Portugal's doing well in UEFA cup. Porto: Through convincingly overcoming Denizlispor easily Boavista: Just scraping through on away goals against Hertha Berlin with a last minute goal. Porto now face Panathinaikos Boavista now face Málaga Any comments?
Black, Yesterday was a huge day for Portuguese football!!!! First, this marks the first time that Portugal has had two teams in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Cup. Second, with the elimination yesterday of AEK Athens, Porto joins Milan and Rome as the only cities with more than one team alive in European championships. Rome could fall out of this group, as neither Lazio nor Roma have qualified for the next round in their respective tournaments. For that matter, Inter still has some work to do to move on in its tough Champions League grouping. Third, the two victories allowed Portgual to leapfrog Holland in the important UEFA rankings, which determine how many teams from each country gain entry into the CL and UEFA Cup tournaments. If the competitions were to end today, Portugal would have six teams eligible in 2004, up from four. UEFA Rankings Ranking da UEFA Countries 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 02/03 Total Number of teams 1º Spaing 10,000 18,571 16,611 14,857 13,125 73,164 8 2º England 7,437 14,500 14,166 11,571 10,777 58,451 9 3º Italy 12,000 12,000 9,812 12,571 10,215 56,598 7 4º Germany 6,357 11,071 11,062 13,500 8,570 50,560 7 5º France 8,642 10,285 9,500 7,125 7,916 43,468 6 6º Greece 6,200 5,416 6,750 11,250 7,666 37,282 6 7º Portugal 3,500 5,833 6,125 9,375 9,000 33,833 4 8º Holland 4,833 6,250 6,083 10,166 5,550 32,831 6 9º Turkey 3,200 7,750 7,750 5,625 5,500 29,825 6 10º Scotland 5,625 5,125 5,625 6,625 6,125 29,125 4 Four, the SuperLiga gains some respect across Europe, as a team like Boavista, who have struggled this year in domestic play can fare so well against some very good teams in Europe. While Boavista is riding a fairy tale, FC Porto has a legitimate chance of winning this tournament. The team has dominated domestic play, and has a very strong roster that can give fits to ANY of the remaining clubs.
Now, when you say 2004, do you mean this upcoming season (03/04), or the following season (04/05)? Well, tomorrow (3/13) is the day of the first legs. Porto takes on Panathinaikos at as Antas at 9:00 local time, 4:00 EST. Boavista is at Malaga at 9:30 local time. I'm guessing that's 3:30 EST?
I think Porto has a really good chance of moving on to the semifinals. They've been having one hell of a season, and I would love to see them bring some UEFA glory to Portugal. Boavista on the other hand... I wish them a lot of luck, and I hope they win, but I don't think it's going to happen.
Malaga lead 1-0 after 30 minutes. Dely Valdez scores in the 18th minute. Porto and Panathinaikos about to kick off.
UEFA matchtracker giving no commentary on Porto-Panathinaikos. Anyone know how the game is going (besides there being no score)? Looks like Malaga is taking it to Boa and threatening to add to their lead. Would love to see an away goal here.