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footballportugal Podcast – 16/12/08

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

Welcome to the final podcast of the year 2008. This week we have two parts for you: the first part of the podcast concentrates on the two cup competitions at the weekend, the Taça de Portugal and the Carlsberg Cup. On a terrible weekend for weather, the spectators stayed at home en masse, with just 300 people watching Estrela da Amadora beat Olivais e Moscavide 1-0 after 123 minutes of play. Sporting had their worst attendance ever at Alvalade XXI - just over 7000 – watching their Carlsberg Cup 3-0 victory over Marítimo. However, space was at a premium in Cinfães, where the third division team battled bravely against the mighty FC Porto but were eventually thumped 4-1. The big game of the weekend, Leixões versus Benfica, was something of a disappointment football-wise, with neither team putting on much of a display for the 7000 spectators who braved the wind and rain in Matosinhos. Leixões were the eventual victors on penalties, with their Portuguese goalkeeper Beto providing the heroics, saving from Reyes.

In part 2 we bring you our various bests and worsts of 2008: Who’s been the best buy? The biggest disappointment? The most impressive team? The most awful haircut? Listen to the podcast and find out.

We hope all our listeners have a great festive season, Boas Festas and a Bom Ano for everyone!

Steve and Phil

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footballportugal Podcast – 08/12/08

Monday, December 8th, 2008

This week the podcast gets all fashion-concious with some deep discussions focussing on the fit of Rui Costa’s shirts, coaches’ choice of scarves for benchwear and the way Pedro Barbosa deals with his receding hairline. Apart from this, we also concentrate on two players with opposing fortunes at their respective clubs.

First up, in Part 1, we talk about the downward spiral of Benfica’s goalkeeper Quim, who committed an unforgiveable frango in the final minutes of last week’s important league game against Vitória de Setúbal. Quim was subsequently dropped from the squad and replaced by Benfiquistas’ favourite Moreira, and Benfica went on to win 0-6 away to Maritimo, who had previously had the best defensive record in the league.

In part 2 we talk about the comeback of Simon Vukcevic. The Montenegran forward had been banished to the stands for the past couple of months by Sporting coach Paulo Bento, but through gritted teeth the pair seem to have settled their differences. Vukcevic was brought on as sub for the final 15 minutes of Sporting’s 3-1 win against Estrela de Amadora and he scored with his third touch of the ball.

Also featured are FC Porto and new favourite Hulk, and Leixões, who we fear may begin to drift down the league after losing at Vitória de Guimarães.

Please leave your comments here, and for any pressing enquiries you can contact us by e-mail: info@footballportugalpodcast.com

Thanks for listening!

Steve & Phil

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footballportugal Podcast – 01/12/08

Monday, December 1st, 2008

It’s a holiday podcast, with Portugal taking the day off work to celebrate the restoration of independence from their nasty Spanish neighbours. Due to the fact that two of the grandes are playing later tonight (Monday 1st December) we’ve decided to just bring you a 2-part podcast, a podcastinho if you will.

In part one we report the welcome news of the cancellation of Estrela Amadora’s strike action after their players received two months’ worth of payments owed to them. We also report on Leixões, who are still top of the table despite a 1-1 draw at home to Naval. However, their star player Wesley has announced he will be moving to Abu Dhabi at the end of December, to play for Al Wahda  FC. With many other Leixões players announcing their desire to move to bigger clubs in the new year, we discuss whether Leixões are doing the right thing, letting what is a fantastic starting 11 break up so easily.

In part two we cast our critical eye over the abominable displays of Sporting and Benfica in last week’s European games. Both teams were thrashed to within an inch of their lives by Barcelona and Olympiakos, respectively, results that will be hard for both to live down.

Keep the comments coming in and contact us by e-mail if you have any pressing queries: info@footballportugalpodcast.com

Thanks for listening.

Steve & Phil

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