Articles tagged with "Portugal"
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Sep 4th, 2008
The September FIFA World Rankings were announced yesterday, without too many changes from August. Euro 2008 champs Spain are still numero uno and Italy have ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jul 22nd, 2008
"You sure Cantona said this would help us get chicks?"
"Yeah. 'Check out those flamingos if you don't believe me,' he ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 16th, 2008
Carlos Queiroz (or Charlie Key Roche, if you prefer) sat before the microphones as Portugal boss for the first time today. His primary goal: World ...
Posted on: Germany Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 1st, 2008
When Jürgen Klinsmann stepped down after the World Cup 2006, Jogi Löw did a great job gradually refining and improving the team he had put ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 27th, 2008
In our latest Fake Photo, Cristiano Ronaldo leaves the field after Portugal's defeat against Germany and magically begins his transformation into a Real Madrid player. ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | Jun 25th, 2008
We all know that Euro 2008 is about more than just the play on the pitch. No, this isn't another post about hot fans. ...
Posted on: Switzerland Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 25th, 2008
As some of you know the Portuguese team was located at Neuchatel, Switzerland during the European tournament. The city became so packed with Portuguese fans ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 23rd, 2008
Your Euro 2008 semi-finalists are: Turkey, Germany, Russia, Spain. Of these four teams, only Spain are unbeaten. Turkey lost to Portugal, Germany lost to Croatia ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | Jun 23rd, 2008
The collective wisdom is that it's good for a national team to have players playing in the big leagues outside their own country. If ...
Posted on: Germany Euro 2008 Blog by angela | Jun 21st, 2008
All through the Euro's, "Schweini" hasn't exactly played class football. In fact, you could argue that he hasn't played well in some time. ...
Posted on: Germany Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 20th, 2008
1. This was a game after which you could roll out the clichés about how you should never write off the Germans. The turnaround still ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 20th, 2008
A good many wingers would be perfectly happy leaving Euro 2008 with a goal and an assist. But we expected a bit more of Cristiano ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 19th, 2008
Well the first quarterfinal did anything but disappoint.
I was a little bit worried that maybe the group stages would be all action and goals and ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Jun 19th, 2008
Player of the Day: Bastian Schweisteiger. How quickly he goes from goat to hero. Streaked in for the first, curled in the free kick for ...
Posted on: Germany Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 19th, 2008
Bastian Schweinsteiger was involved in all six of Germany's goals in the last two encounters between Germany and Scolari's Portugal. So hats off to Scolari ...
Posted on: Germany Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 19th, 2008
Portugal's tourism office is currently running an advertising campaign in Germany - and a few other countries I guess - promoting a holiday in Portugal ...
Posted on: Germany Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 19th, 2008
Bastian Schweinsteiger's girlfriend Sarah Brandner holding two beers prior to the quarter final between Germany and Portugal (3-2).
(Photo by Lars Baron/Bongarts/Getty Images)
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 19th, 2008
Got to admit, Michael Ballack had a great game tonight. He looked imperious and confident in Germany's midfield, box to box, composed on that ball, ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 19th, 2008
Marco van Basten: I wasn't impressed with Germany!
Joachim Low does look good in a cage.
Oranje does its best to enchant the world, only for the ...
Posted on: Germany Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 19th, 2008
It's time for the obligatory link to the liveblog again:
Euro 2008 QF1 LiveBlog: Germany vs Portugal
If you feel underprepared for this match, you might want ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 19th, 2008
QUARTER-FINAL 1
June 19th, 2045 CET, Basel (Switzerland)
Germany3
VS
Portugal 2
Schweinsteiger 22'
Klose 26'
Ballack 61' Gomes 40'
Postiga 87'
Great game, I really enjoyed that. Germany deserving winners, but it's ...
Posted on: Germany Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 19th, 2008
At least UEFA thinks so and decided to ban Joachim Löw and his Austrian colleague Joseph Hickersberger for one match, following their comedy moment in ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | Jun 19th, 2008
Cristiano Ronaldo or Michael Ballack? Flying Dutchmen or Russian youth? Croatian dark horse vs. um...Turkish dark horse? World Cup Champs Italy or ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | Jun 19th, 2008
Germany will take on Portugal today without a rather key element: their coach.
Official word on Jogi Löw's punishment came down yesterday: A one-match ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | Jun 19th, 2008
Two teams playing today. One goes on, one goes home.
Who do you think will win it today to advance to the semis? ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 19th, 2008
I'll bet these two are surprised to be playing each other so soon. Germany likely expected to win Group B and avoid Portugal at least ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 19th, 2008
Euro 2008 group stages, we need to talk. We've been together now for 11 days, and they've been some of the best 11 days of ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | Jun 18th, 2008
Some news to read as you face thirty-eight years in prison for hacking the school computers to change your grades:
Wingers are back in fashion (and ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Jun 18th, 2008
Player of the Day: Andrei Arshavin. Do you think Hiddink was just playing mind games by saying he might not start? Because if this is ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 18th, 2008
The group stage is over and all sixteen teams have played three times.
So what finer moment than now to do our Euro 2008 Power Rankings?
Below ...
