Hi Guys I have started the officail Thread. The team trained today at the National Stadium they will leave Lisbon at 8:15am Tommarow. They will arrive in Frankfurt Germany at 11:15am Lisbon Time. Gilberto Madil had dinner with the team at there hotel last night and wished them good luck. Once they arrive in Germany they will train at 5pm Lisbon time.
Friday May 28 2004. Portugal vs Sweden on Sport tv Here are the times around the world 3:45am in Macao 8:45pm in France and Mozambique 7:45pm in Portugal Maderia and Angola 6:45pm in Azores. 5:45pm in Cape Verde 3:45pm in Soa Paulo and Rio De Jenerio Brazil 2:45pm in Boston , New York , Montreal and Toronto. 11:45 am in Vancouver and The state of Calafornia. I think i have hit all the places in the world were there are a ton of Portuguese people.
players to watch, Ricardo Costa, Carlitos, Hugo Viana, Custodio, Lourenco, Meireles, Bonsigwa, Joao Pereira and special Carlos Martins
The team trained today in Germany then watch the Champions league match. The team"s 1st game is vs Sweden on Friday.
Portugal vs Sweden today at 19:45pm/2:45pm New York time 27/05/2004 12:41 Portugal-Suécia joga-se sexta-feira às 19h45 Jogo inaugural no Europeu de Sub-21 first game of Group B. O jogo frente à selecção sueca é o primeiro do Grupo B. Recorde-se que Portugal já bateu a selecção escandinava por 4-1, no jogo particular realizado há sensivelmente três meses atrás. Um bom pronuncio para o jogo que se avizinha. O segundo embate da selecção das “quinas” está marcado para o dia 30 de Maio (no domingo), frente à congénere da Suíça. Ainda assim o desafio mais importante será o último, no qual Portugal terá de defrontar a selecção anfitriã, a Alemanha, no dia 2 de Junho. Caso se qualifique a selecção portuguesa joga as meias-finais no dia 5 de Junho, tentando alcançar um lugar na final da competição, agendada para dia 8 do mesmo mês. Assim que ficar decidido o posicionamento da Selecção sub-21 Moreira juntar-se-á à Selecção principal portuguesa para dar igualmente o seu contributo no Euro-2004.
Sweden 3 Portugal 1 Final Striker Hugo Almeida scored the goal congradulations to Sweden very good effort. Hopefully we can bounce back vs Switzerland on Sunday.
Good news that Hugo Almeida scored The Portuguese Football Ferderation is very high on him. Very Big Boy and Strong just like Christian Vieri.
It was a deja vu of many games of the Portuguese National Team. They control the ball 80% of the time passing the ball around in midfield and nobody strikes at goal. The Swedes get all 10 players of Portugal in the midfield and send a rocket to the front, the Portuguese defenders do not have the speed or recovery capacity and the Swede can score at will. Three shots, three goals. Moreira took one in the short corner (which in my definition is always a frango) and one on the long corner. The third was a blast from out of the area. The Swede GK had two good defenses and one ball hit the post. Besides that, nothing. It is as if the Portuguese team has 10 midfielders, no defense and no scorer.
Romao put the team thru it"s paces today. Madil is pissed off that they lost the opener so the presure is on to perform tommarow. Expect some changes to the team for tommarows game vs Switzerland.
Switzerland 2 Portugal 2 Final. Carlos Martins on a penelty. Hugo Almeida on a Beautiful header. 2 quick notes Hugo Viana is terrible he has lost his quality there is no way that Romano can start him vs Germany. 2) Somebody please buy Jorge Riberio is a great left back. 3) They must beat Germany and hope that Switzerland either loses or ties Sweden or Portugal will be going home and everyone will be disapointed and they will have underachieved yet again.
The Under 21 Team trained today in Germany 48 hrs prior to there must win game vs Germany on Wednesday. No Injuries or news to report.
Re: Portugal x Germany ( R) End of 1st half: Portugal 1x1 Germany - This way Germany and Sweden move on. Switzerland and Portugal go home.
Re: Portugal x Germany ( R) Final Portugal 2x1 Germany Sweden 3x1 Switzerland Next Round: Sweden, Portugal, Italy and Serbia
Moreira was just awesome!!!!!!!!!! he kept Portugal in the game. Yellow cards will be a promblem for Portugal on Saturday Carlos Martins and Lourenco will miss the game and we do not know if Hugo Almeida will be able to play on Saturday that could leave the striking duties to Pedro Oliveria.
I believe Hugo Viana was on the bench, he Killed Portugal in the first two games, he got a rate of 2 out of 10
Frank you got that right but he will have to play because Carlos Martins will be suspended for the next game.