LOL That's really weird man. What a strange fixation with Simão..Saburossa.

Seriously. It's funny the first two or three times. After that it starts feeling dirty.

Damm i don´t wanna know where his hand is everytime he says Saaaburóósaaaaaaa

Someone give me the Captain Obvious award for that last post.

Someone give me the Captain Obvious award for that last post.

Here you go...

http://www.bluelinecomics.com/pictures/Capt%20Obvious%20banner%20smaller.jpg

Come on, this video deserves its own thread. And I'm not easy to amuse :rofl:

haha I came across that video a couple of days ago in another board, really funny/weird stuff (H)



btw check this out, thought you guys might find it interesting:

http://gmc.globo.com/GMC/0,,2465-p-M494584-MC18,00.html

haha both vids are great

As confusões de Ribéry

Confusão, piada de mau gosto ou simplesmente ignorância. Só mesmo Ribéry saberá porque classificou Luiz Felipe Scolari como "um grande jogador, que jogou em grandes equipas". Informado em plena conferência de Imprensa sobre o cargo de Felipão, que, enquanto atleta foi um defesa-central de poucos atributos, conforme o próprio já admitiu, o avançado francês manteve a postura. "Perdão, confundi a pessoa...".

Questionado sobre o melhor marcador do campeonato francês, que por acaso é português, o jogador do Marselha mostrou-se novamente confuso. "Pedro Pauleta é um dos melhores jogadores franceses. Perdão, é um dos melhores avançados do campeonato francês".
don't know whether to laugh at or feel sorry for him.... :|

Lol :s

As confusões de Ribéry

Confusão, piada de mau gosto ou simplesmente ignorância. Só mesmo Ribéry saberá porque classificou Luiz Felipe Scolari como "um grande jogador, que jogou em grandes equipas". Informado em plena conferência de Imprensa sobre o cargo de Felipão, que, enquanto atleta foi um defesa-central de poucos atributos, conforme o próprio já admitiu, o avançado francês manteve a postura. "Perdão, confundi a pessoa...".

Questionado sobre o melhor marcador do campeonato francês, que por acaso é português, o jogador do Marselha mostrou-se novamente confuso. "Pedro Pauleta é um dos melhores jogadores franceses. Perdão, é um dos melhores avançados do campeonato francês".

don't know whether to laugh at or feel sorry for him.... :|


there you can see how good the french championship is :(

i'm sure our players will put everything they can on this game.

http://www.ojogo.pt/artigos/22-133/pri.jpg

I love this Jogo reporters, going straight to insult :rofl:

Lol, really, it wasn't necessary... maybe the guy was nervous :\

Só mesmo Ribéry saberá porque classificou Luiz Felipe Scolari como "um grande jogador, que jogou em grandes equipas". Informado em plena conferência de Imprensa sobre o cargo de Felipão, que, enquanto atleta foi um defesa-central de poucos atributos, conforme o próprio já admitiu, o avançado francês manteve a postura. "Perdão, confundi a pessoa...".

he definately has zero knowledge of our team, whith whom would he confuse scolari? simão?
but ah well, he doesn't need knowledge of nuno valente to tear him apart anyway...

absolute respect to our boys, I'm sure they made the whole nation proud :jap:


now it's time to get rid of Scolari, we need new blood in this team and we surely won't get it with him in charge.


Figo will probably quit the NT after the tournament is over, major respect to him for all he gave to our football.
f'cking legend :Bow::Bow::Bow:

absolute respect to our boys, I'm sure they made the whole nation proud :jap:


now it's time to get rid of Scolari, we need new blood in this team and we surely won't get it with him in charge.


Figo will probably quit the NT after the tournament is over, major respect to him for all he gave to our football.
f'cking legend :Bow::Bow::Bow:

(Y)

hope Pauleta quits too, thank you for the 50ish goals against teams like Luxembourg :(

Figo carried us on his back for almost a decade. The greatest memories I keep from the NT are with him wearing our shirt.

Yep, Figo is our best player since i remember watching the NT. I admire him a lot for what he has done for us...

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/2411/10275406734hx.jpg

His work isn't done yet. I still want him to claim 3rd place as the great Eusebio did 40 years ago.

figo's the only reason i'm going to watch the 3rd place game...I once again want to see my favoutite player of all time and imo the best portugese player of all time play in red and green [errr...red]

Well, there is actually some green on the collar and on the sleeves.

I'll be watching this weekend, not only for Figo, but because I'll always support our NT through good and bad.

Well, there is actually some green on the collar and on the sleeves.

I'll be watching this weekend, not only for Figo, but because I'll always support our NT though good and bad.


so do I, and it's not like there's anything bad about the nt at the moment ;)...but the 3rd place game is meaningless and frustrating...

Thank you my boys!!!! We got pretty far, much better than most thought we could! With the squad we have we made wonders!! (one decent striker and maybe...)

Better luck next Saturday!! But we're already champions!!!!

PORTUGAL PORTUGAL PORTUGAL!!!!!!!

Yep, Figo is our best player since i remember watching the NT. I admire him a lot for what he has done for us...

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/2411/10275406734hx.jpg


ABSOLUTE LEGEND. :Bow:

http://www.record.pt/getimage.asp?tb=IMAGENS&id=101986

Seems like Scolari is on his way out. I thank him for all he did with the NT but I think it's time for a change. :ewan:

same here. We cant go on with Postiga as a starter and Ricardo Costa, etc in the squad when we have so many quality players not called up.

We need to start a new cycle. Drop old players like Figo, Pauleta, Costinha, Valente and give a chance to the young players.

We are gonna suffer the lack of a decent striker, we have Nuno Gomes but he'snt GREAT and he's 30 already, he can get to EURO2008, but not further.

Then comes Postiga, good skilss but cant do a decent play! What a waste of talent, i cant believe what happened to him, i had so much hope when i first saw him on a Toulon Tournment a few years ago and he 1st happeared on FCPorto, VAN Postiga the papers called him remenbering his idol Van Basten, but that's almost insulting to the Dutch coach nowadays! I thought the Premier League would bring the best out of him, but once again the old Postiga returned! Co Adrianse says he's lazy, that's he's great but needs to work more and more, i truly wanna believe so and thay we'll someday (hopefully as soon as possible) work properly and begin to show us something, until know i'm dispointed!

Hugo Almeida, 1,95m and 90kgs of striker! Unlike our past strikers this one has phisical condition to outplay most defenders, but unlike our past players, he lacks skills! Despite his hight he doenst know how to use his head, his shots go wherever his turned! Has a powerful powerful shot but again aimless!! Once made a hell of a goal against Inter, know he wanna shoots every 30 meter foul!! Result? WIDE!!! My recipe to him... 2 ours a day of specific training... shooting, moving, heading... I hope he can improve otherwise will be a fluke!!

Makukula, the same as Hugo Almeida but even worse!

Ricardo Vaz Tê, he's very young and i've seen him very few times! Got a benched season, but at the end started to play and socred a few goals, hope this Premier League experince turn him into a world class forward!

Varela.. he's he a striker? Cant comment saw litle of him yet! Good phisic...

Lourenço... too short, always a backup forward!

Joao Moreira and Djalo... ?? Dunno them! Only one apearence at Toulon i guess!


Cant remenber of more right know, i'm sorry if i forgot of some big one.... Please comment!!

out of all the players you mentioned, my bet goes for Vaz Tê, haven't seen much of him but when I did he really impressed me.
The Premiership will hopefully help him grow into being a top striker.

João Moreira seems classy too btw....

and Hugo Almeida is decreasing in quality throughout time.
it's incredible how a year or so ago he was seen as the future striker of Portugal, due to the impressive regularity he has scoring goals for our younger NT's.
this past year he was miserable with Porto, so I really don't know what to think anymore.....




oh, and thank you Scolari for finally f'cking off to somewhere else :jap:

Hugo Almeida if he goes somewhere where he can develop and play regular first team football.

cant belive some of the respect some of you are giving to scolari after everything he has done for us, yes his call ups are questionable but he still brought us to the euro finals and final 4 of the world cup

Moreira it's no secret that I've always hated his guts.
I think he's a fantastic player motivator....but apart from that, meh.
and I think that with the group of players he had, any other coach would have done as well him to be honest, if not better.
he basically put together the players that had been under Mourinho's guidance at Porto, it's not like he had to start from ground zero.

cant belive some of the respect some of you are giving to scolari after everything he has done for us, yes his call ups are questionable but he still brought us to the euro finals and final 4 of the world cup

I totally agree with you. I fear what kind of mess we're going to get into without Scolari. I mean, his choice Ricardo has been amazing for us in the WC. Sure it was an unpopular choice, but it was the right choice. Now we'll probably end up with some moron that makes "popular choices." I fear the worst...

