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footballportugal Podcast – end of season farewell

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

It’s the podcast after the morning after the morning after the morning after the morning after the night before, as we get together way after the event to discuss the aftermath of Portugal’s lacklustre performance in their Euro 2008 quarter final defeat to Germany. 3-2 was a kind result for a team who looked more interested in next season’s club contracts than fighting to take Portugal on to European glory.

In part 1 of the podcast we pour a special amount of scorn and discontent on the performances of Ricardo Carvalho and King of the Frangos, Portuguese goalkeeper Ricardo. Beyond the criticism of the players, we analyse Scolari’s positive impact on the Selecção and chat about the possible successors being bandied about by soon-to-be-leaving FPF president Gilberto Madail.

In part 2 we cover the recent club news in Portugal. Portistas are as happy as can be as UEFA shift their stance on their Champions League exclusion and let them back into the competition. Not only that, but they’ve managed to buy one of their enemy Benfica’s star players: the Uruguayan Christian Rodriguez. Benfica have to settle for never-ending rumours about second-rate players who may or may not join the Encarnardos for the start of next season. We also discuss the prices of season tickets for various clubs in Portugal for the 2008/09 season.

Finally, with this being the final podcast of the 2007/08 Portuguese football season, we’d just like to say a huge OBRIGADÍSSIMO to everyone who has listened to the podcast regularly, posted comments or sent e-mails of support, written about us on message-boards and blogs and generally just supported what we are trying to do. This has been a labour of love for the past 6 months and we really are paid back by the positive feedback we receive. If you want to contact us over the summer, you can by e-mail at info@footballportugalpodcast.com or by the comments section here.

Have a great summer, boas ferias and we’ll be back for the beginning of the new season.

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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 – 19/05/08

Monday, May 19th, 2008

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

Thanks for listening

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footballportugal Podcast – 12/05/08

Monday, May 12th, 2008

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

Thanks for listening.

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The Fourth footballportugal Podcast

Monday, January 28th, 2008

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Welcome once again to our special “clássico” podcast. As weekends go in Portuguese football, you’ll rarely find one as exciting as this and that’s why we’re running a little bit longer than normal.

Part 1 reviews the weekend’s games, specifically Sporting’s shock 2-0 demolition of Porto . We’ll let you know what we think about Porto ’s Brazilian international keeper, Helton, and I’ll have to eat my words regarding Paulo Bento’s faith in Sporting’s 19 year old goalkeeping prospect Rui Patrício. Kind words will be heaped upon Oscar Cardozo as his two goals helped Benfica beat Vítória de Guimarães 1-3 in Guimarães, but Phil doesn’t like the attitude of Benfica president Luis Filipe Vieira. Also, shock of shocks, Leiria won (as I predicted), beating Académica 3-1.

Part 2 reviews the January transfers, or rather lack of them, and looks at the possibility of Portugal ’s new goalscoring hope, Makakula, joining Benfica on Tuesday (29/01/08).

Part 3 concentrates on the “Selecçao” and Luíz Filipe Scolari’s recent comments that Miguel Veloso’s arse may be a bit too big to fit on the bus to the European Championships in Austria and Switzerland this summer.

As always, don’t hesitate to contact us by either leaving a comment or by e-mailing us at info@footballportugal.com

The podcast will be a little bit late next week because it’s Carnival weekend, so don’t expect the fifth podcast until Wednesday 6th February.

Thank you for listening.

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