Comments on: Video Highlights – Euro 2oo8 Qualification, International friendly, Under 21 Euro 2007 http://portugal.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008/video-highlights-euro-2oo8-qualification-international-friendly-under-21-euro-2007.html Portugal - World Cup 2010 - South Africa Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:25:58 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Carlos http://portugal.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008/video-highlights-euro-2oo8-qualification-international-friendly-under-21-euro-2007.html/comment-page-1#comment-78583 Carlos Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:26:01 +0000 http://portugal.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008/video-highlights-euro-2oo8-qualification-international-friendly-under-21-euro-2007.html#comment-78583 Does being in the stadium really give you goose bumps??? I usually feel terribly hot, owing to the adrenalin rushes... Luis - if you can take off a week, please do. The two EURO qualification matches I've seen so far this season were absolutely splashy GREAT. Does being in the stadium really give you goose bumps??? I usually feel terribly hot, owing to the adrenalin rushes…

Luis – if you can take off a week, please do. The two EURO qualification matches I’ve seen so far this season were absolutely splashy GREAT.

]]> By: Pedro P http://portugal.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008/video-highlights-euro-2oo8-qualification-international-friendly-under-21-euro-2007.html/comment-page-1#comment-78574 Pedro P Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:25:47 +0000 http://portugal.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008/video-highlights-euro-2oo8-qualification-international-friendly-under-21-euro-2007.html#comment-78574 I saw the 2nd half and indeed, the PT presence was felt, there... Thanks guys! There was no indecent diving. Coentrao got a card, after a real foul, but because he made a bit of it, he got the card. It would have been a penalty. Not so sure about the one that actually was given. The goalie was also good. I was also impressed with Coentrao, which in portuguese means big coriander :-)))))) The team looked a bt shaky in defense. NZ could, maybe should, have scored. But PT was stronger. Alhtough, if NZ HAD scored, they'd have grown and they had more than they showed. I'm sure of it. Now it's Gambia, I think, who lost. So for them it'll be an all-or-nothing and the worse is the 3rd match. Nothing is yet achieved. Only one victory. I saw the 2nd half and indeed, the PT presence was felt, there… Thanks guys!

There was no indecent diving. Coentrao got a card, after a real foul, but because he made a bit of it, he got the card. It would have been a penalty. Not so sure about the one that actually was given.

The goalie was also good. I was also impressed with Coentrao, which in portuguese means big coriander :-) ))))) The team looked a bt shaky in defense. NZ could, maybe should, have scored. But PT was stronger. Alhtough, if NZ HAD scored, they’d have grown and they had more than they showed. I’m sure of it.

Now it’s Gambia, I think, who lost. So for them it’ll be an all-or-nothing and the worse is the 3rd match. Nothing is yet achieved. Only one victory.

]]> By: Luis http://portugal.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008/video-highlights-euro-2oo8-qualification-international-friendly-under-21-euro-2007.html/comment-page-1#comment-78566 Luis Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:03:30 +0000 http://portugal.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008/video-highlights-euro-2oo8-qualification-international-friendly-under-21-euro-2007.html#comment-78566 Ceasar - I'm jealous. I'm thinking of taking off to PT for a week this fall to take in one of the qualifying matches. I'm looking forward to those goose bumps! Ceasar – I’m jealous. I’m thinking of taking off to PT for a week this fall to take in one of the qualifying matches. I’m looking forward to those goose bumps!

]]> By: Ceasar http://portugal.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008/video-highlights-euro-2oo8-qualification-international-friendly-under-21-euro-2007.html/comment-page-1#comment-78556 Ceasar Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:11:50 +0000 http://portugal.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008/video-highlights-euro-2oo8-qualification-international-friendly-under-21-euro-2007.html#comment-78556 Yesterdays U20 Portugal New Zealand game was great.. Bruna Gama had a very good game and they run the ball thru him allot. But the 2 players that realy impressed me were: Fabio Coentrao, he looks like a young Figo. He had a superb game. Pele was very impossing in the mid field. Amazing bal control. A real general in the middle. We Portuguese took over the stadium and made the boys feel at home. It was great!! Gave me goose bump.. :-) Yesterdays U20 Portugal New Zealand game was great.. Bruna Gama had a very good game and they run the ball thru him allot. But the 2 players that realy impressed me were:
Fabio Coentrao, he looks like a young Figo. He had a superb game.
Pele was very impossing in the mid field. Amazing bal control. A real general in the middle.

We Portuguese took over the stadium and made the boys feel at home. It was great!! Gave me goose bump.. :-)

]]> By: Luis http://portugal.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008/video-highlights-euro-2oo8-qualification-international-friendly-under-21-euro-2007.html/comment-page-1#comment-78555 Luis Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:00:49 +0000 http://portugal.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008/video-highlights-euro-2oo8-qualification-international-friendly-under-21-euro-2007.html#comment-78555 Scolari does deliver, but would anyone argue that Mourinho does not? I agree with your point however. A few tough seasons wouldn't hurt Mourinho at all. Scolari delivers wins, but no titles yet. Lets hope 2008 changes that. I don't think Scolari will stay past the Euro but stranger things have happened. If he has no other offers on the table, he may be tempted to stick around for another World Cup. Only time will tell. PT started with a pretty good game against NZ. I saw some minimal highlights on Fox Soccer. The commentators were complaining about some pretty bad diving by PT. The game wasn't covered here in the US, so I don't know for sure what transpired, but it wouldn't surprise me. There has to be something in the youth system that promotes this stuff and sooner or later someone has to deal with it. Scolari does deliver, but would anyone argue that Mourinho does not? I agree with your point however. A few tough seasons wouldn’t hurt Mourinho at all. Scolari delivers wins, but no titles yet. Lets hope 2008 changes that. I don’t think Scolari will stay past the Euro but stranger things have happened. If he has no other offers on the table, he may be tempted to stick around for another World Cup. Only time will tell.

