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.
'Shambles!' - Manchester United fans slam referee over Barcelona penalty decision
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA whole host of Manchester United supporters slammed referee Clement Turpin after he awarded Barcelona a penalty inside the opening 20 minutes of their Europa League clash at Old Trafford on Thursday night.
The Spanish giants, who arrived in M16 without talented youngsters Gavi and Pedri, were awarded a spot-kick with just 15 minutes on the clock when Bruno Fernandes was deemed to have fouled Alejandro Balde inside the box.
The former had a hold of the full-back's arm, dragged him to the ground and referee Turpin did not hesitate in pointing to the spot.
Robert Lewandowski, who was playing at Old Trafford for the very first time in his career, converted the resulting penalty, despite David de Gea getting a hand to the ball and pushing it onto the post.
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