Team of Tomorrow Tuesday: Pepe
I know that this spot normally is reserved for either uncapped or players who have never seen the top level of international football. However, with Scolari’s announcement of the twenty three men he’s taking to the Euro this summer, he included a fair amount of youth and inexperience. Among the “low-capped” players who will be looking to make an impact in the Portuguese team in the tournament is Brazilian born Képler Laveran Lima Ferreira, better known as “Pepe.”
His meteoric rise from the B Squad of Portuguese bwinLiga side Marítimo to becoming a stalwart in FC Porto’s back line up to now, showcasing as starting center back for a small Spanish club called Real Madrid has been well documented. Despite only being capped twice, Pepe is being touted as a definitive option for Big Boss Phil as a starting complement to Ricardo Carvalho when tournament time comes a knockin’. The bean pole 6′ 1 1/2″ naturalized Portuguese citizen will look to impose himself on European forwards and defenses in a month’s time. See some of his best recent moments below…
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He´s very good but he´s also a card magnet… Together with Carvalho, they make the 60 million euro defense… ![]()
I think he´s overall better than Bruno Alves but I believe the defense works better with Carvalho + Alves.
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I was wondering if anyone has the answer to a very puzzling question…
Why is Portugal below par on set pieces, especially corners? With our wingers kicking them in and some relatively tall players (Carvalho 1.84m, Pepe 1.87m, Almeida 1.91m, Bosingwa 1.83m, Ronaldo 1.85m) we should really do better
Aside from Postiga’s (1.82m) goal against England in Euro 2004 I can’t remember a single goal from a corner…I’m sure there’s been some, but certainly not many
Any ideas?




Real Madrid… a small club, do youi know anything about football? Real Madrid is the biggest and nost succesful club in the world you twat!




Yeah Laith, I know Real are huge. I also know about sarcasm as well.
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