Ok... the next qualifier is 7 days away Luxembourg vs Portugal 17 November 2004 20:00 (Local Time) Josy Barthel - Luxembourg
Actually, it's only 14.23% "In January 2003, 14,23% of the Luxembourgeois population was Portuguese." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_language
Wow...how the f~ck did that happen? Why Luxembourg? 14.23% of me will be rooting for Luxembourg do beat Portugal...I guess!
My team: 18 players Coach: Felipe (I wish I was in Brazil right now) GK: Moreira (I can't believe I'm a backup to this dud) Moreira GK: Ricardo (Wow the goalies must all really suck in Portugal) Ricardo RB: Miguel (I only have gear...really f~ckin fast) RB: Paulo (I look like I'm 16) Ferreira LB: Caneira (I'm over here Scolari!...It's me!) LB: Jorge (Well atleast I'll get to say I saw Luxembourg) Ribeiro CB: Ricardo (Damn I'm good...Did i tell you I was good?) Carvalho CB: Jorge (I have legs that any woman would kill for) Andrade DM: Costina (Even in a neckbrace - Scolari'd still play me) Costinha DM: Petit (Alteast I'm not as ugly as Tiago) Petit DM: Tiago (Atleast I'm not as ugly as Petit) Mendes DM: Maniche (I wish I had Nuno's hair - I hate him) Ribeiro CM: Deco (I dive more than a Chinese olympic diver) Deco FW: Cristiano (I can now afford to buy all of Madeira) Ronaldo FW: Simao (Can I wear my Benfica jersey against Luxembourg) Sabrosa FW: Luis (I'll give you the beats if u look at me funny) Boa Morte FW: Pauleta (I just close my eyes, turn and shoot) Resendes FW: Helder (Where's my frikken mirror) Postiga Starting 11: I'd protect Miguel and Costinha. ~~~~~~~~~~~~Ricardo~~~~~~~~~~~ ~Ferreira~~Carvalho~~~~Andrade~Caneira ~~~~~~~~~~~~~Petit~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~Deco~~~~~~~~~~~Maniche~~~ ~C. Ronaldo~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Simao~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~Pauleta~~~~~~~~~~ If we're up by atleast 3-0 at the half Boa Morte in for Cristiano Ronaldo 46', Postiga in for Deco at 60', J. Ribeiro in for Carvalho at 60'.
Hey CrisRicHeldTiago this is the team taht u would choose?or the team that u think that Scolari will choose?
That's the team Scolari will call-up, and the team he should call-up. Rui Jorge is all but done, and Viana still has alot of work to do to even be considered. I think Scolari will call-up Jorge Ribeiro and Caneira again, but he may leave Moreira out again, as to not throw off Ricardo, thus the rest of team, as they are playin pretty well.
ok, i thought that it was the team that u would choose, but i was wrong, Caneira in the lineup would be veryyyyyyyyyy bad
portugal cant take this team lightly they got more to play for. my prediction is 3-1 victory with deco scoring 2 and pauleta 1.
Luxembourg callups: Besic (FC Swift Hesperange), Oberweis (CS Grevenmacher), Hellenbrand (Spora Luxembourg), Hoffmann (FC Etzella Ettelbrück), Peters (FC Swift Hesperange), Reiter (US Luxembourg), Schauls (AS Jeunesse Esch), Federspiel (FC Etzella Ettelbrück), Schnell (SV Eintracht Trier), Cardoni (AS Jeunesse Esch), Di Domenico (FC Swift Hesperange), A Leweck (FC Etzella Ettelbrück), Mannon (FC Etzella Ettelbrück), Remy (F91 Dudelange), Braun (AS Jeunesse Esch), Collette (FC Swift Hesperange), Da Luz (FC Etzella Ettelbrück), Huss (CS Grevenmacher), Ch Leweck (FC Etzella Ettelbrück). Da Luz sounds like a Portuguese name (maybe one of the '14.23% of me' CrisRicHeldTiago spoke of). Their #1 goalie is out: Defender Strasser and midfield player Molitor are both suspended while No1 goalkeeper Flick has a knee injury and will not recover in time for the home match next Wednesday. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/WorldCup/news/Kind=1/newsId=257129.html
I hope they come out blazing in the first half and take command of this game but I'm worried that the team could be tired. Ronaldo has been sub-par in his last few games for Manu and there are other players like Maniche that just look tired and uninspired.
Miguel and Simao excuse from the FPF Medical department, still under who's going to cover for this two guys, Quaresma might get the call to replace Simao http://www.record.pt/noticia.asp?id=613011&idCanal=832
Jorge Ribeiro and Boa Morte to starter VIAGEM PARA O LUXEMBURGO AMANHÃ Jorge Ribeiro e Boa Morte no onze nacional O lateral-esquerdo Jorge Ribeiro e o extremo Boa Morte vão ser as novidades no onze da selecção portuguesa, que joga esta quarta-feira no Luxemburgo, em encontro do Grupo 3 de apuramento para o Mundial2006. Em relação à goleada sobre a Rússia ( 7-1, em Alvalade, a 13 de Outubro), os jogadores do Gil Vicente e do Fulham substituem, respectivamente, os benfiquistas Miguel - que actuou na direita - e Simão, hoje dispensados devido a lesão. Desta forma, e tendo em conta o treino de hoje, Portugal vai alinhar com Paulo Ferreira, Ricardo Carvalho, Jorge Andrade e Jorge Ribeiro à frente de Ricardo, no meio-campo estará o trio Costinha, Maniche e Deco sendo o ataque composto por Cristiano Ronaldo, Boa Morte e Pauleta. Jorge Ribeiro já foi titular frente ao Liechtenstein (2-2 em Vaduz, a 9 de Outubro), enquanto Boa Morte faz a sua estreia no onze, ocupando o lugar de Simão dos quatro encontros anteriores, autor de um dos golos face aos russos. Amanhã, a comitiva lusa parte rumo ao Luxemburgo pelas 9:30 e cumpre às 19:00 locais, (18:00 em Lisboa), o habitual treino de adaptação ao relvado do Estádio Josy Barthel. O nono encontro entre as selecções principais do Luxemburgo e de Portugal realiza-se esta quarta-feira, pelas 20:00 locais (19:00 em Portugal), e será arbitrado pelo ucraniano Vitaliy Godulyan. Data: Segunda-Feira, 15 de Novembro de 2004 17:33:00
Great it is supposed to be foggy and Snow. Why do i feel a disaster on the way. The Frangerio will not be able to see thru the fog and the snow.
If anyone should be used to playing In fog it should be our players in England. Little known fact through the entire history of England they have had only seven sunny days, the rest were rainny, foggy or both
Well, now will be the chance for us to really see what Boa Morte is capable of now that Simao is injured. I hope to see a lot of him tomorrow and play Quaresma instead of CR (or at least sub him in at ht) so we can see what he can do at a senior level.