The Portugal/Portuguese League World Cup Thread

[Indaro]

The Portugal/Portuguese League World Cup Thread

Portugal Squad:

1  Eduardo               G 19-09-82 Mirandela                    Sporting Braga
22 Daniel Fernandes      G 25-09-83 Edmonton [CAN]               Bochum [GER]
12 Beto                  G 01-05-82 Loures                       FC Porto

2  Bruno Alves           D 27-11-81 Porto                        FC Porto
13 Miguel                D 04-01-80 Lisbon                       Valencia [ESP]
3  Paulo Ferreira        D 18-01-79 Lisbon                       Chelsea [ENG]
16 Pepe                  D 26-02-83 Maceió [bRA]                 Real Madrid [ESP]
6  Ricardo Carvalho      D 18-05-78 Amarante                     Chelsea [ENG]
21 Ricardo Costa         D 16-05-81 Vila Nova de Gaia            Lille [FRA]
4  Rolando               D 31-08-85 São Vicente                  FC Porto 

10 Danny                 M 07-08-83 Caracas [VEN]                Zenit St Petersburg [RUS]
20 Deco                  M 27-08-77 São Bernardo do Campo [bRA]  Chelsea [ENG]
5  Duda                  M 27-06-80 Lisbon                       Málaga [ESP]
23 Fábio Coentrão        M 11-03-88 Vila do Conde                Benfica
14 Miguel Veloso         M 11-05-86 Coimbra                      Sporting CP
17 Ruben Amorim          M 27-01-85 Lisbon                       Benfica
8  Pedro Mendes          M 26-02-79 Guimarães                    Sporting CP
16 Raúl Meireles         M 17-03-83 Porto                        FC Porto
19 Tiago                 M 02-05-81 Viana do Castelo             Juventus [iTA]

7  Cristiano Ronaldo     F 05-02-85 Funchal                      Real Madrid [ESP]
18 Hugo Almeida          F 23-05-84 Figueira da Foz              Werder Bremen [GER]
9  Liédson               F 17-12-77 Cairú [bRA]                  Sporting CP
11 Simão                 F 31-10-79 Constantim                   Atlético Madrid [ESP]

Other Superliga Players:

[b]Algeria[/b]
Rafik Halliche (Nacional/Benfica)
Hassan Yebda (Portsmouth/Benfica)
[b]Argentina[/b]
Di Maria (Benfica)
[b][color=black]Brazil[/color][/b]
Luisão (Benfica)
Ramires (Benfica)
[color=black][b]Paraguay[/b][/color]
Oscar Cardozo (Benfica)
[b]Uruguay[/b]
Maxi Pereira (Benfica)
Alvaro Pereira (Porto)
Jorge Fucile (Porto)

International Caps:

1. Figo                127
2. Fernando Couto      110
3. Rui Costa            94
4. Pauleta              88
5. João Vieira Pinto    81
6. Vítor Baía           80
=. Simão                80*
8. Ricardo              79
9. Nuno Gomes           77
10. Deco                73*
11. Cristiano Ronaldo   71*
*In Squad

Warm up Games:

24/05/2010 Cape Verde 0-0

01/06/2010 Camaroon 3-1 (Raul Meireles x2, Nani)

08/06/2010 Mozambique 3-0 (Hugo Almeida x2, Danny)

Group Games:

15/06/2010 Ivory Coast 0-0

21/06/2010 Korea DPR 7-0 (Raul Meireles, Simão, Hugo Almeida, Tiago x2, Liédson, Ronaldo)

25/06/2010 Brazil 0-0

29/06/2010 Spain

I'll fill in the gaps and add some more stuff nearer the date.

[Micado]

For the other squad lists you can have a look at the sticky:

World Cup 2010 Squad Lists

[Indaro]

I'm only going to put up players who play in portugal from the other squads.

[Micado]

Ah, didn't realize that, sorry.

Maybe you should write it like this:

Other Players from the Portuguese league

[Indaro]

done .

[ibra8]

The 23 chosen to play in South Africa will be announced on the 10th of May.

[ibra8]

Pepe close to return training with his teammates after spending 5 months out of the fields, increasing the chances of being called to South Africa.

[Razzler]

Are the Portuguese feeling confident about this World Cup?

[Puevlo]

Ronaldo is better than Messi.

[ibra8]

Are the Portuguese feeling confident about this World Cup?

I think that there are mix feelings between those who think that we can get to the final and others, that think that it will take a miracle for that to happen.

I put myself in the second category, as i don't belive we'll be 1st in the group, wich means that Spain, in normal circumstances, is going to be our opponent in the knock out phase.

Considering that at this moment Spain is on another level, i reckon we'll only have a chance to defeat them if we make a hell of a exhibition, specially Ronaldo.

[aggressive minor]

Ronaldo is better than Messi.

Probably the most sensible thing you've ever said...still wrong though!

[aggressive minor]

With Nani coming along so nicely, Portugal are going to be pretty threatening down the wings.

[ibra8]

Kevin Gameiro, one of the top scorers in the french league, is willing to play for Portugal.

