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What’s the Difference Between UEFA Cup and Nothing? Ask Belenenses.
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The Portuguese Football Federation’s Council of Justice has handed down its verdict in the case of Belenenses’ illegal transfer of Cameroonian striker Meyong. They have found that the infraction that Meyong and Belenenses are guilty of is the FIFA regulation stating that a player may not be registered for three clubs in a given [...]
Category: Super LigaJornada 28 Recap: Big Three Winner Weekend
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Now that V.Setúbal and E.d.Amadora have recorded their draw, let’s check them results once more:
Braga 2 - 1 P.Ferreira
Benfica 2 - 0 Belenenses
Nacional 0 - 3 Académica
Naval 1 - 0 Boavista
Leiria 1 - 3 Leixões
V.Guimarães 0 - 5 Porto
Sporting 2 - 1 Marítimo
V.Setúbal 0 - 0 E. Amadora
Porto’s out right smoking of formerly second place V.Guimarães is a rather emphatic stamp of pwnage when [...]
Jornada 28 Pre-Recap: Porto’s Big ‘F You’ To The League
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Ever since the heat has been turned up on the Golden Whistle proceedings, Porto have taken the extra warmth of the spotlight and turned it into some impressive play on the pitch. This week, they decided to show the world just how much distance there is between them and the then second place club [...]
Jornada 28 Preview: Why AS Roma and Its Fans Need to Go Away
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I usually start each preview off with some witty banter but this week I have to discuss AS Roma and its huge fan base which have camped themselves here on The Offside. Let me start off by saying that chris’ blog about AS Roma on this website is easily the most active and most [...]
Bottom of the Barrel Run In Prediction Game
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I’m kind of bummed because I just realized that I have to leave my apartment to watch the Chels pound on ManU this Saturday because I won’t pay $15 for Setanta Sports. However, I WILL go to a bar in order to watch the match and spend TWICE that amount on booze. Which [...]
Category: Super Liga
Tags: Academica, Boavista, Braga, E.d.Amadora, Leiria, Leixões, Nacional, Naval, P.Ferreira, Relegation, Super LigaTop of the Table Run In Probability Game
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I’m something of an amateur prognosticator / absolute genius, therefore I’m going to take a look into the future with the final three weeks of the Portuguese Liga season. I’ve been saying for the past two or three weeks (no, really, this blog has been here for even longer than that) that the top [...]
Jornada 27 Recap: Come On the Chels!!!
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Don’t be confused by the Chelsea badge, it’s there for my boys in blue who are going to take it to Fernanda Torres and Co. today. The race at the top (save Porto) is getting even tighter and more interesting with the following results taking place this past jornada:
Académica 0 - 0 V.Guimarães
Marítimo 4 [...]
Jornada 27 Pre-Recap: Sporting Hammered, Porto Rampant
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The weekend’s action saw Porto absolutely dominate Benfica with two goals from Lisandro Lopez, putting him on twenty four goals for the season thus making him the top scorer in the league this millennium.
His first goal yielded a sweet ass celebration whereby he took his shirt off, put it on the corner post [...]
Jornada 27 Preview: Clássico Time
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These matches this weekend have a huge amount of expectation to live up to after the Sporting v Benfica cup semifinal.
As if a 3-0 loss at home to Academica and five second half goals from Sporting isn’t enough, Benfica face off against seemingly invincible Porto AWAY this Sunday in the Clássico. Porto [...]
Taça de Portugal - Match of the Season Edition
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Simply put, I haven’t watched / been a part of a match that was this exciting or entertaining for at least a year…
Taça de Portugal Semifinal — Sporting 5 - 3 Benfica — I watched this game at a Portuguese bar that was probably 75% Sportinguista. Suffice it to say the first [...]
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