Próxima Jornada

Join Aaron and Filipe as they discuss the opening of the transfer window, covering all the major signings which have happened so far.

What next for Conceição and Porto after losing three big players?

Benfica buying well or a repeat of seasons passed?

Plus plenty more from the Primeira Liga as well as the Portuguese abroad!

The lads also name their signing of the summer so far!

Be sure to get your questions in for next week

Aaron is joined by Argentine journalist and South American football expert Santi Bauzá to discuss River Plate midfielder Enzo Fernandéz and his impending sale to Benfica.

They discuss

• His best position
• Key attributes
• How he will fit into Benfica's system
• Why Santi thinks he is a perfect fit for SLB

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Check out Santi's work on the Hand of Pod podcast available on all good podcast networks and you can catch him on Twitter at @Santi_Bauza

The boys are back!

Join Aaron and Filipe as they discuss the footballing season as it winds down to a close. 

- There are huge games in the Primeira Liga with just two Jornada's to go.

- They look at Roger Schmidt and the job he has on his hands at Benfica

- Aaron remembers the 2011 Porto title win at the Estádio da Luz and how that could happen again on Saturday

- Filipe praises a Segunda Liga striker who has really caught his eye

- The boys talk about Gil Vicente's drop in form and how the battle between them and Vitória for fifth place is as tense as ever

& much, much more!

Join Aaron and Filipe as they discuss the world of Portuguese football, both at home and abroad!

Big talking points include:

Gil Vicente continue on their march towards European football, the boys focus specifically on the wonderful Fujimoto.

Marcus Edwards shines for Sporting in a very 2020/21 performance from Rúben Amorim's men, brilliant in the first half, solid in the second.

The lads discuss whether FC Porto can go the season UNBEATEN as Sérgio Conceição sets the record for most games unbeaten in the club's history.

Filipe waxes lyrical about Henrique Araújo, the fantastic young Benfica striker who Filipe says reminds him a lot of former Porto and Sporting forward Liedson.

The Portuguese Abroad focuses on four forwards, Cristiano Ronaldo and João Félix, and you have to listen to hear the other two!

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Check out our latest episode of The Portuguese Football Show

- Clássico Preview

- Benfica back to winning ways, Cebolinha rising to the challenge?

- We look at Portuguese clubs and how their transfer policy is changing over time

- Inconsistent Braga

and More

Join Aaron and Filipe as they delve into the wonderful world of Portuguese football once more!

With the talk of the Taça da Liga Final Four being played abroad in a few seasons time, the lads discuss some of the places that would truly appreciate a Portuguese final. They also discuss the upcoming Taça da Liga final between Sporting and Benfica, as well as the current predicament of both clubs.

Aaron runs through some of the more eye catching arrivals and departures, such as Portimonense's loss of both Fali Candé and Aylton Boa Morte, as well as discussing the arrival of Kevin Mirallas to Moreirense and catching some flack from Filipe for his French accent!

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Obrigado.

Join Aaron and Filipe for Episode 7 of the Portuguese Football Show!

This week, the lads are discussing the world of Portuguese football as it reaches the midway point.

They discuss who they think has been the best player in Portugal, the best Portuguese player abroad and who has been the best Portuguese coach so far this season. 

Make sure to join in with Filipe's one word answer game at around 30:00 and tweet us at @ProximaJornada1 with your answers!

Join Aaron and Filipe for Episode 6!

A bumper edition before Christmas as the lads talk about all things Portuguese football.

• Sporting, Porto and Benfica continue to set the pace, scoring a combined 14 goals and conceding 1
• Vitinha appreciation
• Gonçalo Esteves’ adaptation to senior football
• João Félix - on the move or hampered by his price?
• Diogo Jota - the best headerer at the moment in the Premier League?
• & much, much more!

Join Aaron and Filipe for the latest episode of The Portuguese Football Show!

- The boys discuss Sporting and Porto maintaining their unbeaten starts to the season. Who will slip up first?!

- Benfica are back to winning ways in the Liga, into the UCL Last 16, so why does Jorge Jesus’ exit feel inevitable?

- Estoril, Gil Vicente and Portimonense continue to impress

- Things are looking bleak for Santa Clara

Aaron is joined by Estoril Praia midfielder Rosier Loreintz for the latest instalment of Próxima Jornada Meets!

Rosier was part of the Estoril team that won the Segunda Liga and was promoted to the top flight, where they now sit in fourth place with more wins than any team bar Porto, Sporting and Benfica. The intelligent midfielder has played nearly 100 games in Portugal across all competitions despite being just 23 years of age.

He discusses what it means to be part of a club like Estoril, his beginnings in France, playing with Kylian Mbappe at the prestigious Clairefontaine, as well as giving wise words on professionalism, the highs and lows and much more.

Enjoy! (and as always, share, review and like!)

Join Aaron and Filipe as they take on all the big talking points in the world of Portuguese football.