I like Hugo Almeida very much. We never had a guy like him in front. But I agree with Kenzo he lacks training.. With his height he must have a killer header, or else his extra centimeters are worthless. He has a fantastic powershot but lacks aiming. He's young, if goes out to a club where he can play regularly and improve his skills we may have one of the best in the world. Despite his lack of technical skills I would chose Hugo Almeida over Postiga anyday...

I think Gomes and Almeida (if he get's better) whould be a killer duo for 2008, but we never play with 2 strikers...

If not we can always re-edit the Benfica duo Gomes-Tomás. I don't like him very much but he's the best striker we have now IMO.

I'm really looking forward to see what Vaz Tê can do he seemed quite talented to me aswell.

Lourenço stinks.. That's all I have to say about him... (:/)

Varela plays better in the wing I guess. Or in the secound striker position like Gomes.


Scolari... I won't miss you... :ewan:

why should Baía be called now, he doesn't start for Porto anymore.



(thanks for making me make no sense after you deleted your post SCP :|)

I can´t wait till we get Manuel José as coach :rolleyes:

for the Euro qualifiers and the competition we could try a 4-4-1-1 with Nuno Gomes playing behind Hugo Almeida and Deco playing a deeper role, similar to the one he plays in Barcelona.

--------------Ricardo---------------
Miguel-Carvalho-Andrade-Ferreira????
---------Deco----Maniche-----------
Ronaldo------------------Simao(Quaresma)
------------Nuno Gomes------------
-----------Hugo Almeida------------

or keep playing 4-5-1 and I would like to try Meira in front of the defence in that case. The guy has improved MASSIVELY in the World Cup and if he keeps this form up, he's definitely very wasted on the bench.

-----------Ricardo-------------
Miguel-Carvalho-Andrade-Ferreira
---------Meira--Maniche--------
------------Deco---------------
Ronaldo-------------------Simao
-----N. Gomes or H. Almeida-----

of course this is based in current players form. Lots of things can happen in 2 years like Manuel Fernandes and Moutinho fullfilling their potential or Quaresma keep improving like he did last season.

I can´t wait till we get Manuel José as coach :rolleyes:

that would be terrible :(

I'm thinking get back Humberto Coelho.

I would be willing to give Peseiro a shot but we would need an assistant coach that imposes discipline and motivates the group, because Peseiro isn't a very good motivator.

I reckon Luis Campas would be awesome too.

for the Euro qualifiers and the competition we could try a 4-4-1-1 with Nuno Gomes playing behind Hugo Almeida and Deco playing a deeper role, similar to the one he plays in Barcelona.

--------------Ricardo---------------
Miguel-Carvalho-Andrade-Ferreira????
---------Deco----Maniche-----------
Ronaldo------------------Simao(Quaresma)
------------Nuno Gomes------------
-----------Hugo Almeida------------

or keep playing 4-5-1 and I would like to try Meira in front of the defence in that case. The guy has improved MASSIVELY in the World Cup and if he keeps this form up, he's definitely very wasted on the bench.

-----------Ricardo-------------
Miguel-Carvalho-Andrade-Ferreira
---------Meira--Maniche--------
------------Deco---------------
Ronaldo-------------------Simao
-----N. Gomes or H. Almeida-----

of course this is based in current players form. Lots of things can happen in 2 years like Manuel Fernandes and Moutinho fullfilling their potential or Quaresma keep improving like he did last season.

Looks good. I would only make some minor changes like Manuel Fernandes, Moutinho or Petit instead of Meira in the second lineup. Meira hasn´t played in the midfield in ages, my guess is that he already lost the routine. If he hasn´t he could be a good choice, kinda like Edmilson in Barcelona and Brasil. In the left i would really try Ferreira there, i look at our younger teams and i can´t see one decent solution for that place. After what is saw from Caneira against Mexico, plz stay away from that zone.

IMO Meira rulez in front of the defence because he's tall. He can win all those air ball's in the midfield which are great for counter-attacks. I think Meira with Deco in front of him whould kick a*s.
Ferreira on the left would be good, but I think you're forgetting about Miguelito. He did a great season and he will probably move to one of the 3 major teams.

that would be terrible :(

I'm thinking get back Humberto Coelho.

I would be willing to give Peseiro a shot but we would need an assistant coach that imposes discipline and motivates the group, because Peseiro isn't a very good motivator.

I wouldn´t disagree with Humberto Coelho but i don´t want Peseiro. Now that we got rid of the lack of discipline with Scolari, getting Peseiro would be a shot in the foot. My solutions would be either Humberto Coelho or a foreign coach. If we wanna get really hated world wide why don´t we appoint Jaime Pacheco? :bob: I can only imagine Jaime Pacheco "Nózes jogamos bem, os meus jogadores foram inexcediveis, não compreendo as 3 expulsões"

Hopefully Mourinho will coach the NT by the next WC. He should just pull a Hiddink and coach both Chelsea and the NT.

Moreira it's no secret that I've always hated his guts.
I think he's a fantastic player motivator....but apart from that, meh.
and I think that with the group of players he had, any other coach would have done as well him to be honest, if not better.
he basically put together the players that had been under Mourinho's guidance at Porto, it's not like he had to start from ground zero.

Agree 100% (Y)


I want Mourinho too. I'm sure he'd do a great job. However with him being at Chelsea, dunno if he's gonna accept a possible offer.

If we wanna get really hated world wide why don´t we appoint Jaime Pacheco? :bob: I can only imagine Jaime Pacheco "Nózes jogamos bem, os meus jogadores foram inexcediveis, não compreendo as 3 expulsões"

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

we should get someone till 2008 and then ask gently for Mourinho to take over.

Hell I wouldn't mind him having both jobs. He does sh*t all in the afternoons as shown in the interviews with him.

the "Nozes" part really is a Pacheco trademark..... :rofl:


didn't Mourinho say some time ago that he would only coach us in like 10 years?
he wanted to remain with Chelsea until the contract is over, then move to Italy.....


I really liked the way our team played under Humberto's lead, but he just doesn't seem to be a very bright person, I mean I crack myself up with his comments during a football match (on TV).


why not Nelo Vingada? :brow:

Agree 100% (Y)


I want Mourinho too. I'm sure eh'd do a great job. However with him being at Chelsea, dunno if he's gonna accept a possible offer.

2010 is pretty far away so I'm crossing my fingers that Mourinho becomes our coach, at least after the Euro 08.

Não foi o Madail que disse: "Depois de Scolari, só Mourinho?" (H)

Não foi o Madail que disse: "Depois de Scolari, só Mourinho?" (H)

Well how the hell will he pull off that miracle??? I have no doubt that we would win a Championship with Mourinho. Unfortunately for now it's just a dream....

How about Eriksson?

no thanks, I want us to contend for something other than reaching the QFs of every competition. Eriksson is a terrible NT coach as shown in England.

Mourinho + Portugal NT = pretty cool (Y)

no one comments on the Nelo Vingada possibility, I'm gutted :(

no one comments on the Nelo Vingada possibility, I'm gutted :(

Yeah i saw it but i didn´t think it was serious. Nelo Vingada has always saved Académica and is a competent coach but i don´t think that he is NT material. Before Nelo Vingada i would prefer to see Manuel Machado or Jesualdo Ferreira have a chance and even them i don´t consider NT material. A matter of opinion i guess.

Mourinho coaching Chelsea and Portugal at the same time... unlikely, but possible.

Scolari as a man manager is world-class. Better than him, only José Mourinho.

Sven-Goran Eriksson would be a nice choice aswell.

