footballportugal Podcast

It was cup final weekend in Portugal Sporting Clube de Portugal took FC porto at the National Stadium in Jamor, on the outskirts of Lisbon. Phil went to the game and Steve watched it on TV, so in part 1 you’ll hear all the details of the game, settled in extra-time by two goals from Sporting’s new lightweight striker, Rodrigo Tiuí.

In Part 2 it’s awards time at the podcast as we both produce our Top 5 players of the season and list other players who have caught our attention. We also produce a rejects 11 of players that Scolari left out of the Portuguese squad to go to Euro 2008. Maybe he just didn’t fancy them or maybe he just doesn’t know that there are clubs in Portugal outside the 3 grandes.

Finally, in part 3 we discuss the various manoeuvres of players and managers in and out of the doors of clubs in the Portuguese league.

There’ll be no podcast next week, our next podcast will be the first of our Euro 2008 specials and should be available the day after Portugal’s friendly-game against Georgia in Viseu on 31st May. We’ll then post a podcast each day after Portugal play in Euro 2008.

As you might have seen below, we’ve been nominated for an award on Football Fancast for the best football podcast of the last football season. You can vote for us by clicking here

As ever, please leave us any comments you may have here on the website or by e-mail at info@footballportugalpodcast.com

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Somebody has nominated us for an award on a site called Football Fancast.

I don’t know what we stand to win other than prestige, but if you could vote for us on the link below, we’d be more than grateful:

click here to vote

Obrigado,

Steve & Phil

The final whistle blows on the 2007/8 Portuguese league championship and our Podcast do futebol Portguês brings you the winners, the losers, the punished and the lightly punished.

In Part 1 we look at which clubs will be sharing the Champion’s League millions, the UEFA Cup thousands and the Liga da Honra loose change. All three Champion’s League contenders win at home, sparking scenes of joy for Sporting and Guimarães. However, despite the disappointment of only qualifying for the UEFA Cup, there are some heart-warming scenes at the Estadio da Luz as Rui Costa plays his final game of competitive football. At the other end of the table, a dramatic last minute goal scored by Leiria against Paços condemns them to the Liga da Honra next season. Leixões lost at home to Maritimo but stay up regardless.

In Part 2 we give a round up to the decisions made by the disciplinary committee of the Liga de Clubes. Boavista suffer harsh treatment whilst Porto escape lightly for committing what was more or less the same crime. We give our opinions in full.

In the final part we’ll inform you of the players who will travel to Austria and Switzerland to represent Portugal in Euro 2008. Do we agree or disagree with “Mister” Scolari? Listen and find out.

Due to server space, some of our earlier podcasts are going to be removed (probably the first 5), so if you have any desire to listen to them and haven’t already done so, get in quick!

Don’t hesitate to give us your feedback on the topics we’ve discussed, post your opinions here on the site or e-mail us at: info@footballportugalpodcast.com

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In this week’s podcast we review the penultimate games of the 2007/8 Portuguese league. Porto’s defeat at home to Nacional was one of the big surprises of the weekend; the 0-3 victory meant that Nacional got the double over Porto this season. On-loan Benfica player Fabio Coentrão got 2 great goals but it wasn’t enough to stop us passing our highly valued criticism of his terrible haircut.

Benfica dropped points yet again with a 0-0 draw away to Estrela Amadora, their 13th draw of the season. Sporting won 1-0 against the run of play at Paços and Guimarães drew 1-1 away to Belenenses but they’ll be somewhat dismayed at how on earth Belenenses left-back Rodrigo Alvim managed to stay on the pitch after a horrific 2 footed tackle on Carlitos earned him only a yellow card whilst poor Carlitos left the pitch and the game on a stretcher.

Setúbal and Marítimo both secured their places in next season’s UEFA Cup, with 2-0 victories over Leixões and Leiria respectively. We also give the latest on the unfortunate events that occurred between Guimarães and Leixões supporters at a service station on their way back to the north after games in the south of Portugal.

In Part 2, we report on Trofense’s promotion from the Liga da Honra, Penafiel’s relegation and Steve attempts the impossible by trying to explain the procedure to decide which two teams from the various Division II leagues will be promoted to the Liga da Honra.

Finally in Part 3 we talk a little bit about two players whose stars are ascending and descending: Cristiano Ronaldo and Mário Jardel. We also give our opinions on the recent form of Deco and Manuel Fernandes.

Keep the comments coming - either leave them here on the site or e-mail us at: info@footballportugalpodcast.com

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The tension is mounting as the season draws to a close.

In part 1 we focus on the teams aiming to get those Champions League spots. Benfica stay in with a shout after beating a soon to be Jorge Jesus-less Belenenses 2-0. Despite wide spread rumours suggesting Porto would make things easy for Guimarães, Ricardo Quaresma inspires the Dragons to a 5-0 thrashing. The Vítoria supporters are out in force… so much so that the Guimarães team bus had a hard job getting into the stadium. Finally, Sporting amble on, coming from behind to beat Marítimo 2-1 thanks to two goals by the normally useless Romagnoli.

In part 2 the focus is on the battle against relegation. Leiria give up the fight but Leixões keep on punching with their 1-3 away win. Paços lose 1-2 away to an António Caldas-managed Braga and Nacional manager/thug Pedrag Jokanovic is under fire from the Nacional supporters as they lose 0-3 at home to Académica, who are now safe from the drop. Boavista lose away to Naval thanks to a Delfim goal, who is then sent off in the second half. We also have more on the drama unfolding in the Liga da Honra and yet more insight into Portuguese natural spring water.

Finally, in part 3 we talk about the various nicknames, or alcunhas, of some of the more famous Portuguese players, presidents and teams. We’re sure to have missed out loads so we’d be really grateful if you could let us know of any interesting ones that we’ve forgotten to mention. Leave your messages in the comments section of the site or e-mail us at info@footballportugalpodcast.com

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