Laurent Depoitre, the new Porto striker

Porto today announced the signing of Belgian striker Laurent Depoitre, playing in Ghent, for four seasons.

Depoitre, an international time by Belgium, has a buyout clause of 40 million euros and last season, he scored 16 goals in 43 games.

Depoitre Laurent is 27 years old and is a powerful forward who is 1.91 meters and 91 kilos.

In Porto the goalkeeper Iker Casillas, he will wear the number '9' scoresheet as Radamel Falcao and Jackson Martinez : ". Porto is a mythical club, which has a great history and fantastic fans I feel this is a great challenge for me" he said in a statement released by the club Espanyol.

Depoitre reinforce a front that already has the canterano André Silva (feeling preseason), Cameroon Vincent Aboubakar and Spaniards Alberto Bueno and Adrian Lopez .

Porto coach Nuno Espirito Santo debuts Aug. 12 in the League against Rio Ave and five days later measured to Rome in the round of access to the group stage of the Champions League.

Casillas is a substitute at the start of the preseason Porto

Porto began his season on the right foot by beating Osnabruck 1-2 friendly duel. But perhaps the most important note of the day was that the Spanish Iker Casillas saw activity and remained on the reserve bench.

The holder under the three posts was Jose Sa. After the first 45 minutes came Andrés Fernández , while the former Real Madrid was left out by decision of Nuno Espirito Santo.

Mexican Hector Herrera and Miguel Layún were also headlines, while Jesus Corona and Diego Reyes , who played last season with Real Sociedad , enjoyed some minutes.

Portuguese press points to Nuno Espirito Santo as the new Porto coach

The signing of Nuno Espirito Santo as the new coach of Porto is considered complete in Portugal , where it is expected that the recruitment of that coach outside Valencia and Rio Ave is officially announced in the coming hours .

The news is advanced today cover the three sports newspapers across the country, and just a day after the club made ​​public the termination of the contract so far coach Jose Peseiro .

If confirmed, Nuno return to the team his 42 years in which more years passed during his time as a goalkeeper (five seasons) and he left in 2010 to retire and start his coaching career.

After two seasons as goalkeeper coach, Panathinaikos took the reins of modest Rio Ave, where he achieved a surprising and valuable sixth place in his first year and which sneaked into the finals of the Cup of the League and Cup of Portugal in the second.

These credentials earned him to anchor in Valencia in the summer of 2014, a club of the most demanding in the note which met in his first season in classifying the team for the Champions League.

In his second season, however, the performance was not as expected and decided to disassociate in late November last year.

lusos media recall the close link with Nuno Espirito Santo agent Jorge Mendes and speculate that the representative will reinforce its weight in Porto thanks to this move

Casillas: "I'm glad that Madrid is near in the league, seemed unthinkable"

The goalkeeper of Porto - Iker Casillas showed his joy for the comeback of Real Madrid in the Liga Spanish, in which the white team has located a point behind leaders Barcelona , and stated that "it seemed unthinkable" three weeks ago, when the difference was ten points.

"If three weeks ago tell you that was going to happen, I do not believe it . I'm glad that Real Madrid is nearby and fighting for the league because it seemed unthinkable , " said Casillas after the presentation in Madrid of the new campaign ' H & S 'in which he has worked with the goalkeepers Manuel Neuer and Joe Hart .

The former captain of Real Madrid acknowledged ignore "what happens in Barcelona," which has lost three straight games in the league. "This is football and when the ball does not want to enter everything is crisis and criticism," he added.

"The league is exciting. Hopefully the win the Madrid after the effort he is doing and to continue fighting for a league that was impossible. That's good for everyone. They are three great team (also Atletico Madrid) to the end and hope he has luck Madrid, "he said.

The goal of Oporto was questioned by the parallels between the situation of Barcelona and the League lost Real Madrid with the Portuguese coach Carlos Queiroz on the bench: "As a footballer will speak: it is a situation of five games and have ordered four and won one is uncomfortable. "

Casillas reported that these situations create "doubts and anxiety." "We went straight to the title and the situation will create nervousness. The Barcelona want to win as soon as possible to gain confidence. With the coming matches can see how the league" he said.

