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.
Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes has hailed interim manager Ralf Rangnick after his substitutions changed the game against Atletico Madrid on Wednesday night.
United were on course to lose the first-leg of their last-16 showdown after Joao Felix's powerful seventh-minute header put the hosts a goal to the good, before Rangnick looked to his bench in the second-half.
One of the players to enter the fray was Anthony Elanga and the Swede had an almost immediate impact as he raced onto Bruno Fernandes' pass to cooly slot home his first-ever Champions League goal.
It was a moment that could prove to be pivotal in the tie, with United now heading into the second-leg at Old Trafford knowing a win will see them through.
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