Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes (born 8 September 1994) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Primeira Liga club Sporting CP and the Portugal national team as a midfielder. Fernandes started his career at Serie B side Novara Calcio and soon featured for Udinese and Sampdoria in Serie A.
In 2017, he signed with Sporting CP where he established himself as one of the best players in the Primeira Liga. He was named the LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year in both 2017–18 and 2018–19. In the latter season, he also helped Sporting win the Taça de Portugal. A senior international since 2017, Fernandes represented Portugal at the 2016 Summer Olympics and 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Manchester United fans have labelled Chris Smalling a “traitor” for his reaction to Roma’s penalty in the first-leg of their Europa League semi-final.
United took the lead through Bruno Fernandes but were pegged back from the spot after Paul Pogba was deemed to have handled the ball inside the box.
Lorenzo Pellegrini converted from the spot to make it 1-1, but United fans were more interested in the reaction of former Red Devils star Smalling.The 31-year-old, who moved to Roma from Old Trafford in 2020, pleaded with the referee to award the penalty and applauded once it was given. “Chris Smalling clapping has actually got me more p***** off than it should have”, was the view of one disgruntled United fan.Another commented: “Chris Smalling.
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