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footballportugal Podcast – 25/05/09

Monday, May 25th, 2009

It’s the last weekend of league football in Portugal and the penultimate podcast of the 2009/2010 season; Phil’s kept the tears at bay to make it following Boavista’s shock descent into the dark depths of the Portuguese third tier.

In part 1 of the podcast we’ll focus on the teams that went down from the Liga as well as those who came up. Going down are Belenenses, who lost 3-1 at Benfica. Brazillian striker Saulo will take a large share of the blame, needlessly being sent off before half-time with Belenenses level at 1-1. benfica coach Quique Flores did a lap of (dis)honour after the game and was generally applauded by Benfiquistas. Joining Belenenses will be Trofense, losing1-0 away to Paços, whose goalscorer William came back from a long lay-off to score the winner. Coming up from the Liga de Honra will be União de Leiria, who have had a magnificent turn-around this season largely due to their coach, Manuel Fernandes, who took them from 13th in November to 2nd at the end of the season. Going down from the Liga da Honra are Boavista and Gondomar, with Fátima and Chaves replacing them.

In part 2, we concentrate on the festas do título taking place at Olhanense and Porto as the two clubs take their Liga da Honra and Liga crowns, respectively. Olhanense win the prize for most imaginative face paint and hair dye, but Porto have the far bigger celebration, their open-top bus parading through the streets of the city until the early hours.

As mentioned at the beginning and end of the podcast, we want your votes for player of the season 2009 /2010. Please send an e-mail to info@footballportugalpodcast.com, specifying who you think were the top 5 players of the season and in what order. Get your votes in before midday on Monday June 1st and we’ll compile the votes to create a footballportugal Podcast player of the season.

Looking forward to hearing your opinions and receiving your votes.

Steve and Phil

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footballportugal Podcast – 27/04/09

Monday, April 27th, 2009

We’ve got a little bit of politics for you in this, our 50th podcast. With last Saturday being the 35th anniversary of ‘The Carnation Revolution’ here in Portugal, we devote the second half of the pod to a beginner’s guide to what happened on 25th April 1974. Along with some historical details, we also give our own opinions on what the revolution means to the majority of Portuguese who are too young to actually recall the event first hand. Not only that, but we’ll play out with the fantastic song which signalled the start of the revolution to the waiting troops, E Depois do Adeus by Paulo de Carvalho.

The first half of the podcast will be a bit more conventional: an overview of the events of the week on the football pitches of Portugal. The finalists of the Taça de Portugal have been decided, Paços de Ferreira making the first trip to Jamor in their 59-year history to face FC Porto.

In the league, there’s no change at the top with all three Grandes winning. At the bottom of the table, Trofense are looking doomed after a last minute goal saw them lose 1-0 away to Braga. Belenenses join them in the drop zone after a 1-2 home defeat to Nacional.

Please feel free to comment or correct any aspect of the podcast; there may be many things we’ve left out or got wrong with regards to ‘The Carnation Revolution’, and we’ll be happy to hear your thoughts.

Thanks for listening,

Steve & Phil

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footballportugal Podcast – 05/01/09

Monday, January 5th, 2009

A new podcast for a new year and this podcast marks our first anniversary, so a happy birthday to ourselves.

In part 1 we look at the weekend’s games in the Liga, Porto stealing top spot away from Benfica, who are currently still trying to bury all their heads in the sand after an embarrassing 2-0 away defeat to lowly Liga new boys Trofense. Porto beat Nacional in Madeira and Sporting also won away against Setúbal, piling the pressure on their coach Daúto Faquirá. However, he isn’t the first casualty of the year; that award goes to Rio Ave’s João Eusébio, who was afastado after their 2-4 defeat at home to Vitória de Guimarães.

In Part 2 we look at the current situation in the Liga Vitalis (second tier), with an impressive Olhanense beating Santa Clara away in the Azores, 2-0. The team look very well coached and organised by Jorge Costa, who may well find himself in the Porto hot seat in years to come. Beyond this we’ll talk a little about one of our favourite players, Belenenses’ José Pedro, and the Portuguese beer company Sagres‘ sponsorship of Portuguese football.

Let us know your thoughts on the podcast by leaving a comment.

Thanks for listening!

Steve & 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.

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footballportugal Podcast – 25/08/08

Monday, August 25th, 2008

The newly-named Liga Sagres has kicked off and our podcast is back to its usual Monday night schedule. This week we review the weekend’s results in full. The two Vítórias, Guimarães and Setúbal, battle out a 1-1 draw. Guimarães are struggling without the very effective Brazillian winger Alan, who moved in the summer to Jorge Jesus’ promising Sporting Braga. They beat Paços de Ferreira 0-2 at Mata Real. Trofense learn the pitfalls of zonal defending, conceding 3 goals in the first 30 minutes of their Liga début away to Sporting. They would eventually get a goal back thanks to a non-existent penalty given by referee Paulo Baptista, a decision that saw Paulo Bento screaming for justice after a series of poor refereeing decisions that have afflicted his Sporting side. It’s business as usual at the Dragão as Porto beat Belenenses comfortably 2-0 thanks to goals by Mariano and Hulk, and Benfica drop 2 points in their first game of the season, drawing 1-1 away to Rio Ave in foggy Vila do Conde. One of the biggest worries for Benfica is the poor form of their new Argentinian playmaker Pablo Aimar who failed to impress during the pre-season and looked lost for long periods on Sunday.

In part 2 we review Carlos Queiroz’s first game in charge of the Selecção, who won 5-0 against that mighty power of international football, the Faroe Islands. Less successful were the U-21 side, who were comfortably defeated 3-2 by the Czech Republic in a game where Inter Milan midfileder Pelé completely lost his head with a dangerous tackle that saw him taking an early bath.

Finally, in part 3 we talk about recent transfer speculation involving FC Porto’s Ricardo Quaresma, Benfica’s Nélson and the loan of Sporting’s Fabio Paim to Chelsea. We also look forward to next weekend’s fixtures, especially the Benfica v FC Porto clássico, and the European games involving Braga and Guimarães.

Please contact us with any feedback either here on the site or by e-mail at info@footballportugalpodcast.com

Thanks for listening.

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