Comments on: U20 World Cup 2007: Portugal 1 – 2 Mexico

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:29:32 +0000

Portugal has a bunch of show off selfish fags. That’s why they lost to Mexico.

By: Luis

Luis — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:28:53 +0000

Julian – the problem is that there are an awful lot of beds with the same sheets. Yet, for some reason, only Portugal are expected to lay down on them.

By: Julian

Julian — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:05:23 +0000

The problem with complaining about announcers being biased against the Portuguese is that since their return to the top stage at Euro 2000 (after some Youth tournament success) is that they have earned the reputation.

As the saying goes “you made your bed now lie in it”.

By: Luis

Luis — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:12:02 +0000

Bruno Gama is out for the rest of the tournament. FIFA

By: OGrandeTrinco

OGrandeTrinco — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:35:57 +0000

Yeah sentiments above and let me add 3/4 from the backline were substituted, they looked horrible. Portugal was lucky to only lose by 1 goal.

Hopefully this ship can steady itself and pickup some wind and head in the right direction, but a couple sails are broken, the crew is not communicating and the captain is asleep at the wheel.

By: Luis

Luis — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 14:50:02 +0000

Very good question Jaba. Most likely just poor journalism. This is a great accomplishment for Gambia. It’s their first major tournament and they have qualified for the second round. Congratulations to Gambia and all Africans on their continued rise to the top of the football world.

Come back to visit us later. I will do my best to provide some commentary and highlights.

By: Jaba Jarra

Jaba Jarra — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 14:18:25 +0000

Sir/Madam

Why is The Gambia and Portugal match not mentioned in all news
whats up cuz they are black and from a poor country

By: Daria

Daria — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 04:03:38 +0000

Well not what I had expected or hoped for but we always knew this would be a tricky game and resting so many players was maybe not the best idea. The only consolation is that we still advance but if things keep going the way they are now I don’t really see us lasting that long in the knockout round. However I have said it before and I will say it again, hopefully this will kick-start something and we can make a good run.

By: Beto

Beto — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 03:04:07 +0000

OK Luis – I hear you! A complex situation, Baby Steps! Baby Steps!

I saw today’s game on ESPN360 through tvtugadotcom. It started well for us, with Condesso scoring on a nice header but the game went down from there.
There was little fluidity, poor finishing and as usual, terrible performance from set pieces.

Portugal suffered two injuries that looked pretty serious. Both Marques and Gama were taken off via stretcher and one of them was shipped to hospital via ambulance. Although Gambia were a man down for most of the second half, PT were unable to take advantage. In fact Gambia looked the better side scoring the winner while a man down.

Luis, I’m beginning to see your point that Couceiro might be the weak link on this team. I don’t know much about him but he seems to have the personality of a rock with some basic trial and error ability.

By: Luis

Luis — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:09:17 +0000

Portugal 1 – 2 Gambia

Ouch! I couldn’t find coverage of this match, so I will reserve my comments until I’ve digested enough match reports and highlights. The rumblings in the PT press are not good.