PT started with a pretty good game against NZ. I saw some minimal highlights on Fox Soccer. The commentators were complaining about some pretty bad diving by PT. The game wasn’t covered here in the US, so I don’t know for sure what transpired, but it wouldn’t surprise me. There has to be something in the youth system that promotes this stuff and sooner or later someone has to deal with it.

]]> By: Pedro P http://portugal.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008/video-highlights-euro-2oo8-qualification-international-friendly-under-21-euro-2007.html/comment-page-1#comment-78541 Pedro P Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:07:59 +0000 http://portugal.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008/video-highlights-euro-2oo8-qualification-international-friendly-under-21-euro-2007.html#comment-78541 Actually, I'd like to keep Scolari, Luis... Mourinho... He's naturally wonderfull, but "gods" come and go... Scolari delivers... Let Mourinho mature, let him loose and toughen up, let's just see... On the other hand, if Scolari does go, OK, Mourinho becames a luxury one cannot afford to waste... In the meantime, PT starts the U20 WC with a Victory, against New Zealand... :-) Actually, I’d like to keep Scolari, Luis… Mourinho… He’s naturally wonderfull, but “gods” come and go… Scolari delivers… Let Mourinho mature, let him loose and toughen up, let’s just see…

On the other hand, if Scolari does go, OK, Mourinho becames a luxury one cannot afford to waste…

In the meantime, PT starts the U20 WC with a Victory, against New Zealand… :-)

]]> By: Luis http://portugal.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008/video-highlights-euro-2oo8-qualification-international-friendly-under-21-euro-2007.html/comment-page-1#comment-78415 Luis Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:49:49 +0000 http://portugal.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008/video-highlights-euro-2oo8-qualification-international-friendly-under-21-euro-2007.html#comment-78415 It's official. <a href="http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=442838&cc=3888" rel="nofollow">ESPNSOCCERNET</a> It’s official.

ESPNSOCCERNET

]]> By: Luis http://portugal.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008/video-highlights-euro-2oo8-qualification-international-friendly-under-21-euro-2007.html/comment-page-1#comment-78413 Luis Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:40:48 +0000 http://portugal.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008/video-highlights-euro-2oo8-qualification-international-friendly-under-21-euro-2007.html#comment-78413 Mourinho keeps the door to national team duty open. Stating that his biggest wish is to coach the national team one day. While he spoke of possibly returning to PT to coach another club, he also stated that he doesn't necessarily see national team duty as the final step in his career. In other words, maybe he'll take some time to coach the national team and then return to club duty. Does anyone get the feeling that Mourinho is setting himself up to potentially take over from Scolari? We can only hope! <a href="http://www.record.pt/noticia.asp?id=749835&idCanal=292" rel="nofollow">Link</a> Mourinho keeps the door to national team duty open. Stating that his biggest wish is to coach the national team one day. While he spoke of possibly returning to PT to coach another club, he also stated that he doesn’t necessarily see national team duty as the final step in his career. In other words, maybe he’ll take some time to coach the national team and then return to club duty. Does anyone get the feeling that Mourinho is setting himself up to potentially take over from Scolari? We can only hope!

Link

]]> By: Luis http://portugal.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008/video-highlights-euro-2oo8-qualification-international-friendly-under-21-euro-2007.html/comment-page-1#comment-78411 Luis Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:20:03 +0000 http://portugal.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008/video-highlights-euro-2oo8-qualification-international-friendly-under-21-euro-2007.html#comment-78411 There are reports that Quaresma is on his way to Atletico Madrid. <a href="http://www.record.pt/noticia.asp?id=750054&idCanal=17" rel="nofollow">Link</a> There are reports that Quaresma is on his way to Atletico Madrid.

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]]> By: Luis http://portugal.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008/video-highlights-euro-2oo8-qualification-international-friendly-under-21-euro-2007.html/comment-page-1#comment-78410 Luis Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:03:10 +0000 http://portugal.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008/video-highlights-euro-2oo8-qualification-international-friendly-under-21-euro-2007.html#comment-78410 Pedro - you're such a sentimentalist! :-) The work on the new blog continues late at night and between work tasks. I'll try to post some highlights from the U20 matches when they become available. Lets hope Couceiro can manage to show some real leadership this time around. I have to believe his goose is cooked if he doesn't manage to get to the quarters at least. Pedro – you’re such a sentimentalist! :-) The work on the new blog continues late at night and between work tasks.

I’ll try to post some highlights from the U20 matches when they become available. Lets hope Couceiro can manage to show some real leadership this time around. I have to believe his goose is cooked if he doesn’t manage to get to the quarters at least.

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