Articles tagged with "euro-2008"
Posted on: Portugal Euro 2008 Blog by Luis | Oct 11th, 2006
Poland gave Portugal a rude awakening in Chorzow Poland this afternoon, ending Portugal's eight year qualification unbeaten run. Portugal showed little of its usual ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Oct 9th, 2006
Far be it from me to advocate that anyone ever get fired, but I find it almost incredible that Luis Aragones is still running the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Oct 9th, 2006
I've taken my shots at Cristiano Ronaldo on this very ole' blog before so it is only honorable and noble to point out that he ...
Posted on: Portugal Euro 2008 Blog by Luis | Oct 8th, 2006
Portugal defeated Azerbaijan 3 - nil in a match that held few surprises in outcome, but that hinted at what a post Figo Portugal may ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Oct 4th, 2006
There seems to be a little bit of buzz out there ahead of Saturday's Euro 2008 qualifying match between France and Scotland with both sides ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Oct 2nd, 2006
Euro 2008 qualifiers and international matches heat up again this weekend so that means national teams both far and near are in the headlines. ...
Posted on: Portugal Euro 2008 Blog by Luis | Sep 28th, 2006
Big Phil Scolari released his list, today, for Portugal's upcoming Euro 2008 qualification matches. Among the call-ups are Borussia M'gladback defender José ...
Posted on: Portugal Euro 2008 Blog by Luis | Sep 25th, 2006
Cristiano Ronaldo is trying to give Manchester United fans the warm fuzzies. In an interview with the Sunday Mirror, he makes it clear that ...
Posted on: Portugal Euro 2008 Blog by Luis | Sep 21st, 2006
After a little break from the football headlines, it’s time to get back to work. Let's get everyone up to date with the national ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Sep 21st, 2006
Hopefully it was one hell of a nightclub because otherwise Croatian strikers Bosko Balaban, Ivica Olic and midfielder Darijo Srna are probably kick themselves right ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Sep 18th, 2006
When you inherit a team that won the World Cup and end up with a draw and a loss in your first two competitive games, ...
Posted on: Portugal Euro 2008 Blog by Luis | Sep 13th, 2006
Well, it's time for a another installment of "make sense of the new FIFA rankings". This time around, Portugal has dropped one spot to ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Sep 8th, 2006
We've heard of some interesting motivational tactics used by managers over the year, but betting that your team is going to lose is not one ...
Posted on: Portugal Euro 2008 Blog by Luis | Sep 7th, 2006
Portugal started it's Euro 2008 qualification campaign with a 1 - 1 draw against Finland today. The Fins got off to a good start ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Sep 6th, 2006
Sidney Govou scored twice and Thierry Henry added a goal to life France to a 3-1 victory over Italy in Euro 2008 qualifying in Paris. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Sep 6th, 2006
Euro 2008 Update: If you're here looking for a way to watch the Euro 2008 tournament online, we have another post dedicated ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Sep 5th, 2006
As if there weren't enough intrigue heading into tomorrow's Euro 2008 qualifier between France and Italy, Azzurri defender Gennaro Gattuso has added fuel to the ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Jay | Sep 4th, 2006
What a lousy week... the insufferable (and unacceptable) draw with Lithuania, and then the terrible news that Giacinto Facchetti passed. The tributes are everywhere- you ...
Posted on: Portugal Euro 2008 Blog by Luis | Aug 28th, 2006
Big Phil has called up Sporting Lisbon forward Nani to replace recently injured Ricardo Quresma. Nani was scheduled to play for the U21 ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Aug 28th, 2006
In addition to unveiling a new star on their uniforms on Saturday, Italy will have a new compliment of players when they take on Lithuania ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Aug 24th, 2006
We always love the mercurial ways of France coach Raymond Domenech. The professorial manager announced that he is recalling defender Claude Makelele for Les ...
Posted on: Portugal Euro 2008 Blog by Luis | Aug 22nd, 2006
Big Phil released his first list of call ups since the World Cup. In preparation for a friendly against Denmark on September 1st and ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Mike | Aug 20th, 2006
While I predicted that Ruud would not play again for the Netherlands I take no joy in that thought. He is one of my ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Aug 16th, 2006
If you spent any time on this site leading up to and during the World Cup you know that Angola was my adopted team. ...
Posted on: Portugal Euro 2008 Blog by Luis | Aug 4th, 2006
We're about half way done with the European transfer window and I thought it would be a good time to catch up on the status ...
Posted on: Portugal Euro 2008 Blog by Luis | Jul 21st, 2006
Here is an interesting article from the The New York Times on C. Ronaldo. I'm glad to see some in the media showing a ...
Posted on: Portugal Euro 2008 Blog by Luis | Jul 19th, 2006
We know we need a real top notch striker. With Pauleta retired and no clear solution for the future at hand, the press has ...
Posted on: Portugal Euro 2008 Blog by Luis | Jul 14th, 2006
It's official. The sports daily Record, reports that Big Phil has signed with the FPF for two more years. The new contract will ...
Posted on: Portugal Euro 2008 Blog by Luis | Jul 12th, 2006
While the boys are working on their tans, I thought we should take a little time to talk about the upcoming Euro qualification matches. Portugal ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Chriso | Jul 11th, 2006
Put the 6th September 2006 in your diary, it's the day France host Italy in the qualifying round of Euro 2008.
The game is set ...
