News about Arthur Cabral

STEPHEN McGOWAN: Benfica came from behind twice to earn a draw in their Europa League match against Rangers on Thursday night. Through Tom Lawrence, the hosts had taken the lead before Angel Di Maria levelled from the penalty spot right before the break. Rangers regained control through Dujon Sterling and appeared to have wrapped up the victory if it wasn't for a Connor Goldson own-goal in the 67th minute.

Benfica beat RB Salzburg on Tuesday and Angel Di Maria netted directly from a corner as Benfica kept their European hopes alive. The Argentine forward whipped an inswing corner towards Orkun Kokcu at the front post, with his team needing a win to jumpfrog Salzburg into Group D's Europa League spot. Despite the Turkish midfielder's inability to make contact with the cross, the ball rolled over goalkeeper Alexander Schlager to As Aguias, who gave As Aguias the lead.

For the first time in history, Manchester City threwsted the Champions League trophy into the air for the first time in history, but the competition has slowed back down again, with the group stage set to begin next month. The very best clubs in European football will eagerly await the outcome of the draw in Monaco on Thursday evening, with the glitz and glam of the occasion's glitter firing the starting pistol at the final. For the group stage draw, 32 teams will be seeded into four pots as usual. They will then be divided into eight teams of four players. The first set of fixtures will begin on September 19/20, later than last season due to a World Cup break, but no World Cup qualifier will be held in February and March. Mail Sport has the inside scoop on all of the participants in the tournament, which will begin at 5 p.m. UK time, as well as the identification of their key players and danger ratings.

Follow Mail Sport's live blog for all the transfer news on Friday, as Tottenham watch Arthur Cabral amid rumors regarding Harry Kane's future, while Andre Onana has officially announced as a Man United player.

MATT BARLOW IN PERTH: Tottenham Hotspur is searching for new strikers as murmurations about Harry Kane's future at the club gathers. Kane has made it clear to Daniel Levy that he has no intention of signing a new contract this summer and, although open to all alternatives, is content to accept a transfer to Bayern Munich rather than leaving next year for free if that was the right option for his club. The Spurs chairman, on the other hand, is increasing contingency planning by valuing alternatives, including interest in Arthur Cabral of Fiorentina.

INTERVIEW BY TUM BALOGUN: Joe Cole has slammed UEFA's decision to host the Europa Conference League final at the Fortuna Arena in Prague. On Wednesday night, the Hammers face Fiorentina, the club's first European final since 1976's Cup Winners Cup defeat to Anderlecht. And the BT Sport pundit, who played 182 times for the club in two spells, has never been asked so many times by eager fans clamouring to buy tickets for the big day, despite the stadium's capacity of only 19,370.

Fiorentina ended their Serie A campaign with a 2-1 victory over Sassuolo on Friday night. Through Arthur Cabral's close range finish a minute into the second half before Domenico Bernardi received Sassuolo level from the penalty spot, the visitors took the lead. Fiorentina won all three points with two quick-fire goals from Riccardo Saponara and Nicolas Gonzalez.

FIORENTINA 1-2 BASEL: Zeki Amdouni's last-gasp goal gave Basel a 2-1 victory, giving them the advantage in their Europa Conference League semi-final clash against Fiorentina. Arthur Cabral, a Brazilian, had led the Serie A side ahead in the first leg with a header after 27 minutes when he scored his seventh goal of the season's competition. Fiorentina dominated a large portion of the game at a vociferous Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence. Basel, on the other hand, stayed involved in the game and came back when Diouf scored a spectacular solo effort on 71 minutes.

Fiorentina was held to a goalless draw by Cremonese in the second leg of their Coppa Italia semi-final on Thursday, which was enough to propel them to the final, where they will face Inter Milan. Fiorentina, a six-time winners who beat Cremonese 2-0 in the first leg with goals from forwards Arthur Cabral and Nicolas Gonzalez, has reached their 11th cup final and first since 2014. Both teams started slowly in a tumultuous first half in which neither team had a single shot on target.

ALVISE CAGNAZZO: It was another action-packed weekend in Italy as Serie A saw many more twists and turns. Spezia, a Minnows Spezia, dealt Inter Milan a devastating blow to their potential titles, Napoli extending their advantage, and Juventus riot against Sampdoria. Sportsmail delves into Serie A's weekend action, giving you ten things we've learned.

After VAR mistakenly chose to overrule goal-line technologies, Fiorentina was denied an equalizer in the Europa Conference League on Thursday night, despite the fact that the ball had crossed the line. Arthur Cabral saw a shot saved on the line by goalkeeper Tiago Sa, but only for the technology to inform that his shot had gone in with the hosts trailing 2-1. A referee's watch buzzing to announce a shot has crossed the line is usually sufficient to establish a goal, but in this case, a lengthy VAR check was performed in conjunction with the technology's decision. Cabral's equalizer was then ruled out following an on-field VAR investigation, much to the bewilderment of those inside Stadio Artemio Franchi.

Fiorentina led the way in the Europa Conference League with a 4-0 victory over Sporting Braga. The Italian side has a definite advantage going into the return leg, thanks to Luka Jovic's and Arthur Cabral's braces. FK Qarabag defeated KAA Gent, Lazio defeated CFR Cluj, and Trabzonspor defeated Basel all by the same 1-0 scoreline.

ALVISE CAGNAZZO IN ITALY: Napoli continued their undefeated start to the season by defeating Sassuolo 4-0 on Saturday, who moved five points forward in Serie A. Inter Milan, Juventus, and Atalanta were also winners, but AC Milan and Lazio were also losing, with losses against Torino and Salernitana respectively. Alvise Cagnazzo of Sportsmail has compiled a list of ten things we learned from this weekend's adventures in Italy.

In stoppage time, Henrikh Mkhitaryan managed to win by 4-3 over Inter Milan, who had to win by a point at bitter rival Fiorentina after relinquishing a two-goal lead. With fifth-place Lazio, five points behind Napoli, Inter went into the game aiming to raise the Nerazzurrri 2-0 up after 15 minutes, and everything seemed to be going to plan. Arthur Cabral pulled one back from the penalty spot in the 33rd and Jonathan Ikone leveled, despite the fact that the time was approaching.