Yeah i saw it but i didn´t think it was serious. Nelo Vingada has always saved Académica and is a competent coach but i don´t think that he is NT material. Before Nelo Vingada i would prefer to see Manuel Machado or Jesualdo Ferreira have a chance and even them i don´t consider NT material. A matter of opinion i guess.
I like Vingada, he's worked with the our NTs before, has a good posture, and not a bad coach at all.

Machado and Jesualdo are good coaches too (my pick would go for Machado btw) but I agree that they still have a lot to prove.


btw in case anyone was wondering, me mentioning Luis Campas was a joke. a bad one, but it was :p

for me it's Eriksson. it will be the best choice.

Eriksson will come to Benfica in October when Fernando Santos gets kicked out :evil:

I just read on soccernet that Scolari still hasn't decided his future. He may still be coaching us into the next Euro. I really hope he stays.

i also like the Erikson possibility, he was very missunderstood in England IMO

same here. We cant go on with Postiga as a starter and Ricardo Costa, etc in the squad when we have so many quality players not called up.

We need to start a new cycle. Drop old players like Figo, Pauleta, Costinha, Valente and give a chance to the young players.

my thoughts exacty... I'd also like to see a coach who is actually aware of what's going on in the Portuguese league, and calls players there that deserve the chance.

I´ve been thinking seriously about our new coach if Scolari leaves. It should really be Manuel José, i´m looking forward to hearing him argue with Ricardo. The glass will shatter and i mean it in a literal way.

...maybe we should get an English coach :rofl:

I'd actually like to see a foreign coach, hitzfeld or eriksson for instance, don't think we could pay them,tho...it's a pity hiddink went to russia, he would've been the ideal man...

I actually think we'll be a title contender at the next euro again.we're probably only losing figo,pauleta,costinha and valente. with experienced players like deco,simao,nuno gomes,joao tomas,andrade,maniche,carvalho,miguel,petit,ronald o and tiago and young players like quaresma,moutinho,fernandes,ze castro,nelson,vaz te,hugo almeida,meireles etc. lining up, we'll be more than fine...

I have nothing against the idea of a foreign coach but I think it would have to be a very careful choice. It would have to be someone who could relate to the Portuguese football culture. I think someone like Koeman had trouble with this, but Eriksson could do the job. Although I'd be a bit concerned about his lack of passion. Hiddink would have been ideal, definitely..


Mourinho would be a dream come true.... and I have this weird feeling that it might not be as impossible as we think.

Mourinho? Not a chance guys. Not now. We know that we will have him as our Nt coach in the future but i don´t think it will happen now. Better not dream about it or else you will end up disappointed. Everytime Mourinho spoke about this he was very serious. He will only be our coach in his own timing.

I agree, I don't think mourinho is realistic in the next 5-10 years...

F*ck so frustrating. I know that the match didn´t matter but after seeing Nuno Gomes do more in 15 mins than Pauleta and Postiga in the whole WC, i get really pissed at Scolari. Stupid Pauleta fixation. About Postiga i won´t even comment, apart from the penalty against England, absolutely useless.

amen to that Vinne.

we missed so many chances tonight, unreal stuff.
plus conceding 2 goals like that.....ffs :(
still we can't be nothing but grateful for what this team achieved in this WC.

and again thanks for everything Figo, you f'cking legend (Y)

i hope figo stays for the euro even as a bench player.. any chance he will go into coaching? like in 15 years?

Nah, i don´t think so. Figo said that coaching isn´t for him. I would do the same, with all the money he´s got i would just pay attention to the foundation and keep boning the wife :hump:

keeping boning the wife :hump:

Amen :rofl:

well I gotta say that for me Meira ends up being probably our player of the tournament. Most consistent performer despite a shaky first game. Today he was again our MOM.

Miguel missed one game, Carvalho was great but had that costly penalty, Maniche was very average in these last two games and looked tired.


I hope he takes Costinha's place starting after today's game. Costinha really looks off place. He is a big waste in the bench.

ye maybe if we get a new coach for the euro he will use meira there, any chance moreira will be our starter in the euro, dont think so since ricardo is still 30

it was one of those games, great performance by Kahn too. Any other gk and we would have scored 2 or 3.. oh well, on to the future

great showing by portugal and great sportsmanship at the end of the match.kudos to you guys and maniche has grown to be one of my favourite players. he is fantastic :ewan:

After listening to Madaíl and Scolari in the flash-interview, seems very likely that Scolari will continue.

Great News.

Pauleta left the NT

Last game for Figo and Pauleta. I think we have already said about Figo. Thank you for everything. About Pauleta he is clearly a good player he just isn´t suited for our style of play in the NT. In the Euro2004 and this WC he has been absolutely useless. Leaves me wondering what we would achieve with a decent striker. Im sorry but good riddance.

no Pauleta = good!

but... I really, really hope this doesn't mean that Postiga has just been given an automatic starter position (:/)

damn, with a decent striker we would have easily won Euro2004 and who knows, maybe this WC too. If only we had a guy like Klose or Crespo..

I didn't get to comment during the WC, so here are my final thoughts. I'm extremely happy and proud of this team and what they achieved. They've once again given us several great moments that will forever be in the history of our football. I wanna thank all the players, Scolari and the rest of the technical staff for the work they've done. It's a shame that once again we don't manage to go all the way and actually win something (this makes the 2004 loss against Greece all the more painful, I'll never be able to erase it out of my mind, it still hurts to this day when I think about it), but let's all hope that day comes and that it's sooner rather than later. But unfortunately until we get one or two world class finishers, it's impossible!

I also want to give a gigantic THANK YOU to Figo for everything he did for Portuguese football in the last 15 years. He will clearly be remembered as the best Portuguese player ever right after the great Eusébio and he truly was a fantastic ambassador for our country. Back in the late 90's, early 2000's, on his prime, Figo was a true monster, one of the best that ever graced the field and I'm extremely happy to see him saying goodbye to our NT with such strong performances in this WC (once again, I'm just sad that he never managed to win a title with our team). Your legacy will live forever, you'll always be remembered and missed.

About Pauleta, I think many people are extremely unfair to him, but it is true that when it really mattered, in the big stages, he never delivered and always disappointed. Anyway, he has already left his mark in our history and he is one of the few truly good finishers we had (just not world class, unfortunately). Just as a comparision, even Henry, who is Henry (although he is younger and will have some more years, but then again it's also true that Pauleta didn't start as young as him), hasn't got as many goals for his NT as Pauleta has and he also faces several lesser named teams, so that isn't really an excuse. Thank you for everything!

Finally, about Scolari. You all know how I feel about him and that I've always been a supporter of him. Once again, regardless of different opinions, debatable options and stubborness, he proved he is a very good coach, especially an outstanding leader of men and motivator, that lead our team always with tremendous passion, and he's also earned his place in our history as our most successful coach ever. However, having said that, and perhaps precisely because I think he's done such a good job, I think it is now time for a new page to be opened, so I hope he doesn't stay for the next Euro. It will be extremely hard to top what he has already done and I also think that it isn't positive for a NT coach to stay many years in front of a team, because it also gets harder to motivate yourself and the players. He's certainly going to be able to progress his career in Europe and I'm sure he'll continue being succesful, as he's always been throughout his career.

It's time for a partial renewal of our NT, time for a new generation of players to start appearing and represent our country, gaining the necessary experience to face the challenges that lie ahead in the future. I just hope the coach isn't an "old school" Portuguese one, like Manuel José or something... I do think we have several very promising players, lots of talent, so the future does look good, but anyway I think we'll go through an adaptation/transition phase, so I really don't expect us to reach the level of results that we have in the last 2 years anytime soon, but I hope I'm wrong.

Figo basically carried the NT on his shoulders for some good years..It will be sad to see the NT without him, I admit :(

Great to see him playing with all his heart in the WC even with his age and physical condition. Should be an exemple for the younger players.

So, thank you Figo :jap:


And glad to see Pauleta out. Should've done it before the WC I'm afraid :rolleyes:

Much better game played by us today, we were unfortunate to not have scored more goals. We were playing entertaining footbal at certain points in both the first and second half. Some beautiful touches by Deco. I'm glad Pauleta is no longer with us, although I thank him for his contribution.

Figo, one word. Legend.

As for Scolari, I'm neutral on this one, don't care if he stays, but wouldn't mind at all if he left.

