http://portugal.theoffside.com News from the Portuguese Football Liga Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:14:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Benfica President Luis Felipe Vieira left a meeting last night under duress after he refused to entertain discussion from a number of fan groups. Benfica are widely recognized as one of the world's most publicly supported clubs. Benfica pride themselves on the fact that, in spite of not ... http://portugal.theoffside.com/benfica/presidential-beat-down.html Want to get into Portuguese football this upcoming season? Aside from reading this blog... we've got goals. http://portugal.theoffside.com/super-liga/id-make-this-into-a-tv-advert-for-the-blog-if-i-had-any-cash.html Carlos Martins. The Portuguese (somewhat) international will be the next to wear the #10 shirt for Benfica and, hopefully for them, usher in a new era of success. Martins arrives after a spell with Spanish La Liga side Recreativo Huelva who finished just two points shy of relegation ... http://portugal.theoffside.com/super-liga/rui-costas-successor-is.html Well, kinda. Inter Milan and Benfica have announced today that they will be squaring off in a preseason match that will be the inaugural Eusebio Cup encounter. In the future, they hope to make the tournament a four team affair. Whether or not Porto participate in later ... http://portugal.theoffside.com/super-liga/mourinho-returns-to-portugal.html In the spirit of Rocky Balboa's trainer Mickey, Benfica and Guimarães refuse to acknowledge a final bell signaling a knock out. Apparently there is no stopping them in their quest to get Porto the hell out of European competition for the upcoming season. After UEFA recently granted Porto ... http://portugal.theoffside.com/super-liga/benfica-and-guimaraes-didnt-hear-no-bell.html Like I mentioned yesterday, most of the Portuguese footballing world (including myself) was so enraptured with the Euro that league news turned into middle of the rag afterthoughts for the most part. For now, here's wuzzup wit da "Big Tree" since we've last hugged via fiber optic arms... F.C. ... http://portugal.theoffside.com/super-liga/quarta-feira-quantum-leap.html I'm sorry if the past few weeks have left you, my eleven faithful readers, feeling like the cheap whores that Patrick Bateman abused. However, between me covering the the national team over on our sister site and the dearth of league news as a result of our half faux ... http://portugal.theoffside.com/super-liga/portugal-out-of-euro-no-more-league-news-neglect.html UEFA have announced that due to a procedural snafu in handling the case, they can not examine the overturning of the appeal before the start of the next edition of the Champions League tournament. If they ultimately decide that any sanctions are necessary, they will be applied to the ... http://portugal.theoffside.com/porto/porto-back-in-0809-champions-league-officially.html Over the past week my beloved New Jersey has been hit by a hell of a heat wave. I'm an air conditioning and refrigeration salesman. Care to guess who's been busy the past week? The company's so busy that I was on a roof in Newark yesterday ... http://portugal.theoffside.com/super-liga/club-football-euro-club-football-euro-hmmm.html You want a League blog when the Euro starts tomorrow? Ridiculous requests are reserved for my wife. And she's already asked me to watch The Notebook with her today, so my daily ridiculous request quota has been fulfilled. http://portugal.theoffside.com/super-liga/forca-portugal.html