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footballportugal Podcast – 30/09/09

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

A quick one while we were trying our best to get away in time to watch Porto V Atletico Madrid. In this week’s podcast we concentrate on 3 main subjects:

Subject 1 – Goalkeepers in Portugal: they’re a bit good aren’t they? Even the two goalkeepers we constantly bash, Sporting’s Rui Patrício and Porto’s Helton, looked on tip-top form between the sticks in last weekend’s clássico.

Subject 2 – Thrashings in the Liga: are teams weaker than ever? We discuss this and come up with a yes-ish and no-ish opinion. Despite there being a lot of very poor quality teams in this year’s Portuguese league, the two promoted teams are showing old hands how to be well organised and brave when facing bigger teams.

Subject 3 - Olhanense’s amazing young players, Castro, Rabiola and Ukra. Despite losing their last two games, these three young players have caught the attention of football fans in the country. We give our opinion on their ability and their futures.

We’ll also talk a little bit about last weekend’s elections for the Portuguese government and look forward to this weekend’s upcoming fixtures.

Back at the normal time next week … with a following wind. Please keep your comments coming in. It’s always good to have new perspectives on the game here.

Thanks for listening,

Steve and Phil

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footballportugal Podcast – 23/09/08

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

We’re back and raring to go after our three-week intervalozinho. However, not much has changed since our last podcast with Nacional and Sporting still setting the early pace, both winning 2-0 against Guimarães and Belenenses respectively. One thing that has changed is Steve’s opinion about Rui Partrício, who had an impressive performance at the weekend. Naval are behind Nacional and Sporting in 3rd place; their 3-1 victory over Trofense brought about the first managerial casualty of the season with “Toni” Conceição making his way to the Centro de Emprego rather than the training ground this week. All of this will be discussed in Part 1.

In Part 2 we review Leixões’ impressive 2-0 victory against Braga, taking them into fourth place. It’s a game for heroes and villains, with the magnificent Wesley our Superman and César Peixoto our Joker. Académica are in fifth place in the league, with a 1-0 win over Setúbal and FC Porto are languishing in sixth place after being held to a draw by the current stone in the shoes of the Grandes, Rio Ave.

In Part 3 we talk about Paços de Ferreira and Benfica’s 3-4 thriller, Benfica holding on for their lives with Quim looking uncharacteristically shaky between the posts. Tenth-placed Amadora draw 0-0 with second from bottom club Marítimo, who were also defeated 0-1 by Valência in the UEFA Cup last week. We also talk a little about the Portuguese Cup 3rd round draw and pick the winner of the competition we had in the last podcast (Answer: Vítor Baía’s shirt number in his second spell at FC Porto was 99).

Please get back to us with your comments. For any pressing queries, you can contact us by e-mail on info@footballportugalpodcast.com, or just leave your comments on the site.

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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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

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.