I'm excited, this opens alot of doors for our NT. Hopefully, whoever our coach is, will start calling up our future prospects. I see Quaresma making his contribution. Imagine him on the flanks, along with Ronaldo. That would be derty. :junior: I see Moutinho, Fernandes and Tiago as our future prospects. I see Tiago as having the potential to become Figo's protege, if he works hard for it.

A new chapter starts for our NT.

I wouldn't call Tiago a Prospect, atleast not at his age

we can have a really strong team for the Euro

Did you guys just see "road to Estadio Nacional?"

Man, we are back to Euro 2004 times, amazing stuff. :junior:

scolari just said he wants to stay with us for the Euro, but will have a conferance with the federation

Well we got chosen as The Most Entertaining Team! :$
http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/met.html

Now let's wait for the Golden Ball and WC team to see if we get any other recognition!

Man, we are back to Euro 2004 times, amazing stuff. :junior:

haha, where have you been in the past month?(H)

C.Ronaldo's Home In Manchester (http://youtube.com/watch_fullscreen?video_id=kjl6jICfpVw&l=576&t=OEgsToPDskLSQx3bTeXfz8VXbmEu4NdR&fs=1&title=cristiano%20ronaldo's%20home)

Anyone wanna head over to Ronaldo's house? :ewan:

Jose Couceiro is the new U21 coach :rofl:

Hey, just the right coach who can give those younger guys the discipline they need, oh wait..

Was asked by (our mutual friend) Hugo_Viana to post this:

http://www.zshare.net/video/portugal-world-cup-2006-wmv.html

Enjoy

Amazing movie, for us to remember. I was going to make one as well, but I'm missing time...

very cool vid (Y)

Lista de Convocados:

Guarda-redes: Quim (Benfica) e Ricardo (Sporting).

Defesas: Caneira (Sporting), Nuno Valente (Everton), Ricardo Costa (FC Porto), Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea), Fernando Meira (Estugarda) Paulo Ferreira (Chelsea) e Ricardo Rocha (Benfica).

Médios: Petit (Benfica), Deco (Barcelona), Carlos Martins (Sporting), Costinha (Atlético Madrid), João Moutinho (Sporting), Tiago (Lyon), Simão (Benfica), Quaresma (FC Porto) e Luis Boa Morte (Fulham).

Avançados: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), Hugo Almeida (Werder Bremen), Nuno Gomes (Benfica) e Hélder Postiga (FC Porto).




Costinha (N) :(:(:(

And João Tomás still missing, god help us :(

I wonder what the hell is Costinha doing there.. :nape:

well atleast quaresma is there. but moutinho instead of fernandes? jesus...

Moutinho, Quaresma, and Almeida (Y) (Y) (Y)

I'm still hoping Hugo Almeida can develop into a great striker. I saw him playing for Bremen and he really impressed me. So far he has two goals in two games. Plus he has wicked power.

but moutinho instead of fernandes? jesus...

Hello! Earth calls smoove! Manuel Fernandes is injured!!!
And even if he wasn't, Moutinho deserves the place AT LEAST as much as Fernandes, if you ask me; besides, they are not incompatible in the same team.

well atleast quaresma is there. but moutinho instead of fernandes? jesus...

Fernandes is still recovering from an injury.

edit: didn't see your post, Scp1906. But yeah, they're different players, if it was me, when Fernandes is fully fit, I'd call him instead of Costinha, so both Moutinho and Fernandes could be there.

I don't get why Ricardo Costa is still in the squad. The justification for him being in the WC was that he was already part of the group, but now with all this "1st time calls" or close to that, and Ricardo Costa not playing in Porto, it doesn't make sense.

Miguel and Maniche are not fit and will definitely be in the squad when they recover.

Manuel Fernandes will definitely be called up when he recovers from his injury.

It's about time Ricardo Rocha got a chance at the main NT level. :)

I´m giving the benefit of the doubt to this call up. At least Ricardo Rocha is there. After the way he performed in the Champions League he definitely deserves a chance. I would like to see players Hugo Almeida (must practice his finishing though), Moutinho and Quaresma grab their chances. It´s up to them now. I´m not completely satisfied with the call up but i´m a reasonably pleased.

Geez, some people are never satisfied... They always manage to get mad because player D or E wasn't called, even if A, B and C that weren't called before and they wanted now are.

Having said that, it's normal that not everybody agrees with all the calls. I wouldn't call Ricardo Costa and I have my doubts over Carlos Martins. Sure, he's a great talent, but to me he'll have to deliver much more at Sporting and truly affirm himself for me to consider him an A level NT player.

Overall, it's a nice selection of players, let's see how they deliver.

I wouldn't call Ricardo Costa and I have my doubts over Carlos Martins. Sure, he's a great talent, but to me he'll have to deliver much more at Sporting and truly affirm himself for me to consider him an A level NT player.

I believe the reason why Carlos Martins is on the roster is because Hugo Viana isn't fully fit. However, he too has been inconsistent. But Scolari has shown on more than one occasion Hugo Viana is to stay in the NT.

it's a decent call-up. but Postiga? he didn't even played a single minute in the pre-season for christ sakes. i think it's time to call João Tomás for example. he deserves a chance.

and finally Ricardo Rocha

Can't believe nobody mentioned the calling of Postiga for this match yet... He hasn't even trained properly... I guess we're already used to Scolari's fetish with this guy. Don't know if it's just me, but I think he's crap. João Tomás may not be the best striker in the world but he's better than Postiga IMO.

edit: lol, sorry didn't see that you already posted about Postiga.

Hello! Earth calls smoove! Manuel Fernandes is injured!!!
And even if he wasn't, Moutinho deserves the place AT LEAST as much as Fernandes, if you ask me; besides, they are not incompatible in the same team.


sorry. my bad. still: manel > moutinho ;)

Scolari just called up Nani to join the group.. wow

Well done, he deserves it...

The game hasn't ended yet, 3-2 to Denmark, and they aren't deserving the lead imo. But I have to say a few simple things...

Ricardo (N) (N) (N) A capoeira abriu hoje.
Ricardo Costa (N) (N) (N) Hopefully J.Andrade and Meira are back soon.
Paulo Ferreira (N) (N) Doesn't look the same that he was 2/3 years ago
Nuno Gomes (N) (N) Awful game...

Still, it is good to see great exhibitions were pulled. C.Ronaldo and Nani were great...the rest was pretty much average.

I demand a new goalkeeper, and please...J.Andrade or Meira there, that R.Costa is awful...

EDIT: Não há duas sem três. Três ratadas num jogo é muito.

I didn't watch the match, but man 4-2? we suck :D

pelo que vi das repetições, o Ricardo mamou 3 cuecas :wootman: what a f'cking legend (Y)

If this was a game for points...I couldn't imagine really. But please, take Ricardo out of there...

Why can´t we invoke the public interest measure to prevent Ricardo and Ricardo Costa from playing in our NT? Please make it so, it´s in our best interest :jambo:

yeah Johnny I agree, Ricardo should quit the NT in order to focus on f'cking up exclusively at Sporting :D

wise words Vinnie :funny:

*thinks about R.Costa's imminent starting spot at Porto*

:f***::f***::f***:

What an awful game by our NT...Denmark were very good: solid in the back and very dynamic in the front. They had 5 chances, scored 4.

Man, most of the players looked like they didn't want to play football tonight.

Blargh, awful, awful, awful.

Worse? Nuno Gomes (and his proeminent belly), Boa Morte (damn, has he ever made a good exhibition for the NT?), R. Costa (Obviously not NT material) and Ricardo (who seems to be again in a dark phase, which will be good in the League, given that he'll be the big weak point on Sporting's season).

Best: Tiago, Nani, Carvalho and Costinha (only cause I thought he'd be in worse shape than he actually is).

The rest of the players were below average.

i always feel like turning my tv off when i see ricardo costa playing i hate him, but o well hopefully jorge will be back in about 2 weeks i heard... Nani was impressive i must say

Ricardo is a legend period. In all three goals the ball passed between his legs :Bow: Now which goalkeeper is able to accomplish that in one match ? Yeah, I thought so.

