Portugal vs Russia [R]

[CRonaldo_07]

IM NOT CONFIDENT AT ALL :(

Plain and simple

we sucked ass againt Greece..no correction..we kissed ass...the greeks...this is what we need to do to win tommorow..we have to humiliate russia..and i mean tank them...kinda what we did to poland at the world cup...except play better..


.................................Ricardo............................
......................caravalho.......andrade......................
ferriera...................................................valente
...............................costinha............................
.........................tiago.......deco............................
ronaldo.............................................................figo
..................................pauleta..................................

we need to play the porot defence because they know each other well and paulo ferriera has a bad game once in a blue moon

tiago needs to play..hes the best we got i think personally..good d-mid who is skilled, quick, great vision and passing, and awesome shooting!! he will provde alot of versatility

TELL ********EN FIGO TO STAY ONTHE WING!!! he was taking decos position ;last game in the centre so deco coudnt do ******** all!!

Cristiano ronaldo plays better on the right..he will toy with those russians!!

and pauleta will get another chance up front!! he deserves it cause at his ebst hes awesome

and if things get bad we have rui costa, gomes, simao, postiga, miguel, maniche on the bench

[Iberian]

Just win the game. Spain will beat Greece, then we can relax a bit in the last game, try the subs.... you are still very likely to make it through, and Russia can be beaten, if you don't get so damned nervous and Scolari stops playing games. Deco will change everything.

[Football Not Soccer]

It be bad for the competition if the hosts went out so early, its always great to see a great run by the Host Nation... EG: South Korea went to the Semi's in 2002, Holland got to the Semi's in 2000, France won the World Cup in 1998, England made the Semi's in 1996... Having the hosts there will see the continuation of high attendances and great atmospheres...

[JoniP]

Scolari made a revolution in Portugal team.. In the defense get in Miguel, Ricardo Carvalho and Nuno Valente to the place of Paulo Ferreira, Fernando Couto and Rui Jorge..
In the midfield Deco in the place of Rui Costa.. Maniche is out and Nuno Gomes is gonna play next to Pauleta..

Go Portugal.. It's life or death..
Line up.. Ricardo, Miguel, Ricardo Carvalho, Jorge Andrade, Nuno Valente, Costinha, Deco, Figo, Simão, Nuno Gomes, Pauleta

[JoniP]

Here's the staring team... 5 changes from the 1st game...

.................................Ricardo................................
......................Carvalho.......Andrade......................
Miguel.............................................................Valente
..................................Costinha...................................
Simão............................Deco.................................Figo
..........................Pauleta.......Gomes............................

[afgrijselijkheid]

i dont know where you guys got these lineups... tiago? :rolleyes:


i am STUNNED to see simao's name, but not sychev's

Russia (4-4-1-1): 1-Sergei Ovchinnikov; 16-Vadim Yevseyev, 4-Alexei Smertin (captain), 21-Alexei Bugayev, 17-Dmitry Sennikov; 5-Andrei Karyaka, 22-Yevgeny Aldonin, 15-Dmitry Alenichev, 20-Dmitry Loskov; 7-Marat Izmailov; 11-Alexander Kerzhakov.

Portugal: (4-5-1) 1-Ricardo; 13-Miguel, 4-Jorge Andrade, 16-Ricardo Carvalho, 14-Nuno Valente; 6-Costinha, 18-Maniche, 7-Luis Figo, 10-Deco, 11-Simao; 9-Pauleta

[afgrijselijkheid]

Portugal: (4-5-1) 1-Ricardo; 13-Miguel, 4-Jorge Andrade, 16-Ricardo Carvalho, 14-Nuno Valente; 6-Costinha, 18-Maniche, 7-Luis Figo, 10-Deco, 11-Simao; 9-Pauleta

not quite the revolution you wanted, but...

[JoniP]

It was not me.. The team was announced in all portuguese tvs as being oficial... But anyway the only difference is maniche in place of nuno gomes..

[bkn0528]

how 'bout merging this with the game thread?

[afgrijselijkheid]

how 'bout merging this with the game thread?


no need, the lineups are there also

[JoniP]

Correction:

.................................Ricardo................................
......................Carvalho.......Andrade......................
Miguel.............................................................Valente
.........................Costinha.......Maniche.........................
Simão............................Deco.................................Figo
..................................Pauleta....................................

[afgrijselijkheid]

deco kicks off...

[bkn0528]

no mostovoi for Russia. sent home for criticising the team's preparation after the Spain match.

[afgrijselijkheid]

4'

russia have the hosts on their back heel early

[afgrijselijkheid]

5'

deco cant race down a figo lead pass on the L

[afgrijselijkheid]

sennikov shoves down simao on the R, figo to serve th FK... smertin clears

7'

1-0 maniche

[bkn0528]

trouble for Spain.

[Dark Savante]

Beautiful Deco assist.

[afgrijselijkheid]

7'

great diagonal center from figo finds maniche at the spot - in one motion he collects, turns and fores into the right side

[afgrijselijkheid]

this one could get ugly if portugal go 2-0 quickly

10'

portugal work ing around MF nicely until simao wins a CK

figo takes... ovchinnikov cactches before andrade gets to it