Casillas, a step away from their first title in Portugal

Casillas is just one step away from winning his first title in his Portuguese adventure. Eliminated from European competitions, the whole of northern Portugal qualified yesterday for the Cup final , something that could not since 2011. But the curious fact that in the knockout tournament the Madrid goalkeeper is also given the titular doorman, as the chosen has been since the beginning Helton.

Yesterday Porto won 2-0 at Gil Vicente , team second division Portuguese who had already defeated the first leg 0 goals to 3. By Joseph Peseiro scored Chidozie young Nigerian central Awaziem (minute 11) and the free Malian Moussa Marega (80).

In addition to its classification, the "dragons" lived another good news as it was that after almost three months out, again played Alberto Spanish Well, who entered the pitch 43 minutes for the injury the Brazilian Evandro .

The final will be held next May 22 and the rival Casillas and yours will be the Brag to, which repeats the end although he lost last season against Sporting Lisbon on penalties. In the second leg tied to zero with Rio Ave, Vila do Conde making profitable in the 1-0 harvested in the first leg.

Should you win the Cup, Casillas added the title without playing. To have more protagonismo would have to lift the league , in which the Porto still has a chance, as is third , four points behind Sporting Lisbon and Benfica three.

Belenenses - FC Porto, 1-2

Dragon boat came to a successful conclusion, once more, but this trip to the waterfront Tejo walked excessively on cruising speed and risked to let catch by a caravel that started the trip with two holes in the deck and ended up paying for it , despite the good subsequent reaction.

The final difference was shorter than come to think, yet Porto added a third consecutive victory in the league (and third consecutive win in the Lisbon area), and threw the pressure on rivals in this race for the title.

With 19 minutes played, José Peseiro seemed to have assured victory, even without much speed. It only took advantage of the children's errors of house team, punished not by the bold way he always tried to go out to play, but for obvious defensive weakness.

Keen to take advantage of a rebound in the area and the failure to cover the central Belenenses, Brahimi gave advantage to FC Porto when they were met only nine minutes. The home team also outlined a reaction with a shot from Strurgeon, but after 19 minutes returned to meter water with Tonel to head into his own net after Maxi crossing.

Unable to get around the high pressure FC Porto, and intraquilo the defensive level, Belenenses seemed unable to counter the tide. Although Carlos Martins has thrown the post on the half-hour, free kick.

Soon after Brahimi reappeared with danger outside the penalty area (30m), but before the break Belenenses sought to relaunch the game, albeit unsuccessfully, through two occasions Juanto.

Velázquez covered his hole

At half Julio Velázquez he refrained from Tonel and released Miguel Rosa, which allowed the Belenenses improve especially in midfield where Bakic, who started on the left, joined Aguilar and Carlos Martins.

Indented central Reuben Pinto began to reveal some confusion in the opening minutes of the second half, to just let escape Suk, who nevertheless saw Ventura deny him the ball home.

But Belenenses improvements were confirmed shortly after, when Juanto took a late crossing Geraldes and reduced the difference in marker.

Porto responded with a strike in an effort to Herrera, after a cross from Corona, but it was definitely packed by cruise and could not wake up. The bad input Marega not helped, with Evandro then also unable to shake, so it was necessary to Iker Casillas apply to hold the FC Porto's advantage before dangerous shots of Miguel Rosa (71m) and Geraldes (72m).

Velázquez also launched Tiago Caeiro, the man who pulled the FC Porto's title last season, but the last chance of the game belonged to Bakic, with a shot from outside the area that was close to reward good second part of the home team.

Porto leaned too much to the advantage achieved in the initial phase of the encounter but eventually ensure the triumph, thus throwing the pressure to rival Lisbon, who play on Monday and then face the next round. The team of José Peseiro can take advantage of this derby, while the next day have a difficult trip to Braga.