Ricardo >>> All

:jambo:

I can't entirely blame Ricardo. He could have done better, but if I remember correctly, every goal was a one on one situation. Carvalho was pretty much defening by himself. Costa is f*cking awfull!!! Caneira wasn't any good either. Rocha didn't add anything. Let's pray Meira feels better before our qualifier and that Valente starts over Caneira.

On a positive note, we may have yet another star being born in Nani. He was very impressive.

So any chance Deco will be ready for the qualifier? I know we'll defend and attack alot better with a more familiar lineup.

------------------Ricardo----------------
Ferreira----Carvalho----Meira-----Valente
------------------Costinha---------------
-------------Deco---------Tiago---------
---Nani------------Gomes--------Ronaldo

And for f*cks sake, would it kill you to stay onsides Gomes!!! :f***:

I'm seriously hoping Almeida develops into a great striker at Werder Bremen. So far he's looked pretty good and we really need hope for the CF role.

Yeah, I was really pissed off at Ricardo but the defence didn't help one bit *COF* Ricardo Costa *COF*

But still you can't deny it's extraordinary for a GK to suffer three "cuecas" in one match. :borat:

I'm glad I only get to see Ricardo Costa in action on the NT. (Y)

About Ricardo, it was an accident. Accidents happen all the time. Just look at my avatar. :amika:

carlos martins and fernando meira are out for our next game.. if its ricardo costa as our starting cb im not even gonnna bother to watch the game... he better use ricardo rocha

We desperately need Andrade and Miguel to be healthy. Anyone know is RTPi will be broadcasting this game or our U21 game? Soccertv.com doesn't have anything listed.

We desperately need Andrade and Miguel to be healthy. Anyone know is RTPi will be broadcasting this game or our U21 game? Soccertv.com doesn't have anything listed.

yeah, RTPi is showing the U21 game and the game tomorrow also..

RTPi schedule (http://195.245.179.232/EPG/tv/epg-dia.php?canal=5&ac=d&sem=e)

the lineup tomorrow will be ridiculous. Caneira playing on the right, R.Rocha on the left. R. Costa and Carvalho in the middle....

yeah, RTPi is showing the U21 game and the game tomorrow also..

RTPi schedule (http://195.245.179.232/EPG/tv/epg-dia.php?canal=5&ac=d&sem=e)

Thanks for the link. I should have known to just look there. Anyway, tommorow's match has me worried. If Virgo is right, we'll be playing with one defender(Carvalho). I hope Ferreira and Valente start, though.

yeah that defence looks horrid, and it gets worse when you think about who's playing in the GK position :rolleyes: ...wouldn't be too surprised to see another ridiculous score like the last time we played Finland (1-4)

Scolari: «Não temos grandes probabilidades de ganhar...Estamos muito abaixo de todas as situações que tivemos em Portugal. Se der empate, fico satisfeito...Aliás, espero grandes problemas até ao final do ano. Se conseguirmos totalizar sete ou oito pontos até final do ano podemos levantar as mãos ao céu.»

no comments :x

http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/noticia.php?id=721473&div_id=1194

No wonder. He knows what's wrong with our defense. Without Meira or Andrade, the central defender position opens a big hole. And with Ricardo Costa there and R.Carvalho on bad form opens even more.

imagine the coach of England, Holland, Germany, Argentina, etc saying something like that... it would never happen. :rolleyes:

I just hope we can get lucky and score a couple goals tomorrow because I'll be shocked if we don't suffer at least 1 goal

is anyone else watching the U21 game right now? still in the first half but if this is the future of our NT, then I'm seriously worried. They can't make 2 complete passes, nevermind even getting a scorring chance.. :|

The U21 game was so good in the first half...that I fell asleep.

well scolari isn't the kind of guy to say the same thing to the journalists that he says to the players, so of course he's giving them lots of confidence, but realistic confidence..i mean even the players know they did sh*tty...i'm confident we can win though...i do miss andrade and miguel though..

one more thing, hearing what Madaíl said yesterday - that he wants to leave in December - i'm afraid Scolari goes too...i mean you can say what you want about him, but if he goes in the middle of the qualifiers we would be in some trouble..

We're winning 2-0...

U21 games are so f*cking boring, it seems we can never put on a team display, only individualities or set pieces can make the difference, it seems that Couceiro hasn't changed sh*t...

We can only play some nice football if we play against ****ty teams... I'm sick of it, get someone there that can actually make them play team football :kader:

heh, I'll take the win...we sucked ass but at least qualified, even if against a piss poor Polish team.
Manu was far from impressive today, I really liked him at Toulon...
anyone knows why Vieirinha was subbed? because he was being one of the few good performers in the 1st half, so I hope he didn't catch an injury or so.

btw, Scumlari is a pussy :)

seems like the lineup will be:

Ricardo, Caneira, Ricardo Carvalho, Ricardo Costa e Nuno Valente, Costinha, Petit e Deco, Nani, Nuno Gomes e Ronaldo



f*cking Scolari should be ashamed of saying that. You know it's just a tactic to lower the public expectations but still, it's ridiculous.

Even with that lineup if we don't win it will be an awful result from anyway you look at it.

he must be very insecure, having to call new players and sh't :wootman:

the dude should just say the politically correct crap about how this game is not gonna be easy, we should respect every opponent, Finland just beat Poland away so the players must enter the field with full concentration in order to get a win.
everyone would be ok with that, and in case of a possible defeat I don't think people would go ballistic on him or the team.
but to say that a non-win would not be a bad result for us, he must be f'cking kidding me :|

Scolari really went too far. Even in these conditions we should value our team at least a little. And I agree, if we don't win it will be an awful result.

I don't get it though. He calls Ricardo Rocha but he will start R. Costa anyway, even if he didn't do so well in the last couple matches he played for the NT. If he doesn't like RR for some reason then at least call up and play Zé Castro, for instance. I rate him above R. Costa.

Btw Massive, just read Vierinha had to be subbed due to an injury, but nothing serious, he's expected to be able to play next weekend.

Rocha obviously deserves the spot more than Costa, he had much more playing time over the last couple of seasons, and proved his worth against very strong opposition in the CL. only the fat f'ck can't see that.

thanks for the heads up on Vierinha :jap:

Fck Nuno Gomes definitely should have been our striker in the WC...Crappy performance by our team specially the defence. Ricardo Costa has no room in our Nt, what a poor excuse for a football player. I´m begining to think that the draw is a good result. Good performances by Nani, Ronaldo and Petit so far (great assistance by Deco also). Downsides have been Ricardo Costa (absolute crap) and Caneira (doesn´t have the routine). I hope we play better in the second half.

thank f'ck we equalized before halftime, maybe things get better in the second half...Deco sucked ass throughout, but man what a beauty his play for the goal was.

we've been pretty poor so far :nape:


about Costa, I really don't see what was SO wrong with his performance so far...I don't like him either, but there's no need to blame the man for all that's wrong with our NT.

Totally in agree with you Vinnie Jones. And Ricardo has bad position in the Finland goal.

But hey, even in bad shape, we are playing better than them.

nani>cristiano>deco>nuno gomes.....the rest are playing crap..i hope things get better in the second half, and i believe they will, it was very important to equalise before half time

Loved the way Sammi Hyppia was left completly alone in our area, we were very lucky he didn't score that first chance... And loved it even more when Ricardo Costa was left standing with a crappy dribble by a finnish player :kader:

Before we suffered the goal we played like we were afraid of f'n Finland. Except one or two they're a bunch of Peter Crouchs.

Man I was freaking out when one of them dribbled Ricardo Costa.

And how on earth can Sami Hyppia be in the area completely on his own 3 times in a row, he's really tall can't they see him ?

Sh*t attitude starting on the manager. We must have a winning mentality, they're not the world champions ffs. :rolleyes:

our defense is utter sh*t atm...

about Costa, I really don't see what was SO wrong with his performance so far...I don't like him either, but there's no need to blame the man for all that's wrong with our NT.

Cmon Mass, didn´t you see the first goal? I know he was covering for Caneira but he was positively eaten by the finn player. Anyways let´s just hope we improve our performance and get a decent result.

ok excuse my earlier words, I say we peel the man alive :f***:

****IN **** RICARDO COSTA FILHO DA PUTA PIECE OF ****. You have to be unbelievably stupid to tackle like that when you have a yellow card. Stupid mother****er. Sheesh. Fdx para a mentalidade de troglodita, só dá pau. Now we are screwed.

