Rui Borges hosts V. Guimaraes, Manchester City and Chelsea play.
This Monday has some points of interest for sports fans. Perhaps the biggest of them is the Sporting-V. Guimarães match in the 32nd round, a duel that matters for the championship podium decisions.
With FC Porto already crowned champions, Sporting can equal Benfica in second place in points (but loses on head=to=head record). The Lions host V. Guimaraes, Rui Borges’ former club, at 8:15 PM.
Elsewhere, Al Nassr travels to Al Qadisiyah’s stronghold and tries to maintain its winning record. Manchester City and Chelsea also take to the field in an English League match.
HERE’S EVERYTHING THAT’S HAPPENING TODAY:
League, Matchday 32
8:15 PM = Sporting vs. V. Guimarães (SportTV1)
Second League, Matchday 32:
FC Porto B = Felgueiras, 18:00 (Porto Canal)
Torreense = Penafiel, 18:00 (SportTV+).
Saudi League
7pm Al Qadisiyah=Al Nassr (Sport TV 6)
Spanish League, Matchday 34 (Lisbon time):
8 PM Seville = Real Sociedad (DAZN2).
English League, Matchday 35:
3pm Chelsea = Nottingham (DAZN1)
8pm Everton = Manchester City (DAZN1)
Italian League, Matchday 35 (Lisbon time):
Cremonese = Lazio, 17:30 (SportTV2)
Rome = Fiorentina, 19:45 (SportTV2).
PFS Academy, as part of the Portugal Football Summit, at Cidade do Futebol, Oeiras, until the 5th.
Open communications, at 9:00 AM
Opening ceremony, with Pedro Proenca, president of the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF), and Jose Gomes Mendes, from the FPF Academy, at 10:30 AM.
The Team Behind the Team, by Pedro Mil=Homens, from the FIFA Academy Systems project, at 11:00 AM
Conference 1 = The Role of the Assistant Coach: A Reflection on the Differences and Similarities Between the National Team and Club Football, by Hugo Pereira, FIFA High Performance Specialist, at 11:45 AM
Conference 2 = Optimizing Player Development Paths: Scientific Principles and Practical Approaches to Support Coaches, with Ricardo Duarte, from the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF), at 12:15 PM. Conference 3 = Neuromuscular demands of football: physiological impact, response and adaptation = the interaction between gym and field stimuli. A delicate balance or an assumed risk zone?, by Antonio Ascensao, from the University of Porto, at 2:00 PM.
Conference 4 = Optimizing the training process: determining the individual and collective physical profile through the evaluation of protocols in a field context, with Eduardo Oliveira, from the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, at 2:30 PM.
Conference 5 = How does science guide goalkeeper training?, by Markel Perez=Arroniz, from the University of the Basque Country, at 3:15 PM
Conference 6 = Modern Observation in Elite Football Contexts, with Joao Ferreira, from Tottenham, at 3:45 PM
Conference 7 = Training Load Management: From Research to Practice, with Torstein Dalen=Lorentsen, from SINTEF = Applied Research, Technology and Innovation, at 4:30 PM.
Conference 8 = Analysis of training and match load: from data to informed decision=making, with Catarina Bajanca, from Benfica, at 5:00 PM
Futsal
Statements from Sporting coach Nuno Dias and players Zicky and Bruno Pinto, previewing the Champions League semi=finals, at the Multidesportivo do Estadio Jose Alvalade (opposite Holmes Place), at 2:30 pm (statements and images collected during the first 15 minutes of training).