Portugal striker Helder Postiga is not fretting over the fitness of captain and talisman Cristiano Ronaldo ahead of their Group F clash with the United States in Manaus on Sunday. The reigning World Footballer of the Year was a peripheral figure in Portugal's 4-0 thrashing at the hands of Germany in their opening fixture as he continues to nurse a long-standing knee injury which originally thre...Full Story »

Helder Postiga has joined Lazio ahead of Sunday's game at Chievo to remove some of the sting felt by Biancoceleste fans after Hernanes' departure to Inter Milan. Brazilian midfielder Hernanes joined Inter before the closure of the January transfer window on Friday after three-and-a-half years with the Roman outfit. "I have received more than 2000 messages," Hernanes said. "I knew that Lazio fa...Full Story »

Espanyol came from behind to take all three points with a 3-1 victory at home to Valencia and record their first win of the league season. Helder Postiga scored his first goal for Los Che after 10 minutes, but Espanyol responded with headed goals from David Lopez and Christian Stuani to take a deserved lead, which they never really looked in danger of surrendering, before substitute Thievy Bifo...Full Story »

Real Zaragoza's four-year stay in the Primera Division ended as they slipped to a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Atletico Madrid in a game where all the scoring came in the final six minutes. Celta Vigo's defeat of Espanyol rendered the result of this contest irrelevant and Arda Turan's late strike appeared set to decide the contest in Atletico's favour. Helder Postiga equalised in the 89th minute...Full Story »

Real Zaragoza sank back into the Primera Division relegation zone after seeing Athletic Bilbao snatch a 2-1 victory from the jaws of defeat at La Romareda. Helder Postiga headed Zaragoza into the lead after 14 minutes but an equaliser from Fernando Llorente on 80 minutes and then a stoppage-time winner from Ibai Gomez condemned them to defeat. Zaragoza now occupy the final relegation spot and ...Full Story »

Real Zaragoza striker Helder Postiga is revelling in the recent turnabout in form but knows there is still a long way to go before they can celebrate Primera Division survival. Zaragoza's four-year stay in the top flight looked to be coming to an end after they failed to win any of their opening 15 league matches in 2013, picking up just five points from a possible 45 in the process. However, ...Full Story »

Portugal striker Helder Postiga has issued a rallying cry ahead of Real Zaragoza's relegation scrap with Granada. The 30-year-old, Zaragoza's top scorer this season with 10 goals, left no doubt about the importance of the match, which pits his 17th-placed side against the team directly above them in the standings. Zaragoza have not won in the Primera Division this year and last tasted victory ...Full Story »

Real Zaragoza missed a great chance to increase the gap between them and the sides in the Primera Division relegation zone by throwing away a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with Valencia. A penalty by Apono and a headed goal by Helder Postiga gave the Aragon side a two-goal cushion that was cancelled out by a double from Jonas. However, things could have been even worse for Manolo Jimenez's side, w...Full Story »

Apono and Helder Postiga were on target as Real Zaragoza ran out impressive 2-0 winners on the road at Athletic Bilbao. Zaragoza had won just one of their last five coming into Saturday night's game but looked in fine form as they eased to the three points courtesy of Apono's penalty and Postiga's effort shortly before the interval. Athletic have struggled to break into the top half of the Pri...Full Story »

Helder Postiga scored twice as Real Zaragoza roared back from two goals down to beat 10-man Deportivo la Coruna 5-3 in a crazy game at La Romareda. The visitors had gone into an early 2-0 lead thanks to goals from Bruno Gama and Riki, but Apono brought Zaragoza back into the game from the penalty spot before half-time. Pizzi was then shown a second yellow card for diving four minutes into the ...Full Story »