Liga Roundup

- Benfica hit a difficult patch

- Porto and Sporting remain unbeaten

- A look at the Pote and Porro news

- Paços struggling with life after Pepa

Portuguese Abroad

- Cristiano and Bruno linkup to silence critics

- and more!

Join Aaron and Filipe for Episode 3 of The Portuguese Football Show!

The boys discuss the international break, what can we learn from it, if anything? Bernardo Silva's brilliant return to form, Portugal U21 continue their incredible form and a look ahead to the Taça de Portugal fixtures.

Enjoy!

For this episode of Próxima Jornada Meets...Aaron caught up with Jorge Couto Reis, a UEFA Pro coach, former Technical Director of FC Barcelona academy and a published author. Jorge joins us to talk about his book Tactical Periodization: The Pattern Morphocycle's Sustainability: The Tactical Periodization's Mother Cell. A student of Professor Vitór Frade, Reis speaks about his experiences thus far, where he sees football going in the future and the differences between Portuguese coaches and the rest of Europe.

Enjoy!

Welcome to Episode 2 of The Portuguese Football Show Season 2!

Join Aaron and Filipe as they round up the action both in Portugal and beyond.

Timestamps:

(01:30) Benfica qualify for the UCL Group Stage and the importance of having three Portuguese clubs in the UCL

(08:00) Risk - Reward. Looking at the possibly detrimental effect of the UEFA Conference League

The Portuguese Abroad

(18:00) Bruno Lageball is up and running! Looking at Wolves' attacking intent and positivity surrounding the squad since Lage's introduction. 

(20:45) Marco Silva - Rejuvenated and looking better than ever. His Fulham side are top of the Championship and into the next round of the cup

(23:00) Fábio Carvalho - The emergence of the Lisbon-born but England-representing 18-year-old prospect who is bagging goals for Fulham 

Domestically

(26:00) Porto drop points at Marítimo, an important 4-0 win for Vitória and rest of Liga roundup!

The lads are back! Join Aaron and Filipe for a short introductory episode to The Portuguese Football Show Season 2!

In this weeks episode, they cover João Mário's masterclass for Porto, Estoril and Sporting impress, the importance of fans back in the stadium and what this season could mean for Tiago Dantas and Eduardo Quaresma at Tondela, all inside 25 minutes!

Next week and subsequent episodes will return to their usual, longer length.

It’s here! The last episode of Os Arquivos ends in 2016, and what an ending.

Join Aaron and Filipe as they revisit the tournament from start to finish, ending with Eder’s injury-time heroics.

Group stage drama, missed penalties, no win in normal time until the semi-finals, Ronaldo acting as the second manager and a goal from an unlikely hero brought Portugal their first-ever international honour.

As Portugal go into their first match of Euro 2020, revisit the greatest tournament in Portugal’s history.

Enjoy and a massive boa sorte to Portugal in the Euros!

Well, where do we start with this one?! Euro 2004. The biggest party in European football arrived in Portugal. Dubbed the best organised football tournament ever, it was over a month of pain, joy, anxiety, jubilation and despair, all taking place in the most beautiful country in the world.

Portugal's opening day defeat, Ricardo's heroics vs England, Nuno Gomes with a quiet word in the ear of Carlos Puyol, Cristiano's tears and everything in between.

Join Aaron and Filipe as they discuss Euro 2004, extra points given if you don't cry at the end.

We jump back to Euro 2000. The pinnacle of the Golden Generation. After a preview of just how good the Seleção could be in 1996, Euro 2000 saw many of the 1989 and 1991 U20 World Cup squads at their peak and the top of world football. Rui Costa, Luís Figo, Vítor Baia, Paulo Sousa, João Pinto and a young striker named Nuno Gomes, just some of the names that were at the tournament hoping to prove that Portugal was a country to be taken seriously on the big stage.

Often reported as the greatest international tournament in the history of football, Euro 2000 is a tournament that captivated the world for its entertaining football, dramatic storylines and the vast array of talent on display.

This podcast is worth it for the Portugal 3-2 England analysis alone!

Enjoy!

Portugal are BACK in the Euros after a TWELVE YEAR absence!

Jump back in time to 1996 for Episode 2 of Os Arquivos.

Aaron and Filipe discuss Euro 96, hosted in England. This tournament saw Portugal return to England, the place they lost in the 1966 World Cup finals. Euro 96 saw the emergence of Portugal's Golden Generation, with many of this young squad being part of the squads that won the 1989 and 1991 World Youth Championships.

Although it wasn't until Euro 2000 that this crop was in their prime, 96 gave us an insight into what was to come, with Ruud Gullit famously describing A Seleção's identity as Sexy Football!

Have a listen, like, review and subscribe!

Obrigado!

Jump back in time to 1984, Portugal have just qualified for their FIRST EVER European Championship!

