UEFA Cup
Thursday Table Talk
By: Greg |
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We’re two matches into the season and the table is starting to take some sort of shape. I used to boycott putting the table in the weekly recaps because I was sick of seeing Porto at the top for the past three years.
However, now that I have my own Portuguese team blog [...]
Category: Workweek 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 [...]
UEFA Competition Draws Released, Assume the Position
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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 [...]
Do You Buy Into The “New” Benfica?
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In the past fifteen seasons, Benfica have won only two league championships and two league cups. After this most recent, disastrous campaign when they finished fourth and “qualified” for the UEFA Cup, Benfica’s powers that be decided that it was time to take a new direction. They decided to be somewhat bold and [...]
Tags: Benfica, Champions League, Fábio Coentrão, Hassan Yebda, Javier Balboa, Jonathan Urretavizcaya, Jorge Ribeiro, Maniche, Pablo Aimar, Porto, Quique Flores, Real Madrid, Real Zaragoza, Recreativo Huelva, Rui Costa, Super Liga, Taca de Portugal, UEFA Cup, ValenciaFinal Decision Handed Down On Porto’s Champions League Participation This Year
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After a whole ass load of “they’re in” and “they’re out” conjecturing, the Court of Arbitration for Sport has informed UEFA that in spite of the evidence brought forth by Portuguese giants Benfica and flavor of the month Vitória de Guimarães, Porto are to participate in this year’s iteration of the Champions League tournament. [...]
Benfica and Guimarães Didn’t Hear No Bell
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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 a stay of execution and [...]
Quarta-Feira Quantum Leap
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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. Porto – Continue to raid [...]
Porto Out of Next Season’s Champions League
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There’s no way of putting it other than what the title suggests. As a result of the information submitted to UEFA by the Portuguese football ruling body, UEFA have decided to suspend Porto’s participation for one year in the Champions League competition.
From what I can tell based on a number of sources [...]
Porto Are Champions, But Are They Champions League?
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As we are all well aware at this point, Porto were “punished” for their involvement in match fixing and referee bribing during the 2003/04 season. The investigation, initially called “Golden Whistle” and then “Final Whistle” (kind of a Desert Shield/Storm type of thing) when the decisions were handed down, yielded a six point penalty [...]
Tags: Benfica, Champions League, Golden Whistle, Pinto da Costa, Porto, Sporting, Super Liga, UEFA Cup, Vitória Guimarães
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