With the national championship on pause due to the activities of the teams, the leading role this weekend goes to the team led by Roberto Martínez, who plays this Saturday (7:45 pm), in Poland, another round of the Nations League. The team is having an immaculate performance in Group A1, registering two victories in as many games and trying against the Poles to maintain their record. After the match in Warsaw, they travel to Scotland, where on Tuesday they will play the second game of this double round of the competition.
At national level, however, another round of the II League is being played, with the “big” game taking place this Saturday with the clash between Tondela and Leixões, third and fourth placed respectively. Here you find the complete matchday calendar and TV broadcast times.
National football involving the main national clubs only next weekend, with the Copa do Brasil. The third round starts on Friday, with Sporting heading to the Algarve to face Portimonense. Here you find also the entire calendar of this Cup tie.
In other sports, in handball, Sporting will try to continue the excellent performance it has achieved in the Champions League, where in four matches it has three wins and one draw. On Thursday they will face the Germans of Fuchse Berlin (7:45 pm), in Alvalade. In the European League, Benfica and FC Porto play the second round of the group stage on Tuesday. The “red” with the French from Limoges (19:45), the “blue and white” with the Icelanders from Valur (19:15).
In basketball, with the national championship without having started yet Due to a protest from national clubs, the action takes place in European competitions. On Wednesday, Benfica will go to the German field of Niners Chemnitz (7pm) in a game in the second round of the Champions League group stage. On Friday, Sporting hosts the Ukrainian side Dnipro (7:30 pm) but for the European Cup.
In volleyball, the “lions” will compete on Wednesday in the second leg of the round of 16 of the Challenge Cup with the Romanians from SCM Zalau (4 p.m.), after winning 3-1 in the first leg. Benfica will have an even easier mission in the CEV Cup, which in the same phase of the competition hosts Belgians Volley Haasrode Leuven (8pm) after a 3-0 victory in the first leg.
In cycling, the track World Cup starts on Wednesday and runs until Sunday, in Denmark, with the participation of a Portuguese team made up of Diogo Narciso, Ivo Oliveira and Rui Oliveira (individual pursuit, points race, madison, scratch and omnium) in the men’s elite and by Daniela Campos and Maria Martins (elimination, scratch, omnium and points race) in the women’s elite.
Still on wheels, note for the Central European Rally, 12th race of the World Rally Championship (WRC), which begins to accelerate on Thursday and for the Baja Portalegre 500, 6th race of the Portuguese Off-Road Championship and the National TT and 5th race of the Bajas TT World Cup (FIA), up to 19th
Finally, also on Thursday, in Málaga, Spain, the triathlon World Cup begins with several Portuguese athletes in action.
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