Now when will Tonel get a chance at the national team

First i´m pleased with the result considering the circunstancies. Second, please Mr Scolari no more Ricardo Costa or Caneira as right back in our NT. Third, I hope we crush Finland in Portugal, crappy team, can´t believe we struggled with a team who has players from Luton Town and Tempere. Forth Ricardo Costa sucks and should die a slow and painful death. I can´t make a decent review of the match, it was too bad. That and Helder Conduto as our commentator. Now i have been reeducated with thousands of random crap which have no interest. I have lived in the dark since i didn´t knew that Ricardo Rocha was from Santo Tirso. Thanks for filling my educational void.

lmao at that Eremenko dude, he sure eats his pork (H)

the sending off killed the game for us, but at least the ref saved Petit.
we were playing well at the start of this half, Deco was being awesome and then the f'cking retard does that :|
I'm just sorry Porto is stuck with both him and Bruno Alves :(


Scumlari got his little draw though, so at least someone is truly happy.

Ricardo Rocha did in 30 minutes more that Ricardo Costa did in their caps on the National Team. What a moron, Meira and Andrade...recover quickly!

By the way, I am happy with this result, due to circumstances. Deco make a fantastic game, MOM for me. Also, Petit made a good second half, and Costinha was there when he was needed.

By the way, even with R.Costa red carded, I think the ref was "caseiro". Some yellow cards weren't shown to some Finland players. That Kolkka made 3 hard tackles to Nani and escaped...wth.

It's a satifactory result based on our defense and other group results. No one has more than 4 points, so we're on the right track so far. A month from now we'll be alot stronger, I'm sure. Ecspecially with Simao, Andrade, Meira, and Miguel.

I have lived in the dark since i didn´t knew that Ricardo Rocha was from Santo Tirso. Thanks for filling my educational void.

LMAO :rofl:

I didn't know that Tiago was from Viana do Castelo and when he was transfered to Lyon his 1st club received 50 k €. That and João Moutinho was born in the Algarve.

Man, Gabriel Alves and Conduto would be sweet, even better than José Marinho- Tony.

Ricardo Costa and Caneira were embarassing again.

I said to my dad R.Costa was gonna be sent off when I saw him get the yellow card so early.

Our right side was a total highway thanks to Caneira, the guy couldn't stop ANYONE from taking a cross.

The attack played ok even if they had little or no support from the midfield pair.

I said to my dad R.Costa was gonna be sent off when I saw him get the yellow card so early.



I said that to my grandfather as well...bingo.

Let's look on the brightside. At least we know he definately won't be playing in the next game. I'm praying for Andrade's return. He and Carvalho together are unbreakable.

i say we move deco to as our right defneder, i mean in the euro 04 game against england he was much better then f*ken caneira... ricardo costa, no comment i hope i never see him again in a portugal nt jersey when meira/andrade recover.. nani again with a good game, and ronaldo and deco also

Lista de convocados:

Guarda-redes: Quim (Benfica) e Ricardo (Sporting).

Defesas: Fernando Meira (Estugarda, Ale), José António (Borussia M'gladbach, Ale), Miguel (Valencia, Esp) Manuel da Costa (PSV, Hol) , Caneira (Sporting), Nuno Valente (Everton, Ing), Paulo Ferreira e Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea, Ing) e Ricardo Rocha (Benfica).

Médios: Deco (FC Barcelona, Esp), Petit (Benfica), Costinha e Maniche (Atl. Madrid, Esp) e Tiago (Lyon, Fra).

Avançados: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, Ing), Hélder Postiga (FC Porto), Hugo Almeida (Werder Bremen, Ale), Nani (Sporting) e Simão e Nuno Gomes (Benfica).



Who the hell is José António?? Never heard of him... Sincerely hope he's better then Zé Castro.. :rolleyes:

Well, at least it's not Ricardo Costa :p

..But only because he's suspended or something :(

meh, i actually like ze castro, better than R.Costa..:(

i heard good things about José António though..hope he can be a good asset

im pretty sure Manuel Fernades is fit as he played 15 mins for portsmouth monday, would have liked to see him there over costinha, and no quaresma again?

quaresma has to rethink his whole playing style for the season...the man has been sh*tty, i don't care what no one says..

Yeah, i agree, Quaresma is playin sh(ity! He has to get smart! Otherwise his just another ball hogger!


Scolari keeps callin the same fellows over and over!

our U21 team just got raped by some ref from Cyprus.

By him and by Couceiro. João Pereira? Who played one competitive game this year? Organista? We don´t have any other choices? The ref was horrible but with a coach like Couceiro, i expected a debacle like this sooner or later.

Well I didn't even mentioned Couceiro because there's really no use in "bater no ceguinho".

Everyone knows that he's one of the biggest losers in portuguese football.


Either way apart from a few players this is really not a very good team, probably the worst we've had in years. We couldn't expect much more even if we qualified for the Euro which is not going to happen now.

Moutinho and Paulo Machado made a very good game. The rest...oh well.

I think this game has showed how bad is Joao Pereira.
Oh, and the ref helped them a bit...whatever.

João Pereira has a stupid attitude he has shown it in many ocasions but his sending off is ridiculous.

That penalty is also a very bad call. It weren't the only situations either.

Costinha in the press conference: "We wanna be in Euro 2008, and for that we must win games, whether they're against Azerbaijan, whether they're against Argentina!" :nape:

i dont see nothing wrong with that

duh, Argentina is not in Europe :D

lmao

And he likes to be called "Ministro", eh? :funny:

As far as I know there isn't a ministery of comedy :fool:

yea i know but i dont think hes stupid enough to think that he just means we gotta play good against any team rather it be this one or Argentina (well i understand since he did say we want to be in the euro and want to win games )

I'm interested in knowing how portugal is playing, anybody watching the game??

Quite boring... 2-0 it should be 3-0 an acrobatic shot by Ronaldo unbeliveable how nobody saw that was in..

Ronaldo MOtM untill now.

we're sucking major ass, nothing unusual against these lower teams.

someone should just put Costinha out of his misery, he's way past it...

Definitely.. But it's Scolari, you know for him Costinha is part of the family. :rolleyes:

thanks guys!! :ewan:

this is certainly the dullest match I've watched in the past few months, not even Ricardo provided us with a Kodak moment :(

3-0 against the Azeri, ffs :|
besides Ronaldo no other player performed well, but Costinha and Gomes were absolute crap.

now lets get ready to conquer that one point that Scumlari wants so badly against Poland :rolleyes:

Yes it was a dull match but the boys got the job done. It´s difficult to motivate yourself in this kind of matches. Good performance by Ronaldo and also Deco and Miguel in a lesser extent. These matches are wonderful to cure any sleep related problems :fool:

Yeah, the important was to get the result, which they did.

Anyone else here noticed how Deco and Nuno Gomes were always complaining to one another? :|

I didn't see the Ronaldo effort... Damn. I fell asleep midway. :D

haha i love the fact that everyone is already kissing Nani's ass:D
(i mean at the stadiums)

The game wasn't that bad. The goals were top class and Ronaldo should have had a hat trick if it wasn't for that blind linesman. The ball was clearly over the line. Ronaldo was on fire, scoring with his left foot, the disallowed bicicle kick, and then with the diving header. He even created the the chance for Carvalho. The kid just keeps getting better and better.

I can't wait to see him and Vidic against each other.

I still get amazed seeing people complain that we "only won by 2 or 3" or that we "only drew on an away game"... That's nonsense! Just look at the results from this weekend in the Euro qualifiers and you will see plenty of cases where "weak" teams managed to have great results against theoretically favourite NTs. As I've said many times before, the level of the game has increased greatly in the last few years and "walks in the park" are increasingly rare.

