Dia de Jogo — jornal desportivo26 August 2026 at 16:36
The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) withdrew its support for Gianni Infantino and aligned with Aleksander Ceferin, UEFA president, at a time of tension between the two main entities in world football. However, the article suggests that, despite this loss of support, March 2027 may continue to favor Infantino, possibly related to the FIFA congress or elections on that date, where arithmetic factors—such as vote counting and support among federations—may still guarantee an advantage for the FIFA president.
SC Braga secured a goalless draw away to Austria Wien in Vienna, ensuring progression to the next phase of the Europa Conference League. In the second leg, the Portuguese team recorded only one shot on target, committed 34 fouls without receiving any cards, and managed the result to secure qualification.
Benfica secured qualification for the league phase of the Europa League by beating Aarhus 3-1 in Denmark, repeating the result from the first leg. The goals were scored by Prestianni (two) and Rafa, while Carstensen scored for the Danish team. The league phase draw will take place in Monaco on Friday.
The "Minho warriors" drew zero-all in Vienna against an Austrian team, a result sufficient to guarantee passage to the league phase of the Europa League Conference, after they won the first leg 2-0.
André Villas-Boas, president of FC Porto, considered the Champions League draw as "always difficult", but argued that the weight of the dragons' history demands a good campaign in the European competition.
