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footballportugal Podcast – 15/02/10

Monday, February 15th, 2010

We hope you’re all still with us after our unexpected break. We return with a three-part podcast which will hopefully fill you in with most of what’s been happening in Portugal over the last couple of weeks.

In part 1 we concentrate on Sporting’s spectacular collapse in recent weeks. From looking like a handy little outfit rejuvenated under Carlos Carvalhal’s mysterious post-Christmas spell, they’ve turned into a sorry bunch of losers, one of the sorriest in the history of this famous club. We ask why in part 1.

In part 2 we concentrate on the three clubs who are leading the way in Portugal: Braga, Benfica and Porto. The latter dropped points but both Braga and Benfica won, Braga doing so with a severely depleted starting line-up.

Finally, in part 3 we review the rest of the weekend’s games, including Kazmierczak’s “Half Scorpion” for Setúbal against Leiria. Watch it on this link . We also give a blow-by-blow account of Carlos Quieroz’s punch-up in an airport waiting lounge.

Keep your comments coming and we’ll be back for more next week,

Steve and Phil

footballportugal Podcast – 02/11/09

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

On October 27th 2009 at 7:32pm, Steve posted the following comment,

“I’m also thinking about putting some money on Benfica to beat Braga with a 4 goal handicap if I can find good enough odds. Anybody else believe Benfica will wipe the floor with Braga next weekend?”

Oh, what a hopeless fool I can be sometimes. In the end, it was Braga wiping the floor with Benfica and the possibility of Benfica beating Braga by 4 clear goals seems as remote as Jorge Ribeiro getting another call-up for Portugal’s World Cup squad.

In this week’s podcast we focus on the fortunes of the big teams in Portugal. We say “big teams” because it’s hard to call Benfica, Sporting and Porto “Grandes” with Braga being so dominant right now. Then in part 2 we focus on the other teams in the league, Pecnik shines for Nacional, Kerrouche scores yet again for Naval and it’s two wins out of two for new Leiria coach Lito Vidigal. We also give the results of the Makers of Electrical Appliances First XI.

Thanks for all of your contributions over the last week and we’re sorry if we forgot any names when passing on the opinions of our listeners! Keep the comments coming and we’ll be back next week.

Steve and Phil

The Second footballportugal Podcast

Monday, January 14th, 2008

It’s our pleasure to present to you our second podcast. This time we’ve split it into three parts in an attempt to appear more organised.

Part 1 reviews the weekend’s results, amongst which were Benfica’s disappointing 0-0 home draw to Leixões, Porto’s 4-0 destruction of Braga and the continuing saga of the Sporting crisis with their 1-1 away draw to Académica. In amongst this we’ll explain what a “trivela” is and the connection between grilled chickens and dodgy keepers.

Part 2 finds us trying to explain why Porto have been so dominant in Portugal over the past two decades, the iron fisted rule of Pinto da Costa and their “Claque” (Ultras group) the “Super Dragões”, allegations of corruption in the Golden Whistle scandal and their prospects in this year’s Champion’s League competition.

Finally, in Part 3, we review last week’s Carlsberg Cup results, preview next weekend’s Taça de Portugal games and try to address whether Brazilians naturalised as Portuguese players are a good thing for the Portuguese national team.

Lastly we’d like to apologise for any sound problems that may have occurred during the podcast (bumping of microphones, popping, hissing and the rumble of passing No. 28 trams), we hope they don’t distract you from the show.

As always, if you wish to contact us you can do so by e-mail which is: info@footballportugalpodcast.com

Thank you for listening.

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Welcome to the First footballportugal Podcast

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

It’s a pleasure for us here at footballportugal to bring you our first ever podcast. It will be recorded every week and uploaded here sometime late on Monday evening. Each week we’ll discuss the weekend’s results, the main stories being reported in the Portuguese football press and any other odds and ends that might have caught our attention.Our first podcast is a slightly shambolic affair, we apologise for the varying sound levels, incessant rambling and copious amounts of verbal ticks, but with time we expect to improve.

On this week’s podcast, we discuss the big fight between Luisão and Katsouranis of Benfica in their away draw at Vitória de Setúbal, Carlos Parede’s exit from Sporting and the increasing pressure upon trainer Paulo Bento after their 2-0 away defeat to Boavista. Porto keep winning and we’re heaping the praise upon Sunday’s match-winner, Raul Meireles, a.k.a “syringes”, and we’ll be describing in minute detail the own-goal of the season, scored by Ricardo Esteves of Marítimo in their 2-1 home victory over Leixões. Last but not least, we’ll be telling you what a “chapéu” is in Portuguese football and why the Vítoria de Setúbal forward Cláudio Pitbull would’ve liked to have made one for Benfica goalkeeper Quím this weekend.

Please contact us with any questions you may have on our new e-mail: info@footballportugalpodcast.com

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