It's quite remarkable that a country of only 10 million people, is able to produce the amount of exports to the elite leagues of the world. The EPL: Chelsea, ManU, Fulham, Bolton, Everton, Tottenham, Middlesborough Mourinho, Queiroz, Paulo Ferreira, Ricardo Carvalho, C. Ronaldo, Vaz Te, Boa Morte, Abel Xavier, Nuno Valente, Pedro Mendes Almost all these guys are regulars too.
I am telling you....i think the situation is only going to improve after i experience futebol first hand in the streets of Portugal....i can only dream about the amount of talent would be producing if Portugal had 50 + million people.....I truly believe we would be having the same problems fitting players in like Brasil is having...
The guy has no clue in what he is talking about... "Fans blamed the loss of Mourinho, as well as key players like Carvalho, Ferreira and Tiago, to Chelsea, and Deco who went to Barcelona, for the club's lacklustre performance since becoming European champions in 2004."
what do you expect when they have no vast of knowledge of soocer in portugal but and for us only being 10 mill in population every kid there dreamsof wearing the nt jersey
Ferreira of FC Thun scored the opening goal in the game against Arsenal today. Thun went on to lose 2-1 though.
Nelson Ferreira that plays for FC Thun has 23 years and was born in Famalicao. He moved to Switzerland when he was 8 years old. He says that his father and brother are big Benfica fans (good taste i see ), but he is a Porto fan. His biggest dream is to where white and blue. It sounds more like a nightmare to me, his father has to put him in his place http://www.correiodamanha.pt/noticia.asp?id=174430&idselect=12&idCanal=12&p=94
Re: Abel Xavier to Metrostars??? 2 games, a win against Arsenal and a win in the Uefa Cup and Xavier his on back with Boro and not with the Metrostars
Nelo Ferreira [FC Thun] [R] Goal against Arsenal Nelo Ferreira was born in Famalicao, and left with his parents to Switzerland when he was 5, his got a profissional contract until 2007 but his looking at the day when he plays in Portugal, his goal against Arsenal open the doors, on the FC Thun team there is another Portuguese/Swiss Jose Goncalves 19 years old
Miguel scores on his debut vs Andrade's Deportivo. A 10 man Valencia just took the lead 2-1 with his half-volley into the top corner. Also, the other Valencia goal was the result of a PK conceded by Andrade, handball in the box. EDIT: Sergio levels it up 2-2 minutes later. EDIT: Miguel Goal: http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=13784297FI04B14EAI96ZP5NP1
That was a beautiful shot....Glad to see him doing well....hopefully this is a sign that he should return to the NT! P.S: I think the arabic announcers think he was brasilian.... Dont they know that Portugal got that swagger lately!
What the announcers were saying was that he's going to score a similar goal in the world cup final against Brasil after viewing a lot of Osama tapes on cnn i've picked up on a few things
S.Conceicao scored in today's victory against Bruges 3-1 http://www.abola.pt/nnh/index.asp?op=ver¬icia=88498&tema=2