Interview to Record

[Crazy_T]

do you want a guy that says he has no feelings for portugal, nothing to do with it, has represented france at almost every level and can't even speak the language (!) in your team?

domenech should call him up and get it over with. then drop him.

[Tom14]

Why does it matter if he has no feelings for the team unless he does a professional job?

[Indaro]

Tough choice. He doesn't speak Portuguese which puts him behind the Brazilians, and yet he's first generation Portuguese which would put him way ahead.

[Crazy_T]

Why does it matter if he has no feelings for the team unless he does a professional job?

was just wondering what people who do feel for the country and the team thought about it.

[Tom14]

I suppose the Portuguese don't mind Deco being in the squad and he has no link to Portugal other than living in Portugal for 6 six years thus earning him the right to a Portuguese passport.

[Indaro]

Portugal has a long history of having national team players who weren't born in Portugal, far more than people think. Not sure what their opinions were.

Tempted to say pick him just to **** France off later.

[Crazy_T]

well on the other hand I'm sure you'll find people taking issue with players representing their national team despite having no affiliation the their country.

[ibra8]

He would be welcome if he hadn't refused our first approach. This attitude shows that he is only interested to promote himself and since he can't do it in the French team, he turned to the 2nd option. For this i would not want him representing our nation.

The fact that he can't speak portuguese or the little knowledge about the country wouldn't be an issue for me, since he wouldn't be the first, Daniel Fernandes, Amaury Bischoff or Manuel da Costa are examples of players in the exact same situation.

[PMLF]

If Kevin Gameiro has Portuguese parents, it's fair enough to call him up, much more than naturalized players, but in this specific case since he refused to play for Portugal before, it's humiliating to now give him a chance only because he realized he won't play for France.

[Indaro]

Make him give a public apology?

[Indaro]

Carlos Queiroz has named nearly everyone in his pre-squad. Only ones missing are Bosingwa (inj), Antunes, Manuel Fernandes and Boa Morte.

Lista de pré-convocados:

Atlético Madrid: Simão Sabrosa e Tiago

Benfica: Carlos Martins, César Peixoto, Fábio Coentrão, Nuno Gomes, Quim e Ruben Amorim

Chelsea: Deco, Hilário, Paulo Ferreira e Ricardo Carvalho

Inter: Ricardo Quaresma

Colónia: Maniche e Petit

FC Porto: Beto, Bruno Alves, Miguel Lopes, Raul Meireles e Rolando

FC Zenit: Danny e Fernando Meira

Iraklis FC: Daniel Fernandes

Kayserispor: Makukula

Lille: Ricardo Costa

Málaga: Duda

Manchester United: Nani

PAOK FC: Edinho e Vieirinha

RC Deportivo: Zé Castro

Real Madrid: Cristiano Ronaldo e Pepe

Valladolid: Pelé e Sereno

Saragoça: Eliseu

Sp. Braga: Eduardo e Hugo Viana

Sporting: Daniel Carriço, João Moutinho, João Pereira, Liedson, Miguel Veloso, Pedro Mendes, Rui Patrício, Tonel e Yannick

Toulouse: Paulo Machado

Valencia CF: Miguel

V. Guimarães: Nuno Assis

Werder Bremen: Hugo Almeida

[Indaro]

Carlos Queiroz has named nearly everyone in his pre-squad. Only ones missing are Bosingwa (inj), Antunes, Manuel Fernandes and Boa Morte.

Lista de pré-convocados:

Atlético Madrid: Simão Sabrosa e Tiago

Benfica: Carlos Martins, César Peixoto, Fábio Coentrão, Nuno Gomes, Quim e Ruben Amorim

Chelsea: Deco, Hilário, Paulo Ferreira e Ricardo Carvalho

Inter: Ricardo Quaresma

Colónia: Maniche e Petit

FC Porto: Beto, Bruno Alves, Miguel Lopes, Raul Meireles e Rolando

FC Zenit: Danny e Fernando Meira

Iraklis FC: Daniel Fernandes

Kayserispor: Makukula

Lille: Ricardo Costa

Málaga: Duda

Manchester United: Nani

PAOK FC: Edinho e Vieirinha

RC Deportivo: Zé Castro

Real Madrid: Cristiano Ronaldo e Pepe

Valladolid: Pelé e Sereno

Saragoça: Eliseu

Sp. Braga: Eduardo e Hugo Viana

Sporting: Daniel Carriço, João Moutinho, João Pereira, Liedson, Miguel Veloso, Pedro Mendes, Rui Patrício, Tonel e Yannick

Toulouse: Paulo Machado

Valencia CF: Miguel

V. Guimarães: Nuno Assis

Werder Bremen: Hugo Almeida

This is the final 24 with some real surprises. Moutinho misses out, as does Makakula, and most of the national champions.

Underlined are in. I'll add them to the opening post when i know the numbers.

[G-Man11]

Tiago and Simao .