Brahimi and Casillas resolve in Viseu

Thus for over a year at FC Porto.

Are the individuals of extra class, for what is the situation in Portugal, which will holding the place to Lopetegui.

The players are playing, and with a little organisation, since individualities are of great level of fact, all coaches are enabled to win.  

However, there is always to realise what players and what is the coach. FC Porto is impossible to tell an array coach. Everything goes looking more random than properly trained. There is a philosophy and noticeable. However, this is insufficient. Philosophy can not do notice only on the players' decisions. It must be felt on placements. The ideas for every moment of the game. For each offensive or defensive phase. 

FC Porto will all emerging as to the repelões. It is rather complicated to identify common behaviours. In common only the absence of connection between players. The lack of identity. 

I do not come crying to the seven winds and ask a philosophy of possession. It must give the weapons to make it viable. No matter saying "We will have the ball" when there is no explanation "as we have." Because the "We" without the "how" makes it tasteless. 

The best coach says his philosophy but giving you the way. Defining the positions that by ensuring more options, the possibilities to fulfill its philosophy. Lopetegui just seems to be noted what is verbal. "I want to ball." After the athletes to embody the request in their decisions with the ball. However, there is no work without providing security for what is intended.

Casillas save a penalty and allows the Porto beat by the minimum at Tondela

A penalty saved by the Spanish Iker Casillas 82 minutes Saturday made ​​possible the victory of Oporto against bottom Tondela (0-1) in a match in which the Algerian Brahimi had outdone the "dragons" in 28 minutes.

On the eleventh day of the Liga Portuguesa, Oporto victory allowed the party which has a less-reach 24 points, two behind leader placed Sporting Lisbon, who will play on Monday against Belenenses .

Brahimi signed the only goal in a play in which the Algerian, after receiving the ball on the right, moved towards the center of the edge of the area and sent a cross shot that slipped into the goal.

The situation was complicated for Porto at 82, when Maicon made a penalty on the Venezuelan Murillo.

However, Casillas guessed the intentions of fellow Salva Chamorro and dived to the right to prevent Tondela goal, which remains bottom side after the defeat.

In the other matches today, Vitoria Setubal equalized in the last minute their home game against União Madeira (2-2), allowing you to stay in sixth place.

Setubal both goals were scored by the Congolese Issoko, while for maderienses Brazilian Danilo Dias scored and Amilton.

For its part, the Boavista fell in their stadium against Vitória Guimarães by 1-2 in a match that marked the Brazilian Douglas Abner for locals, while fellow Brazilian and Portuguese Henrique Dourado Cafu signed so many of Guimarães.

 With the loss, the Boavista figure in fourteenth place, while Guimaraes climbed to eleventh place.

FC Porto paid two million euros for the pass of the Uruguayan Maxi Pereira

FC Porto paid two million euros to guarantee the arrival this summer of Uruguayan defender Maxi Pereira, according to the Portuguese club revealed in a report on its financial results.

 The document, sent to securities regulator (for a listed company) and released today by Portugal media reports this payment and included in the expenditure for "brokering services in the acquisition of players passes", which amounted total to 6.64 million.

The "dragons" explained that companies benefiting from all these payments were Onsoccer International, Media Base Sports Around 380 Marketing, Northfields Sport, Quarry America Tigerfish, Energy Soccer, Proeleven, Calitecs, Gondry Services Finances, Management and agents Vela Alexander Zahavi , Ricardo and Pedro Regufe Riviera.

The signing of Maxi Pereira by Porto was one of the highlights of last summer market in Portugal because the Uruguayan international comes from its main rival in the Portuguese championship, Benfica .

The player, 31, ended his contract with the people of Lisbon in June, after months of negotiations to renew, preferring finally change course and joining the "dragons".

Maxi Pereira has become a permanent fixture for technical Julen Lopetegui , covering the significant drop of the Brazilian Danilo , signed for Real Madrid .