Euro 2012 Qualifiers: Battling the Vikings
Oh boy. Did we get an easy group to showcase our beautiful play and cruise to the first place securing a simple qualification run into the Euro 2012 or did we get an easy group to mess things up big time unable to breach double-decker buses placed inside the goal area?
At first glance it might look like we got it made. Ok at second glance it still looks that way. But… (there’s always a “but” lurking in the shadows) looking back at the last qualifiers we had for this year’s world cup it becomes obvious most of our adversaries play a very tight defensive game (I like to think mighty Portugal simply inspires extreme caution). We haven’t done to well with it have we? Ok we did make it to South-Africa but by the skin of our teeths!
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Euro 2012 Qualifying
Next Sunday (Feb-7) we will know our adversaries qualifying for the Poland-Ukraine Euro 2012.
As current 7th in UEFA’s ranking we are seeded in the first pot and even if we do avoid some very potent soccer powers there are still a couple of monsters lurking in pots 2 and 3.
Seeding ... [read more]
Transfer Market News
I’ll start with the latest news that has 30 year old Pedro Mendes traveling to Lisbon today to sign a two and half year deal with Sporting Clube de Portugal. Exact values aren’t revealed but they should be close to two million pounds.
Pedro will give a much needed consistency to Sporting’s ... [read more]
Queiroz’s List

Carlos Queiroz is apparently following a fixed list of 38 players. From this list he will choose the 23 next World Champions. Oh yeah!
These are the players he took to the qualifiers:
Player (games/min played):
1 ) RAUL MEIRELES (12/1042)
2 ) PEPE (11/990)
3 ) RICARDO CARVALHO (10/885)
4 ) BRUNO ALVES (9/810)
5 ) BOSINGWA ... [read more]
WC 2010 Final Draw: Brazil, Ivory Coast and North Korea
Beautiful Charlize Theron carefully picked out our opponents for the group phase. Sort of…
Brazil
North Korea
Ivory Coast
Fantastic! Some are already calling it the “Group of Death”.
I’m thrilled. This way there will be no slacking from the first minute!
First Game:
Ivory Coast, June 15, Port Elizabeth Stadium, 15:00 GMT
Arguably the best African ... [read more]
FIFA & UEFA rankings

Thanks to winning both matches of the play-offs Portugal climbed up FIFA’s ranking to a surprising 5th place. This might stir up talks on whether we should go into the 1st pot of the WC2010 draw next December. I don’t think it will happen, but…
A day before UEFA released their ... [read more]
Club Football News
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Euro 2012 Qualifiers: Battling the Vikings
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