Pedro Mendes capped

May 4th, 2006 | By: Luis Paulo | 7 Comments »

I was surprised by this news today. According to Infordesporto (in Portuguese), the defensive midfielder Pedro Mendes is already capped to the World Cup. He confirmed this news on his statement to RDP’s “Antena 1”.

Pedro Mendes started his career on Felgueiras but quickly moved to Vitória Guimarães where he stayed for 4 years before he was transferred to FC Porto. With the Dragons, he won the Champions League in 2004 and moved to Tottenham in a deal that involved Postiga. Pedro Mendes, who still in the Premier League, now plays for Portsmouth.

If this statement is really true, it probably means that either Costinha or Manuel Fernandes won’t be capped. I would bet that Costinha will be the one left behind, after his problem with Dynamo Moscow.

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By Luis | May 4th, 2006 at 9:20 am

M. Fernandes was capped for the U-21 team. I think Costinha will go unless he’s completely unfit to play.

http://www.abola.pt/nnh/index.asp?
op=ver&noticia=101512&d=1&tema=7

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By Luis Paulo | May 4th, 2006 at 9:27 am

Luis, I saw that and I wrote about it as you can see. However all this Pedro Mendes/M Fernandes/Costinha seems a little confused to me. Agostinho Oliveira is capping his best 23 but Scolari might take 1 or 2 out of his team yeat. I really believe that Manuel Fernandes will go.

By Luis | May 4th, 2006 at 9:30 am

Luis Paulo, anything is possible at this stage. Scolari will weight all his options carefully before making the final call on May 15th. A Bola just reported that he notified Alex (Wolfsburg). It’s starting to get very interesting.

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By Luis Paulo | May 4th, 2006 at 9:39 am

But isn’t weird that Pedro Mendes got capped 11 days before everybody?

By Luis | May 4th, 2006 at 9:44 am

Yes very strange indeed. They’re “pre-capped”. I guess Scolari wants to test a few options before May 15th. Nothing is written in stone at this stage. If they say they got the call from Scolari, then I would tend to trust it.

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By Luis Paulo | May 4th, 2006 at 9:51 am

Can you give me the link to the Alex news? I couldn’t find it

By Luis | May 4th, 2006 at 9:59 am

http://www.abola.pt/nnh/index.asp?op=ver&noticia=101479&tema=7

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