:
@alexandre98kb
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An absolute privilege to be at the Estádio Municipal de Braga for tonight’s game with media accreditation.
A game between two of my favourite teams in the league, Braga and Portimonense.
Absolutely buzzing for this one to kick off! 🙏
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Porto will be Portugal's sole representatives in the Champions League knockoutstages after a phenomenal win against Shakhtar Donetsk sealed their place in the last 16.
It's the 7th time in the last 10 seasons they've exceeded the Champions League group stage!
Cristian Romero cost £50M
Bryan Gil cost £20M
Ben Davies played 150 times for Spurs and 64 for Wales
Harry Winks played more than 100 games for Spurs and is an England international
Giovani Lo Celso cost €30M from PSG
Sessegnon cost £25M
Doherty played 100 Premier League games.
What a week for 17 year old Roger!
Scores in the UEFA Youth League against Union Berlin on Tuesday.
Comes on with 30 minutes to play with his team losing 1-0 in the Primeira Liga and gets 2 assist to help Braga to a dramatic win.
Did I say he was 17?
- 110 minutes of football
- A 110th minute Equaliser
- 2 penalties for Porto overruled by VAR
- 1 penalty saved by Arouca
- A goal by a man named 'Cristo'
- The referee on the phone
Simplesmente futebol Português. I love this league!
The best moment of the Porto vs. Famalicão match 😅
Jhonder Cadiz dropping his teammates leg to go and get stuck in with Pepe has absolutely killed me 💀
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Na Primeira Liga ou nas distritais … 🩵
Brilliant support from this Vizela fan after their relegation.
Vizela have seen their club play at all levels of Portuguese football and their support throughout has been fantastic.
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💚 Sporting are champions of Portugal! 💚
For the second time in 4 years, Ruben Amorim leads os Leões to a league title 🏆
Parabéns to all Sportinguistas on a truly deserved title. Unquestionably the best team in the league this season!
#SportingCP
#LigaPortugal
Our giveaway winner
@MillbanksAFC
with his new
@gdchaves1949
shirt, an excellent choice!
Another beauty from
@lacatonioficial
, those sleeves 🤩
Thanks again to everyone who entered, maybe we’ll have to do this every season!
Long Ball Futebol - a Portuguese football podcast!
Congratulations to
@MillbanksAFC
who is the winner of our football shirt giveaway!
We will be in touch via DM about how to claim your prize! Thanks to everyone who enters, we're just sorry there couldn't be more winners.
Hopefully we can do more giveaways in the future 🙏
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Well, another Primeira Liga season ends, and we’d like to say a HUGE thank you to all our friends and followers for all your support this season 🙏
It’s a bit self indulgent, but I wanted to do a thread to reflect on our highlights from what’s been an amazing season for us! ⤵️
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SUPER excited that I will be in Porto this weekend, watching the following games live!
Porto v Boavista
Rio Ave v Académico Viseu
Famalicão v Vizela
Braga v Portimonense
SO please hit me up with any suggestions, be it food, places to see, etc. 🤩
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I don’t get this, the only clubs which have a more dense calendar are the top 3-5. Everyone else is happy to have cup football, but they’re the ones being excluded?
Liga Portugal recorda o novo formato da Taça da Liga:
"Na próxima época, em resposta à maior densidade do calendário internacional, será disputada por oito clubes, num modelo de quartos de final (marcados para 30 de outubro), do qual sairão as quatro equipas que participarão
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One of my favourite games in the Portuguese football calendar, the Minho Derby, takes place tonight in Guimarães!
Always a great watch, wether for the scintillating football, or hostile atmosphere, it’s not one to be missed.
Drop us a 🖖 if you’re watching along!
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This weekend was an absolute classic:
- Boavista cause massive upset against Benfica
- Famalicão beat Braga away
- 7 goal thriller between Arouca & Estoril
- Gil Vicente hit Portimonense for 5
We'll discuss all that, and more, on the Long Ball Futebol Podcast out tomorrow.
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What a goal to tie the game!!
Wonderful finish from
@yusupha_11
after some great work and assist from
@KenjiGorre
🤝
A great game to end this week’s
@ligaportugal
action!
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🚨 OUT NOW 🚨
An interview with
@OficialFCArouca
's Jerome Opoku!
We discuss:
- Swapping South London for Nothern Portugal
- Qualifying for the
@europacnfleague
- Early career with
#FulhamFC
PLUS much more!
Swipe ➾ for Spotify 🟢, Apple 🍎, Google 🔎
@JeromeOpoku3
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Happy Birthday to Barney, the Long Ball Futebol chief statistician, the Douglas Tanque of Portuguese football podcasting, the definition of ‘good touch for a big man’!
I won’t tell you his age, but if he played for Benfica under Vieira they’d offer him a new 5 year deal 😅
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Love this finish from Sauer 👌
Fantastic technique to find the top corner from that angle, Boavista have had a fantastic start to this season, despite a number of off-field issues 🙏
#FCVBFC
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Just when you think you’ve seen everything Portuguese football can throw at you, the weird and wonderful keep on coming 😅
One of the most insane throw-ins I’ve ever seen from Kaou Fabril of FC Pinheirense in the district leagues.
Mad 🤯
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It’s just all so tedious.
Football at the highest level is just a money grabbing cesspit for society’s most vulgar greedy people.
I couldn’t be less interested. Football should mean more than just being Wednesday night circus entertainment.
A nova proposta da Superliga Europeia:
▫️ TODOS os jogos com transmissão gratuita
▫️ 64 equipas, divididas em três divisões (16 na Star, 16 na Gold e 32 na Blue)
▫️ Grupos de oito equipas, com jogos em casa e fora (cada equipa joga no mínimo 14 jogos)
▫️ 8 equipas avançam para a
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I would also love to see the top 12 teams in Portugal play the 12 teams in Scotland, in order (i.e. 🇵🇹1st place play 🏴 1st place, etc) and see how many of the wins go to Portugal.
I would predict 12 wins for Portugal.
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