Friendly Preview: Brazil v Portugal

It feels good to be back in business. I had a hell of a few weeks, so you don’t need to be reminded that the team’s been away for a while and I’ve been away for a while, let’s just get down to business, shall we?

Here’s the boys Charles will have attending the field for tomorrow’s friendly in Brazeeou:

Guard a Reds – Quim (Benfica) and Eduardo (Braga)

Defense and Attacking Wingers — Jose Bosingwa (Chelsea), Paulo Ferreira (Chelsea), Pepe (Real Madrid), Bruno Alves (Porto), Fernando Meira (Galatasaray of Turkey), Miguel (Valencia), and Rolando (Porto)

Midfielders — Cesar Peixoto (Braga), Deco (Chelsea), Raul Meireles (Porto), Joao Moutinho (Sporting), Maniche (Atletico Madrid), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), Tiago (Juventus), and Simao (Atletico Madrid)

Guys Who Stand Up Front But Rarely Score — Danny (Zenit St Petersburg of Russia), Nani (Manchester United), Hugo Almeida (Werder Bremen of Germany)

As you can see, he’s plenty happy dicking around with the group he’s got and I’m fine with that for the friendlies. He’s gotta find someone who can put the ball into the back of the net for fuck’s sake, and a match that doesn’t really count is a good place to start. Tiago makes his return along with two n00bs in the form of defender Rolando and midfielder Cesar Peixoto.

Possible Portuguesian Primary XI
Christ only knows what shit he’s planning on throwing up against the wall as far as the lineup is concerned. Inclusion of different players tells me he’s giving real thought to having them get a run out as subs are unlimited in friendlies.

Key Player
Whoever Scores – If anyone can manage a goal, or even, ::GASP:: two, they may earn themselves a closer look and more burn. Especially since this team can’t score to save Bosingwa’s unibrow at this point.

Tactics
This is a hard section to write not knowing for sure who he’s planning on running out there. An embarrassing loss (3-0) would probably be extremely devastating not only to the fans but to the players’ already fragile psyche. A goalless performance will also not provide any “light at the end of the tunnel” to our present run of poopy play.

Prediction
This game just feels like a 1 – 1 “meh” fest. I hope, for our sake, that we put a few together and get the Good Ship Porkychop headed in the right direction.

Força Portugal!!!!