After so long in the shadows, Portugal are back on the big stage internationally! However, tumultuous scenes off the field, a disorganised federation and disputes between the big clubs threatened to throw the entire tournament into disarray for the Portuguese. Join Aaron and Filipe as they discuss the 1984 European Championships.

Join Aaron and Filipe for the last episode of The Portuguese Football Show Season One!

The lads discuss the season and recap it. Sporting are champions, Nacional and Farense are down, Santa Clara and Paços are playing in the Conference League and every thing in between!

They also discuss underrated players in the Liga outside of Sporting, Porto, Benfica and Braga.

This is one not to be missed!

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Join Aaron and Filipe for the 10th episode of The Portuguese Football Show!

The lads discuss The Relegation Battle! With so many teams in the Liga who are genuinely at risk of going down, they cover who they think will drop down and who will live to fight another day in the top flight!

Sporting's title? - Discussion around whether Porto's recent slip-up v Moreirense has all but secured the title, also a preview of the upcoming Benfica - Porto match and the battle for second place, an automatic Champions League spot.

Liga SABSEG/Promotion battle - Segunda Liga is seriously hotting up, Aaron and Filipe talk about the gap or lack of that's appearing between the sides at the bottom of Liga NOS and the top of Segunda Liga, including some predictions regarding the Promotion/Relegation play-off!

Prediction game! - Send in your predictions for Filipe's three chosen matches, the listener with the most right answers will get a shout out on next 

Aaron and Filipe are back from their short break and back in podcasting business!

The boys address what has now become a Liga NOS title battle after looking so long like it was already wrapped up. They dissect the top 5 and their chances of European football next season, as well as looking at the relegation situation in the Liga, something that is still very much hanging in the balance.

Other topics include Nacional's poor form, Braga or Benfica for UCL and the Segunda Liga promotion fight which encompasses a whole host of teams!

Remember to leave a review, a comment, share with friends and most of all, enjoy!

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Join Aaron and Filipe for a packed episode covering all the going's on in Portuguese football.

The lads cover Porto's magnificent victory in the Champions League v Juventus and in particular the performance of Pepe, SC Braga winning the Minho Dérbi and Abel Ruíz delivering on his early promise. Benfica enjoy consecutive victories, Sporting continue to lead at the top.

There's also coverage on The Portuguese Abroad, namely Diogo Dalot, Abel Ferreira and Pedro Martíns, as well as the prediction game (this weeks winner is Henry Amaral) and Aaron's need for a Fado singer to sing our jingle!

& much, much more.

Join Aaron and Filipe for Episode 006 of The Portuguese Football Show!

As usual, the boys talk about the Primeira Liga action, including an analysis of Porto v Sporting, Braga's credentials as a Champions League hopeful, Benfica getting back to winning ways and more.

Aaron singles out Francisco Geraldes as a man worthy of praise for a recent off-field incident involving a surfboard. When covering The Portuguese Abroad, they look at José Fonte's recent goalscoring exploits and Lille's title challenge, João Félix's headline-grabbing celebration and finally Manchester City v Wolves, a game in which 8 of the 22 starters were Portuguese.

Filipe also introduces a new game for listeners to play along with at the end of the show!

Enjoy.

Join Aaron and Filipe for the longest and most jam-packed episode yet of The Portuguese Football Show. They discuss Lille's recent excellent form and the importance of Xeka, Fonte and Sanches, The Portuguese contingent at Manchester City who recently demolished Liverpool 4-1, paying particular focus to the resurgence of Bernardo Silva. Filipe provides some potential replacements for the next Seleção squad given the news that Premier League clubs could withhold their Portuguese talent. They also cover Paços de Ferreira's fantastic recent run and whether they are European candidates as well as answering your questions in the PostBox. Timestamps: Lille top of Ligue 1 (01:30) Manchester City v Liverpool tactical breakdown and Bernardo Silva appreciation (05:40) Filipe provides us with some alternatives should the Premier League clubs ban their Portuguese players from travelling to Portugal for the international break (14:00) Aaron and Filipe attempt to #BRINGQUARESMABACK (31:00) Paços de Ferreira's unbeaten streak continues (35:00) FC Porto v Braga - A dramatic ending (39:00) The PostBox - André Silva, elite?  & questions on Pedro Porro's future (48:00) Enjoy!

Join Aaron and special guest Filipe for the third instalment of The Portuguese Football Show!

Aaron and Filipe preview the upcoming Dérbi de Lisboa between Sporting and Benfica, Filipe looks at the tactical battle and where he thinks the match will be won and lost in the most crucial Liga match between these two sides for years.

Aaron reviews the Portuguese Abroad, covering Abel Ferreira's Copa Libertadores victory with Palmeiras, André Silva's hot streak continues, the Portuguese at Man City roll on and much more.

Aaron also delves into the latest transfer rumours and managerial comings and goings.

Enjoy and don't forget to review, share and show love!

Muito Obrigado.