Portugal defender Fernando Meira turned 30 on Thursday, but will have to wait until Saturday if he wants to receive his best present, a win for Portugal in their Group A opener against Turkey.
Meira, the VfB Stuttgart defender, still feels young despite being one of the older members of a young Portugal team. “I still [...]
The Portuguese national football team were greeted by a rousing reception from estimated 10,000 supporters upon their arrival at their Neuchatel training base in Switzerland on Sunday night. But if they thought they wouldn’t get better support than that during their Euro 2008 preparations, they should’ve thought again. An estimated 12,000 supporters gathered at Neuchatel Xamax FC’s Stade de [...]
Portugal won 2-0 in their one and only warm-up game ahead of their Euro 2008 campaign, with goals from Joao Moutinho and Simao Sabrosa.
Portugal, who are in Group A with co-hosts Switzerland, Turkey and Czech Republic, had won the game by half time.
Sporting Lisbon midfielder Joao Moutinho opened the scoring on 19 minutes after controlling a [...]
Who will be Portugal’s most important player at the European Championships? Deco? Ricardo Quaresma? both quality players but no on the same level as Cristiano Ronaldo.
Cristiano Ronaldo only 23(5th of Feb 1985) has established himself as one of the best players in the world. He has been nominated for world player of the year, has [...]
Georgios Karagounis scored two free-kicks for European champions Greece to ensure Otto Rehhagel’s side overcame Portugal for the third time in as many meetings. Greece went ahead when the former Benfica player lashed home a stunning 20-metre free kick after 33 minutes. Karagounis made it 2-0 from another 20-metre free kick 26 minutes later.
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