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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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Tags: Apito Dourado, Benfica, Boavista, Champion's League spots, Euro 2008, Final Whistle, Golden Whistle, Guimarães, Leixões, Luiz Filipe Scolari, Maniche, Paços de Ferriera, Rio Ave, Rui Costa, Rui Patricio, Selecção, Sporting

footballportugal Podcast – 11/03/08

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Welcome to our bandwidth busting 10th podcast running at an almighty 53 minutes, everyone of which is jam packed with all the latest news and views about the current happenings in Portuguese football alongside some idle chatter about which Brazilian players are the prettiest.

In Part 1 we celebrate Boavista’s 2-3 victory at Belenenses and discuss whether Jorge Ribeiro’s current form is good enough to sneak him into the first 11 of the Portuguese national team, maybe at the expense of his more famous, older and fatter brother Maniche. Sporting go back to their normal habit of losing, going down 0-2 at Guimarães whose chances of European football next season seem assured whilst Sporting’s are looking ever more precarious. Porto win as ever and somewhere in the podcast we might mention that José Antonio Camacho has left Benfica. We’ll have an analysis of why Camacho left and also review the names already being bandied about as possible replacements, like Fatih Terim, “The Turkish Option”.

In Part 2 we review the mixed fortunes of the Portuguese teams in Europe. Large sighs of despair as Porto’s target men miss their chances and the team go crashing out on penalties against Schalke 04. Sporting produce an impressive display away at Bolton and Oscar Cardozo proves that for every sweet left foot there is a sour right elbow.

Finally, in part 3 we look at the budgets of Portuguese clubs in the Liga BWin, which go to show just how excellent a job Carlos Carvalhal is doing at Vítoria de Setúbal and why he may well be the next foolhardy manager to warm the Benfica hotseat.

This being our 10th podcast, we’d like to thank all of you that have discovered us, bookmarked us in your favourites or subscribed to one of our RSS feeds. We’d like to give a special thanks to any of you who may have mentioned us in football messageboards or on blogs, your support is greatfully appreciated.

Contact us by email at info@footballportugalpodcast.com or by leaving a message on the site. We always want your questions, even if sometimes we take a bit too long to answer them!

Thank-you for listening.