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Jornada 2 Preview: Class-ee-koh Time
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It’s week two and already we have a massive match to be played between Benfica and Porto at da Luz. Benfica looked abysmal last week and escaped with a point against new boys Rio Ave. Porto on the other hand looked like they hadn’t missed a step from last year in their 2-0 [...]
Champions League Groups Set
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With Guimarães losing to FC Basel 1893 last night, Porto and Sporting stand alone as the sole Portuguese representatives in this season’s iteration of the UEFA Champions League.
At the draw, UEFA officials made sure to remind us that a cloud exists over Porto’s participation this year due to their implication in the Golden [...]
Vitória de Guimarães For The Portuguese Trifecta?
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It’s Judgement Day for Smokin’ Manny Cajuda and his boys from Guimarães. Tonight (locally), they square off against FC Basel 1893 at St. Jakob Park in Switzerland for the right to play in the group stages of this year’s Champions League tournament.
The first match, played at Estádio D. Afonso Henriques in Portugal, [...]
Category: Champions LeagueJornada 1 Recap: Benfica Need To Wake Up Fast
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What a frigging weather nightmare Tropical Storm Fay was this past week. My wife and sister in law had the bright idea of visiting their parents in Florida in August. This brings the joy of Hurricane Season as well as unbearable humidity and the need to drive at least 45 minutes to get [...]
Tropical Storms Are Fun!
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I’m sorry I haven’t posted in a few days, but I’m on “vacation” in Florida and have a Tropical Storm bearing down on where I’m staying with my in laws. I’m going to do my best to write offline on my laptop and as we get power I’ll try and get the content up. [...]
Category: Super LigaWorkweek In Review: 8/11 – 8/15
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Since I only blog during the week (sorry, I get even MORE drunk on the weekends than on work days, so I probably couldn’t even find my computer on a Saturday if I wanted to) I figured that calling this “Week In Review” would be short changing you two days. During the season you’ll [...]
UEFA Qualifier “Fun” Time
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I don’t understand how they find these matches to be played on equal terms. Certain leagues are in full swing (Guimarães faced a team last night that had played six real matches already to Guimarães’ zero) and thus the players are definitively match fit and past “preseason” mode. Guimarães six matches into the [...]
Joh-Zay Mourinho Rooting for Vitória de Guimarães
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Since Mourinho, like the Irishman “Stephen” from Braveheart, speaks directly with God (and makes sure that God picks up Jose’s Armani suits from the cleaners), whenever a quote comes out of his mouth, it’s transcribed directly into the Gospel According to Mourinho. This time, however, the gospel writers were on lunch so the Inter [...]
Some Benfica Bits and Times, They Are A Changin’
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Benfica 2 – 1 Vitoria Guimarães — Benfica have had an exciting transfer period with a round of crappy pre-season results thrown in. Before defeating Vitoria Guimarães last night 2-1, the Encarnados had been winless with two draws and two defeats.
Given their massive changes in both coach and personnel, Benfica have had [...]
UEFA Competition Draws Released, Assume the Position
By: Greg | 2 Comments
I understand that monster clubs like Barcelona, Arsenal, and Liverpool are actually involved in the third qualifying round for the Champions League this year. I know that they’re easily super odds-on favorites to make it to the group stages. However, a quick glance at the majority of teams involved in these rounds tells [...]
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