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Portuguese Phoenix From the Flames
By: Greg |
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Okay, enough of the elaborately dumb ruse. I’m back. I got a promotion back in November and realized that I had to make time for work-related minutia. At the time, this added responsibility at my paying job pushed my fantastic blog out of my realm of realistic things to get done during [...]
Category: Benfica, Champions League, Euro, Porto, Sporting, Super Liga, Taca de Portugal, UEFA Cup, World Cup
Tags: Benfica, Champions League, Euro, Porto, Sporting, Super Liga, Taca de Portugal, UEFA Cup, World CupCozido à Portuguesa
By: Greg | 10 Comments
There’s a nice big stew’s worth of news and stuff to get to today, so I’ll just jump right in…
Mourinho’s Gone – Unless this is the first football news site you look at when you wake, you know this already. If this isn’t the first site you see and you still didn’t know [...]
Austria & Switzerland Apparently Not In Portugal’s 2008 Summer Vacation Plans
By: Greg | 21 Comments
FIFA released the most recent worldwide rankings today and Portugal found themselves two spots lower in tenth place. I saw this list this morning thinking “Oh, man, after we give Armenia a good whoopin’, they’ll regret dropping us.” Cut ahead a few hours and it’s 1-1 at the final whistle. We drew [...]
Next Year’s Premier League Hot Target: Bruno Gama
By: Greg | 3 Comments
I know Bob has the “A Name to Remember” concept buttoned up quite nicely, but I feel like there hasn’t been enough attention given to a particularly fiery young Portuguese striker / midfielder called Bruno Gama. His is a name you won’t have to remember but will more likely than not have thrust upon [...]
Couceiro Watch: Firing Squad Assembled
By: Greg | 5 Comments
Nothing is going on today to get all wacky about… Quaresma looks like he may have another season at Porto while Lucho González is still out on the open market. Benfica are expecting Atletico Madrid to bid for Simão and are preparing to potentially lose their first superstar of the transfer season. [...]
Thank God It’s Seixta Feira: Dicky Quaresma to be Royalty, 07/08 Fixture Highlights, and Born Loser Couceiro is Defeated in Tic-Tac-Toe Game Against Himself
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Even though in this blog it’s always seixta feira, today it’s really Friday and there’s plenty of amuse bouches to get to your table, so let’s get rolling…
** According to Portuguese sports news outlet O Jogo and Spanish sports news outlet As, Real Madrid have reached a preliminary agreement with FC Porto [...]
Reader Request Hour
By: Greg | 1 Comment
Over on the last article I wrote about honesty in the transfer market, Luis said he’d like to hear my thoughts on the U20 situation. Well, Luis as one of five loyal readers to the Offside Portugal Blog, you shall have your request granted…
In all honesty, I’m rooting for them to lose [...]
Category: World CupPortugal World Cup Win in 2010 Sealed
By: Greg | 8 Comments
You heard it here first, folks: Portugal is going to win the World Cup in 2010. In six words I can tell you why: José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix. The man better known as José Mourinho or “The Special One” confidently told radio station Radio Renascenca: “I really really want to [...]
Why Not Pay for a Good Turndown Service and Some Clean Sheets?
By: Greg | 1 Comment
Check the local transfer rumor (or ‘rumour’ if you’re feeling extra European) rag and you’ll see a slew of defenders, midfielders, wingers, strikers, managers, butchers, bakers, and candlestick makers on the block. What you won’t see is a keeper’s name being kicked around. Why?
The reason why I mention this is that [...]
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 [...]
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