Congratulations Estonia you deserved more. Well played.
When I accepted the challenge to start writing for this blog I was under the firm believe an endless amount of praise towards our selecção would break free on these lines. We would obliterate the Albanian and dazzle the Estonian. Far from it. We barely survived the weak Albanian [...]

June, 10, 2009
Le Coq Arena, Tallin, Estonia
21:30 Tallin; 19:30 Lisbon, London; 14:30 New York

Yyyyyeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!
Portugal won. Another nerve racking performance. We’re still on track to South Africa. I’ll take it, thank you very much.
I don’t even know were to begin. These games leave me nerve wrecked. I let a good couple of hours pass. Listened to after-match comments. Let some positive vibes reanimate my nerve system.
Let me start [...]

June, 6, 2009
Quemal Stafa Stadium, Tirane, Albania
20:45 Tirane; 19:45 Lisbon, London; 14:45 New York

After a lengthy absence of news in the Portugal Blog I thought “What the heck. I can do this!” and so my first post is actually very timely as Queiroz has just recently called up the selecção for the next 2 matches against Albania (6th of June, Tirane - WC qualifier) and Estonia (10th [...]

What the hell do you expect me to write about this? An embarrassment to end all embarrassments.
Speaking of ending embarrassments, when is the axe going to fall on Queiroz? I don’t want to hear any excuses about players missing due to injury or about the fact that the match doesn’t “count” [...]

Everything about this match was down. Letdown. Meltdown. Move down in the table. Jensen’s game-winner from downtown. Okay, I’m done. Overwhelmingly underwhelming Portugal started like-a-dees:
Nani - Hugo Almeida - Simão
Deco - Raul Meireles - Maniche
Paulo Ferreira - Ricardo Carvalho - Pepe - Bosingwa
Quim

Portugal v. Denmark
Group 1, Matchday 2: September 10, 2008 @ 3:45 PM Eastern, 20:45 Local
Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal
North American Television: Setanta Sports LIVE