Let's hope we win tomorrow, but if we manage to get a draw, it will already be a good result.

ronaldo is on fire.. you guys will win tomorrow

U21!!!!! :rockman:

3-0!! How great was that?!?! :lui:

Players called up for the game against Kazakhstan:

GKs - Quim (Benfica), Ricardo (Sporting) and Daniel Fernandes (PAOK)

Defenders - Miguel (Valência), Nélson (Benfica), Paulo Ferreira and Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea), Jorge Andrade (Deportivo), Manuel da Costa (PSV Eindhoven) and Tonel (Sporting)

Midfielders - Raul Meireles (FC Porto), Tiago (Lyon), Deco (Barcelona), Carlos Martins and João Moutinho (Sporting)

Forwards - Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, Ing), Simão and Nuno Gomes (Benfica) e Ricardo Quaresma and Hélder Postiga (FC Porto)

Very good calls! I only disagree with Carlos Martins, because although he's a great talent, he's not playing at a consistent and goood enough level to deserve to be in the NT IMO.

Yep i agree. It looks like a good call up. I don´t believe Carlos Martins is ready for our Nt yet. He needs a good, consistent run on Sporting before the NT chance. He appears to be psycologically unstable, maybe Paulo Bento and Scolari can work on that. I guess the constant injuries don´t help either.

ANDRADE IS BACK!!!!!!!! :jacko: :clapwap: :-paul: :bouncy: :bob:

wow, Costinha being left out? Is Scolari out of his mind? (6)

I agree with you guys, it's nice to see him calling up some more youngsters to the NT.

Great call ups!! finally no costinha :lui:

It's a relief to NOT SEE Costinha and Nuno Valente in the squad...

Parece que o Scholari tá a recuperar o juízo!

Best call-up ever. Period.
And I am going to see the game! (H)

very nice list (Y)

3-0 Ft

good win, ronaldo was great, great goal.. Quaresma also played great off the bench

Nuno Gomes was horrible, missed so many chances :nape: :rolleyes:

well he worked hard, had a great couple of runs, even though his finishing was woeful.

Nuno Gomes was one of the best...but he could stay there another 90 minutes that the goal wouldn´t go in. Everyone has his bad days.

Scolari's comments on Carlos Queiroz! :rofl:
"Está a trabalhar a sua candidatura para treinar a selecção", disse.
That was clever, for a change.

Now everybody's crucifying Nuno Gomes for his misses (not in this forum) and I think that's very unfair. I don't get it: we all were fed up with Pauleta and wanted Nuno playing instead. Now that we have him, and in my opinion he always gets his team mates more involved than Pauleta ever did, everybody says he's crap. :|

I'll say one thing though: Postiga had a miserable last 2 years but was always called up to the NT and even got many minutes of play. Now that he's doing great he gets benched. Go figure. :|

Postiga was unlucky! He was about to go in, Scolari was already giving him the last indications when Tonel got injured and got subbed by Andrade! Postiga look said it all! :rolleyes:

Nuno "L'Oreal" Gomes is crap and Postiga should've stepped in for the second half...

Portugal cannot depend in such a weak striker... tsc...

Gomes is a good striker, and Postiga seems to be getting better. Hopefully Almeida can keep growing, and hopefully Vaz Te can get the **** out of Bolton and begin to play. We have decent strikers

Finnaly I found this forgotten thread

Lista dos 22 convocados:

Guarda-redes: Ricardo e Daniel Fernandes

Defesas: Fernando Meira, Jorge Andrade, Miguel, Manuel da Costa, Caneira, Paulo Ferreira e Ricardo Carvalho.

Médios: Petit, Deco, Hugo Viana, João Moutinho, Raul Meireles e Tiago.

Avançados: Cristiano Ronaldo, Hélder Postiga, Hugo Almeida, Nani, Nuno Gomes, Quaresma e Simão.

Just to ask, who the hell is Daniel Fernandes??

PAOK´s keeper. He is actually a pretty decent prospect. Anyways no real surprise on that list and i agree with those choices.

yeah tat's probably what we have best in terms of players right now(except perhaps for quim/paulo santos(the latter is in better form doing great lately) bu i understand the 'rotation')..

Nani should not be there. Quaresma is arguably the best player in our league for two years and doesnt get called up, Nani plays consistantly like crap over the past 3-4 months, complains about his pay, causes unrest in the Sporting dressing room over player wages and gets called up. Ridculous

PS WE HAVE A CANADIAN IN THE NATIONAL TEAM, THAT CANT SPEAK A WORD OF PORTUGUESE, AND A FRENCHIE/MORROCAN WHO SPEAKS VERY LITTLE TO NO PORTUGUESE. BOTH PLAYERS THAT NEVER LIVED IN PORTUGAL OR PLAYED IN PORTUGAL, CONTRIBUTED TO PORTUGUESE SOCIETY, YET NOBODY SAYS NOTHING ABOUT THAT. RANT OVER SORRY FOR CAPS

Maniche still has a spot on this team, very ingrateful Scolari is leaving off OUR TEAMS MVP in the past Euro and World Cup.

After watching the PSG-SLB games i realized Portugal had (or still has) a GREAT STRIKER, Scolari was just to dumb to use him properly...Sorry Pauleta for ever calling you worthless


My Starting Line-up
----------------------Ricardo--------------------------
Miguel-------Carvalho--------Andrade---------P.Ferreira
----------------Petit----------------------------------
---------------------------Deco-----------------------
Quaresma-----------Simao----------------------Ronaldo
---------------------Hugo Almeida---------------------

Simao, Quaresma and Ronaldo will be rotating, That'll leave the Belgium defense completely confused.

Almeida has been scoring some big goals as of late, and Tiago plays like CRAP for the national team

Actually, Simão can't play against Belgium. He's suspended for one game, so he'll only be available for the match against Serbia.

And criticizing Scolari because of Pauleta is just insane... It's just another chance to bash Scolari for anything. First of all, Pauleta was always a great striker for us and unfairly criticized lots and lots of times. Funny how those who criticized him unmercifuly are now saying it's Scolari's fault. Secondly, in the NT he played in the right position for him, the only thing is that he was very alone upfront many times, but that's because historically we've always played with only one striker for the past decade. And Pauleta also had the misfortune of not being on form and very inspired in the big competitions (EC and WC). And even considering those failures, I don't think that Pauleta becoming the best scorer ever for our NT and consantly scoring s***load of goals, being the best scorer in the qualifications is not knowing how to use him...

And if you criticize Scolari for Pauleta not playing very well in those situations, by the same set of mind, you have to praise him for making Maniche play like hell at a time when he was absolute crap at club level... But whatever, I shouldn't even pay attention to this kind of stuff anymore.

Anyway, about what matters: those are good calls, pretty much the best we have now. About Nani, it's true he's not been playing well, but considering we need a winger because of Simão's suspension, he's the best we got after those that are already there. These two game will be extremely important and also extremely hard. We HAVE to win against Belgium and get at least a draw against Serbia! I'll hopefully be at Alvalade to support our country!

Quaresma is arguably the best player in our league for two years and doesnt get called up
he's on the list.

i think he means that when he played bad he wouldn't get called up but nani is playing bad now and still is getting called up

I'd like to see Djalo make the NT sooner rather than later

Massive, I meant that Quaresma had a great season last year and was never called up, while Nani who has shown very little does, but since Simao cant play i understand the call-up

I'd like to see Djalo make the NT sooner rather than later

Djalo and Almeida playing together would be a very interesting combo

Nakamura, i was not bashing Scolari, there is no way one can bash what he has done, but i do believe he could have done better. Hes a great motivator, but he is not so good tactically, always sticking to a 4-5-1 al the time, no matter what the score is. His subsititutions are predictable and never changed anthing, and that was the reason why we lost against Greece and France, both teams were motivated, but also were much stringer than us tactically. Plus Portugal has not had such a strong NT than the one Scolari has inherited, and most will agree about that.

About Pauleta, yes he was leading scorer during Qualifying, but most his goals were against Albania,s Liechstenstein and teams of those calibre. Playing on his own is failry easy, but against teams like Holland, Greece, France... all had Great worldclass defenders that could easily handle Pauleta on his own. This was constantly happening and Scolari never changed his attitude and tactic to better use players like Pauleta and thats a fact that you cannot argue with, and it MAY have cost us even better achievements, albeit what the man has done is still great

Hugo needs to play, he is in great form for Bremen right now

About Pauleta, yes he was leading scorer during Qualifying, but most his goals were against Albania,s Liechstenstein and teams of those calibre.


