You could ask for: -More yellow cards for the opposing team -Red cards for the opposing team -A dubious penalty that the ref can refuse to review -Allow Benfica to score offside goals -Disallow opposing team's goals for no logical reason But this isn't Portugal or Liga Sagres, so Benfica loses in Europe in typical Benfica fashion. Just like Bruno said:
Maybe. They look pretty good. Lameiras is really good. I hope Santos calls him up. Goncalves is quite good as well. Benfica and Porto are struggling in many matches. Famalicao can pull an upset. I wouldn't write off Sporting just yet, Silas is a top manager.
It is a shame that Benfica never seems to perform in Europe. When Porto was Portugal’s usual winner, they typically held their own in Europe. Even Sporting had some good results, who can forget their magical Uefa cup run in 2005? Probably some of the most exciting attacking football ever seen in modern club futebol. Especially when most Portuguese sides play conservatively in Europe. It is too bad Famalicao is not competing in the Champions League. They are currently playing the best football and are hands down the best team in Portugal. Their playing style reminds me of Real Madrid circa 1994-96 ish with Lameiras playing like Michael Laudrup.
It's all fun and games until Famalicao gets whooped next round by Porto. Benfica is playing like crap at the moment, Sporting is crap and Porto is not playing much better, either... Porto and Benfica have upside, though. I just hope SC goes with the team that started against Benfica as the main XI, and rotate around that. Nakajima is not bad but slows the game down and Porto plays much better when they play direct and Baro+Diaz play more dynamic and direct than Otavio+Nakajima. Uribe+Danilo are no-brainers. The defense is a more permanent problem, not just the shaky quality of the CB but also the lack of replacements for them.
I’m not Sporting fan but kudos to them. Only team who won in Europe for us this week. Like I said, Silas will turn things around. Congrats Sporting !!
It's disgusting, I can't believe so many fellow Porto fans can't see how weak Pepe and Marcano are...
Just rename this thread the Sporting Clube de Cagao thread. We are the biggest ********ing joke of a professional sports team in all of Europe.