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Super Extra Special Lisbon Derby Weekend
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While it’s not quite Benfica - Porto, this weekend’s derby between Benfica and Sporting carries fantastic implications. One of the two teams has to win in order to have a real shot of unseating the titleholders at the top of the table. A win would also further secure the second and final automatic [...]
Live to Fight Another Day
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It’s a slow Portuguese football news day, so Eusebio’s successful surgery will allow me to enlighten those who have no idea about the Pantera Negra’s (black panther, hence the well Paint-shopped photo to the left) exploits which culminated in Portugal’s best finish (3rd place) at the 1966 World Cup.
The 65 year old Eusebio [...]
On Today’s Menu: Portuguese Turnover
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Naval are probably blasting the Who today, with a theme of “Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.” Manager Mariano Barreto has left Naval and is being supplanted by the man he replaced in December, Fernando Mira. That’s Fernando Mira the interim coach, not Fernando Meira the Portuguese international defender. [...]
Category: Super LigaBenfica Resurrected
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Jornada 26 is in the books and the immovable force that is the “Big 3″ all won their respective games.
Benfica finally got a much needed break this week and managed to put up three on middling Maritimo, even without Simao who was left out due to a bad left knee. Miccoli essentially [...]
Two Hat Tricks
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Porto, Sporting, and Benfica completed a hat trick of wins this past weekend. This means that Porto maintains its four point lead on Sporting and Benfica stays one point behind the second place club.
Alecsandro netted three goals for Sporting in a definitive 4-0 win over Naval. While Porto continues to win, [...]
Round 26… Fight!
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Sorry, I know it’s a really cheap Mortal Kombat reference but constantly saying “Jornada #X Preview” gets boring after doing 3 or 4 of these.
The game of the week is clearly Porto v Belenenses. Porto will have home pitch advantage playing at the Dragao but Belenenses is riding a smoking hot six [...]
Who’s Your Dady?
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I’m officially going on a hiatus from predicting games. The only ones I seem to get right are the Porto and Sporting games. Picking those teams to win lately is like picking the sky to be blue. Belenenses continued their meteoric rise from out of the depths of last year’s relegation scandal [...]
Taça Semi Recap and Quick Hits
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Sporting, as expected, defeated Beira Mar in yesterday’s first of two semi final games for the Taça de Portugal. Joao Moutinho started Sporting off blasting out of the gates with two spectacular goals in the first ten minutes. Beira Mar would not go quietly though and pulled one back through Diarra (not Lassana) [...]
Taça de Portugal Semi Finals Preview
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The Taça de Portugal (aka the Portuguese Cup or “Goblet of Portugal” per Google’s translator) competition continues today with the semi final match between Sporting CP and Beira Mar at Sporting’s home stadium Estadio Jose Alvalade XXI. Tomorrow’s semi final match pits Braga against Belenenses at Estadio do Restelo, where Belenenses calls home.
For a [...]
Bottoms Up!
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Before I even go into discussion about the Liga, I figured I’d just give a quick word of encouragement to Mr. Warnock’s men over at Sheffield United: Win today, it’ll be fun. Trust me. Not only will your own supporters love you, but the Chelsea faithful will too, for today.
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