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Queiroz ready to call Liedson

Carlos Queiroz will call Liedson da Silva Moniz as soon as his Portuguese passport is issued. The 31 year old Brazil born striker from Sporting Lisbon follows Deco and Pepe’s footsteps into the selecção. At this age the only reasonable justification for this move is Portugal’s serious lack of able strikers. A long lasting problem.
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Transfer talk

I had expected to write down these lines earlier but apart from Cristiano Ronaldo’s transfer to Real Madrid not much has happened on the transfer market involving Portuguese players.
And then I got wind of Maniche’s transfer to Turkey. Completely by chance. As if some unimportant player from the third division got transferred ... [read]
Manchester United accept £80m bid for CR7

Machester accepted the bid and allow Real Madrid to talk to Ronaldo:
http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid={F9E570E6-407E-44BC-800F-4A3110258114}&newsid=6634291
There you have it. Can he now please clear his head of all this transfer nonsense and show up in September for the games against Denmark and Hungary completely focused on the job at hand ?!
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Estonia 0 – 0 Portugal: Match Review

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 ... [read]
Match Preview: Estonia vs Portugal, Friendly

June, 10, 2009
Le Coq Arena, Tallin, Estonia
21:30 Tallin; 19:30 Lisbon, London; 14:30 New York
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Albania 1 – 2 Portugal: Match review

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. ... [read]
Match Preview: Albania vs Portugal

June, 6, 2009
Quemal Stafa Stadium, Tirane, Albania
20:45 Tirane; 19:45 Lisbon, London; 14:45 New York
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Queiroz calls Boa Morte and Jose Castro to the Selecção
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) ... [read]
Friendly Recap: Brazil SIX – Portugal 2
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” for anything. This is ... [read]
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 ... [read]
Latest Comments
- FIFA & UEFA rankings
Seth, By what logic can you possibly make that assertion? ...[read more] - Portugal - Bosnia Herzegovina: Match Preview
Before the game FIFA told Mr. Blazevic that the world cup qualifications in south africa wouldnt be ...[read more] - FIFA & UEFA rankings
Look where France and Croatia are on that list, 7th and 10th place? That's crazy. Somehow i doub ...[read more] - FIFA & UEFA rankings
Currently? Think so. I'd like to see that match up on the pitch. Just to make sure everyone else kno ...[read more] - Portugal - Bosnia Herzegovina: Match Preview
"the world wouldnt write something that will put Portugal in a false light" "BIH fought aganist the ...[read more] - FIFA & UEFA rankings
We're still better than Italy. - Bosnia Herzegovina 0 - 1 Portugal : Time to celebrate!
UEFA boosts about how the new system ensures "sporting balance and fairness" stating: "The new syste ...[read more] - Bosnia Herzegovina 0 - 1 Portugal : Time to celebrate!
@ Dom I don't think the UEFA rankings are more fair than FIFA at all. I wouldn't put Croatia or E ...[read more] - Bosnia Herzegovina 0 - 1 Portugal : Time to celebrate!
I just reviewed the final 15 min. of the game because I have no idea where Leo got the idea we gathe ...[read more] - Bosnia Herzegovina 0 - 1 Portugal : Time to celebrate!
@ Leo That's because Queiroz used (essentially) the EXACT same squad in pretty much the last 5 Po ...[read more] - Bosnia Herzegovina 0 - 1 Portugal : Time to celebrate!
UEFA uses a different ranking system from FIFA, UEFAs ranking is more fair since it includes more fa ...[read more] - Bosnia Herzegovina 0 - 1 Portugal : Time to celebrate!
@ leo I don't see any way that Bosnia could have scored 3 goals in the first leg. If you give the ...[read more] - Bosnia Herzegovina 0 - 1 Portugal : Time to celebrate!
We want to congratulate Portugal to be in South africa next year. We ar the best time in the world. ...[read more] - Bosnia Herzegovina 0 - 1 Portugal : Time to celebrate!
In these two games with Bosnia, I noticed that Portugal players got very tired and very weak after 8 ...[read more] - Bosnia Herzegovina 0 - 1 Portugal : Time to celebrate!
congratulations! see you in south africa.
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