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.
Trash talk and stalling tactics: how Emi Martinez became a penalty-taker's worst nightmare
msn.comit was Bruno Fernandes whose brain was scrambled by Martinez's antics. The Argentine walked up to Bruno before United's injury-time penalty but refused to engage directly with him, instead pointing over his shoulder at Cristiano Ronaldo, telling him that, as United's star player, he should be the one taking spot-kicks.
Bruno duly blazed over the crossbar, Martinez danced a jig of delight in front of the Stretford End and Villa won 1-0, maintaining their impressive start to the new season.
But that merely confirmed Martinez as the master of mind games when it comes to facing penalties: in the summer he got under the skin of Colombia players in the Copa America semi-final, helping Argentina win 3-2.
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