Like Benfica?

Like Benfica?

Who Did Sporting get in todays UEFA Cup draw?:ewan:

Like Benfica?

Whats wrong with u ...retard

i think Moreira_Benfica said it all

Deco isn't playing Saturday.. hes having hand surgery this week

Like Benfica?

To be honest his goal in Paris was a cross, he didn't intend to score. The goal he scored in Lisbon was Moretto's fault. Both flukes.

Nakamura, i was not bashing Scolari, there is no way one can bash what he has done, but i do believe he could have done better. Hes a great motivator, but he is not so good tactically, always sticking to a 4-5-1 al the time, no matter what the score is. His subsititutions are predictable and never changed anthing, and that was the reason why we lost against Greece and France, both teams were motivated, but also were much stringer than us tactically. Plus Portugal has not had such a strong NT than the one Scolari has inherited, and most will agree about that.

About Pauleta, yes he was leading scorer during Qualifying, but most his goals were against Albania,s Liechstenstein and teams of those calibre. Playing on his own is failry easy, but against teams like Holland, Greece, France... all had Great worldclass defenders that could easily handle Pauleta on his own. This was constantly happening and Scolari never changed his attitude and tactic to better use players like Pauleta and thats a fact that you cannot argue with, and it MAY have cost us even better achievements, albeit what the man has done is still great

Ok, I now understand what you were saying and I do agree with you, Paulo. Scolari isn't a very good tactician and maybe he could have found a better way to make use of Pauleta. But even so, the truth is that the system we play the best at is 4-5-1 and to change it we would have to sacrifice something from our midfiled and I'm not sure if that would have worked well... But it was a situation that could be considered and a better tactics coach might have found a way to do that, it's true.

Anyway, I also maintain what I said: despite everything, Pauleta was a great striker for us and Scolari had no major responsibility for him not showing up at the big stages when it really mattered, because although it is true a different tactical approach might have made things easier for him, the bottom line still was the fact he was uninspired in those situations...

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Is anyone else going to the game on Saturday? I'm going with two of my friends, we bought the tickets yesterday. Last time the three of us went to see a game from our NT live it was also at Alavalade and against Russia, that magical 7-1 night. If this time it goes even 1/2 as good as it did that time it would already be awesome! :p

Like Benfica?

oh c'mon you guys, it's a good one (H)

oh c'mon you guys, it's a good one (H)

it is :p

I'm glad that, at least, some of you understood what I meant.

""Ameaça" a Ronaldo vale queixa na UEFA

O guarda-redes Stijnen, da selecção belga, terá afirmado que é preciso pôr o internacional português fora de campo antes do segundo minuto de jogo

O guarda-redes da selecção belga Stijn Stijnen, em declarações reproduzidas no jornal "Gazeta de Antuérpia", terá dito que é necessário jogar com dureza frente a Portugal e, em particular, que é preciso "colocar Cristiano Ronaldo fora de campo antes do segundo minuto de jogo". A afirmação rebentou que nem uma bomba no seio da comitiva lusa que ontem se concentrou para a dupla missão, frente à Bélgica e à Sérvia."

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:eek: :|

Worthy of suspension? I think so..

The journalist already confirmed those statements.

O jornalista da «Gazeta de Antuérpia» que entrevistou o guarda-redes da selecção belga confirmou, esta quarta-feira, as ameaças de Stijn Stijnen a Cristiano Ronaldo.

«Depois de dois minutos, já teríamos entrado tão duro e forte que ele teria de sair do campo». Foram estas as palavras do guardião, assegura o jornalista, que, em declarações à Antena 1, se mostrou disponível a depor em Tribunal.

The Belgian FA says they're misunderstood, but how can this - «Depois de dois minutos, já teríamos entrado tão duro e forte que ele teria de sair do campo» - be misunderstood? :|

wtf :|

I hope we crush them and embarass that meaningless keeper. Vale tudo agora.

i hope Petit starts so if anyone ****s with ronaldo hes right there to get them

better yet get rooney to come along and defend him he did it pretty well when they played against boro
i hope Petit starts so if anyone ****s with ronaldo hes right there to get them
the way they are talking though it sounds like hes gonna get his leg broken his 1st touch on the ball

just put Ronaldo as a striker, with quaresma and simao playing wings...we get the best of all worlds :D...and ronaldo gets closer to the keeper so he can do a rooney-ish and kick his balls..

just put Ronaldo as a striker, with quaresma and simao playing wings...we get the best of all worlds :D...and ronaldo gets closer to the keeper so he can do a rooney-ish and kick his balls..

lol than the keeper goes off in a stretcher and loses his balls forever

hopefully the crowd gets on the keeper with all kinds of verbal abuse and whistles... let's try to get this f*cker to give up a frango! :evil:

just put Ronaldo as a striker, with quaresma and simao playing wings...we get the best of all worlds :D...and ronaldo gets closer to the keeper so he can do a rooney-ish and kick his balls..

Simão can't play

well nani showed good form against porto so hopefully it shouldnt be too bad

i hope if Ronaldo scores he does something like this but to the Goalie http://youtube.com/watch?v=gPyg3dOJN8c

gotta rape them bitches.


I'd start these:

Ricardo
Miguel
Andrade
Carvalho
Ferreira
Petit
Moutinho
Viana
Quaresma
Ronaldo
Almeida


tbh we could just field Ronaldo and still have a good game, his form has been too good this season (Y)

I have the feeling we're going to witness something special tonight. Just thought about coming here and writing it, just in case it does happen. ;)

Anyway, I've been in Belgium all week and haven't seen or heard a conversation or headline about the whole incident. I bet most folks in Belgium will be pretty surprised when they tune in to see the game and everybody in the stad is booing their players like crazy.

somebody please shoot our commentators, they're dissing our game even though we had a pleasant performance so far.
especially in the first 30 minutes we played some beautiful flowing football, only making the chances count is what's missing.

I'm sure well win this (Y)

somebody please shoot our commentators

Second that, it's also annoying that they're being so biased towards some ref's decisions..

OMFG!!

RICARDO QUARESMA
:Bow: :Bow: :Bow: :Bow:

Que trato que estes belgas estão a levar.

QUARESMA :Bow: WHAT A GOAL.

EDIT: End of. 4-0. Total demolition. And it could have been 6-0, 7-0, easily.

Já agora...já repararam quantas bolachas belgas traz cada pacote? (H)

4-0 FT, Belgium got SERVED (Y)

what a nice game by us, simply beautiful to watch.

people usually say we're the European Brazil, but if we keep this quality maybe they'll start saying that Brazil is the South American Portugal instead (H)

people usually say we're the European Brazil, but if we keep this quality maybe they'll start saying that Brazil is the South American Portugal instead (H)

No, please. It's bad enough having been your colony, being called Portugal again is a bit too much...

Nice win for Portugal though.

that was me kidding Kibe...;)

btw if you have the chance, watch Quaresma's goal over and over and over and over again (H)

heh, I was kidding too, don't worry about it...

Oh, and that Quaresma goal was quite a beauty... If only that other player hadn't scored twice, I'd even be happy about you winning

Quaresmas goal was AMAZING.

Great game to watch, especially the second half :)

oh and
Moutinho played well :)

Wow Portugal probably have three of the top 10 wingers in the World, prob even top 5.

Quaresma, Simao, Ronaldo, Nani, what more can u ask for. hopefully Nani can get his head straight.

Plus add young Wingers like Vieirinha, Helder Barbosa, Ivanildo, Paim, Bruno Gama and what team in the world can say they have all these wingers, damn all we need is to develop a freakin Left back lol.

We are set for the next 10 years with players like Rui Patricio, Bruno vale, Manuel da Costa, Ze Castro, Nelson, Meireles, Paulo Machado, vaz Te, Almeida, Djalo, Veloso, Manuel Fernandes, Moutinho. WOW i so frickin excited.

we did develop a left back he plays for pacos apparently hes very good but i forgot his name :s

Antunes. He has a good shot, and is developing well, let's hope he gives the jump to a "grande" soon...

ronnie ronnie ,,, the best player in the world for sure second quearsema

second quearsema

Hm.. Quaresma goal yesterday was amazing yes, but obviously he's not the second best player in the world. :|