[ibra8]

So, we will basically have to rely in our 11 first choices through the tournament and hope for a super Ronaldo. Six center backs and 2 strikers for a team that, according to Queirós wants to reach the semis:thup:

Picking players like Ricardo Costa, Beto, Daniel Fernandes, Rolando, Zé Castro, Duda:thup:

[Indaro]

I can actually understand only having one out of Almeida and Makakula, but we needed someone similar to Liedson incase he can't play.

[ANDEHLSON]

Tiago and Simao .

Bleh.

So, we will basically have to rely in our 11 first choices through the tournament and hope for a super Ronaldo. Six center backs and 2 strikers for a team that, according to Queirós wants to reach the semis.

Picking players like Ricardo Costa, Beto, Daniel Fernandes, Rolando, Zé Castro, Duda.

Zé Castro will be a defensive midfielder...

Beto isn't a bad goalie so could understand that one but leaving Rui Patricio and Quim out and choose Daniel Fernandes...

Duda might be sentimentalism.. After all he did play through most of the qualifying stages...

But Ruben Amorim out, and Rolando instead of Carriço ffs..

Time to play like Real Madrid!

[7zige]

Why...isnt...Moutinho...there....SIGH

[2Pacalypse]

Why is Miguel still even a choice? .. I heard he runs over old ladies in his free time now..

[ibra8]

Zé Castro will be a defensive midfielder...

Beto isn't a bad goalie so could understand that one but leaving Rui Patricio and Quim out and choose Daniel Fernandes...

Duda might be sentimentalism.. After all he did play through most of the qualifying stages...

But Ruben Amorim out, and Rolando instead of Carriço ffs..

Time to play like Real Madrid!

Don't remember Zé Castro ever playing there, at least in Académica.

Beto played 3/4 games this season, the gk should be Eduardo, Quim and Patricio but in this case i don't see a real problem since Eduardo will be the 1st choice.

Duda playing has lb is a complety joke, he simply dosen't know how to play there.

Besides Ruben Amorim and Carriço i can think also of Nunes(Mallorca), Makukula and a backup for Deco, Nuno Assis or Carlos Martins.

[ANDEHLSON]

Ze Castro played as defensive midfielder in the qualifiers or in a friendly.. He is supposed to be Pepe's substitute..

Still can't figure out why Queiroz loves switching positions.. Hugo Almeida as left winger (will he repeat it? ), Duda as LB, Pepe as DM...

Now just gotta hope for 3-4 players to get injured..

[ibra8]

Hugo Almeida playing as left winger was the craziest/dumbest thing i saw in the last years.

[PMLF]

Portuguese fans booed their national team since they were not allowed to watch the training.

A reaction kind of similar to what also happened to Brazil today in Curitiba.

[ibra8]

Just saw that, quite sad imo.

Queiroz announced the starting XI for tomorrow's friendly against Cabo Verde:

Eduardo; Paulo Ferreira, Ricardo Carvalho, Bruno Alves e Fábio Coentrão; Pedro Mendes, Miguel Veloso e Deco; Nani, Liedson e Cristiano Ronaldo

[Razzler]

Is that likely to be your starting line up in the tournament itself?

[ibra8]

Pretty much, the only field positions where changes can happen are the fullbacks and in the midfield if Pepe is fully fit in the 1st game, getting into Mendes or Veloso spot.

[ibra8]

HT Portugal 0 - 0 Cape Verde. Poor exhibition in the 1st half, not a single chance to score so far.

[2Pacalypse]

another "fantastic" performance .. is it wrong to hate your own national team?

[PMLF]

another "fantastic" performance .. is it wrong to hate your own national team?

No, it isn't. The national teams can't just expect people to automatically support them, they have to earn that support.

[ibra8]

I'm just watching the game to see how of Fabio Coentrão does. This team is pathetic.

[PMLF]

How is he doing?

And how are the fans behaving?

[ibra8]

Not bad, defensively he doesn't have much work as you might guess. Offensively Nani and him were the the only two pushing the team forward in the 1st half.

The crowd has been booing and cheering alternately:D

[ibra8]

The commentator saying that maybe this is Queiroz plan, perform miserably to confuse our opponents:D

[2Pacalypse]

I was sort of joking when i told a friend of mine the final result was going to be Portugal 2 - 0 Cabo Verde because i couldn't imagine anything worst than that .. well, apparently i was wrong lol ..

Edit: Di Maria scored for Argentina

Edit2: And what a goal it was .. if i'm not allowed to post this please tell me - http://www.tvgolo.com/futebol.php?subaction=showfull&id=1274734767&archive=&start_from=&ucat=02&

[ibra8]

FT Portugal 0 - 0 Cape Verde.

[PMLF]

FT Portugal 0 - 0 Cape Verde.

Great result...for Cape Verde.

[ANDEHLSON]

Amazing... can Portugal even beat North Korea? :confused: 3rd place in the group doesn't look so bad now..

Portugal looks like 09/10 Sporting.. :/

[ibra8]

Let's see how we do against Cameroon in the next game. If we perform like today again i will give up all my hopes of getting past the group phase.