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footballportugal Podcast – 19/10/09

Monday, October 19th, 2009

Fresh from our time off due to international commitments, we give you a somewhat shorter than normal podcast this week.

In Part 1 we focus on the news that Portugal will be playing against Bosnia and Herzegovina in the play-off for the World Cup 2010. There were two above-average performances in Portugal’s two home wins which assured them of second place in the group behind Denmark. We focus on Portugal’s performances, their upcoming opposition and whether or not the play-off should be played at Estádio da Luz.

In Part 2 we concentrate on this weekend’s Taça de Portugal third round games. Marítimo and Olhanense were both victims of giant killers – or tomba-gigantes – Santa Clara and Valencianos, respectively. All the other teams in the top flight sail through to the next round. And finally, we’ll bring you up to date on the latest movements on the managerial merry-go-round in the Portuguese top flight.

Please let us know your thoughts on the podcast, especially whether it’s possible to get a direct flight from Madeira to The Azores.

Thanks for listening,

Steve and Phil

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footballportugal Podcast Euro 2008 Special 3

Monday, June 16th, 2008

It’s cocktails by the pool for the first string of the Portuguese Selecção whilst the second string huff and puff their way to a poor 0-2 defeat to the host country, Switzerland. Qualification had been secured earlier in the week when Portugal, led by the reborn Deco, cruised past an unimpressive Czech Republic team by 3 goals to 1.

In part one of the podcast we review both games, concentrating on the strengths and weaknesses the squad has shown over the past 10 days. Whilst the first 11 are crowned by the Portuguese press as all-conquering heroes, the losing second string are critically savaged and we pay particular attention to the treatment dished out to Miguel Veloso. With Quim out of the tournament, we question the reasoning behind Nuno’s inclusion at the expense of the impressive Eduardo. We also discuss Petit’s musical preferences: hard rock or rockin’ pimba?

In part two we preview Portugal’s quarter final game against Germany this Thursday. We also discuss Luíz Felipe Scolari’s move to Chelsea and how his rather hypocritical actions might affect the mentality of the team in the run up to the game. Not only is Scolari’s timing poor but his English in a recent press conference leaves absolutely everything there can possibly be to be desired. We wonder if Felipão even knows how to translate his nickname into English.

Keep the comments coming in – it was great to receive so many after the Turkey game. We’ll be back on Thursday, straight after the game; let’s hope it’s not our last podcast of the season!

Força Portugal!

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footballportugal Podcast Euro 2008 Special 2

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

They won! Portugal are the best team in the world! Portugal are going to win Euro 2008!!!

Listen to Phil and Steve at their euphoric and drunken best live from the centre of Lisbon with the second footballportugal Podcast Euro 2008 special. It was Portugal 2 Turkey 0, and as we’ve been saying for ages, João Moutinho’s inclusion in the first eleven makes Portugal a force to be reckoned with. A force that can win this competion.

FORÇA FOOTBALLPORTUGAL PODCAST!

FORÇA NUMBER 28 TRAM!

FORÇA PORTUGAL!

Thanks for listening, we’ll be back on Thursday.

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footballportugal Podcast – 05/05/08

Monday, May 5th, 2008

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

Thanks for listening.

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