Paulo Bento has named his squad for the upcoming qualifiers for World Cup 2014, Portugal plays on
the 7th in Luxembourg and then receive Azerbaijan at home on the 11th. Portugal roster: Rui
Patricio (Sporting) Beto (Braga) Eduardo (Istanbul BB) Miguel Lopes (FC Porto) Pepe (Real Madrid)
Fabio Coentrao (Real Madrid) Bruno Alves (Zenit) Nuno Coelho (Braga) Ricardo Costa (Valencia) Joao
Maybe watching over 30 games of football in the last three weeks has left us a little frazzled
between the ears, but we worked under the assumption that there was a fixed order of penalty takers
to keep to in a shootout scenario. Apparently not so according to former-Premier League referee
Graham Poll.
The semi-final between Spain and Portugal ended in a draw meaning a penalty shoot-out decided
who would be in the final.
The Portuguese side seemingly forgot their order, with Bruno Alves almost reaching the penalty
spot before Nani caught up with him to take his place. Nani took an excellent penalty but Alves
missed his and Spain won.
Cristiano Ronaldo was forced to spent a few extra hours in Ukraine after missing Portugal's
flight home. The team's captain and leading scorer, who earlier missed the chance to take a penalty
in Portugal's Euro 2012 semifinal shootout loss when Spain won before his turn in the order, was
left shaking his head and pulling up the legs of his shorts as he watched the plane fly off without
him.
It was little wonder that Bruno Alves missed his penalty during last night's semi-final shootout
against Spain. The Zenit St Petersburg defender couldn't even hold his nerves sufficiently to count
to five, never mind fire the ball past Iker Casillas. Alves had been told to take the fourth
Portugal penalty.
One of the finalist for Euro 2012 has been decided and it's not Portugal. Instead, it is Spain
who continues their remarkable performance in the last 3 major tournaments involving European
teams. If nothing else, it shows just how young there were back in 2008 when they won the first of
the two trophies they currently hold.
España se impuso a Portugal por penales (4-2) en semifinales de la Eurocopa-2012, después
de que el tiempo reglamentario y la prolongación terminaran en empate (0-0), este miércoles en
Donetsk (Ucrania), y ahora buscará su segundo título continental consectivo. Cesc Fábregas, quien ya había marcado el último penal en cuartos de final contra Italia
en la Eurocopa-2008, fue el encargado de anotar el que catapultó a España esta vez a la
final del domingo en Kiev, contra el vencedor de la semifinal del jueves en Varsovia entre Alemania
e Italia.
Quarter finals. Whatever happens in the group stage flies out the window. From now on, it's just
about the performances and effort put in within a 90 minutes window. Failing that, an extra 30
minutes and so on. You catch my drift. Anyway, back to what I was trying to say, it comes down to
being to lift your game for a singular match without worrying about how other result can affect
you.
In which, during a Euro Beach Soccer League game a week or so ago, Portugal's Bruno Torres
suffers a sickening double knee rupture after falling awkwardly while attempting to block an
acrobatic effort from the Spanish striker.
Portugal have got it all to do in their final game of the group stage in Euro 2012. Portugal lost
their opening game to Germany of all teams, not that Germany is a bad team just that Portugal
defender Bruno Alves and Ronaldo himself said that they would like to show Germany that Portugal
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It's fitting that an excellent, narrow match was decided by a singular late moment of brilliance.
Despite Portugal going two up with ten minutes left in the first half, Denmark diligently fought
back, only to go down to Varela's 87th minute strike, just two minutes after he entered the fray.
Portugal defender Bruno Alves says his team will be out to prove the German media wrong on
Saturday, after pundits branded his side the 'weakest' team in Group B.
The Euro 2004 runners-up have the unenviable task of taking on a trio of previous champions in
the form of the Netherlands, Demark and Germany.
The Portuguese 'Seleccao' paid an official visit to President Anibal Cavaco
Silva at the Belem Presidential Palace yesterday ahead of their trip to Ukraine today.
Naturally, their national icon- whether they like it or not (here's looking at you, Bruno
Alves!
The Euro 2012 tournament continues to inch closer and Paulo Bento has named his 23 man squad with a
few surprises as the 2004 finalists look to get out of the Group of Death. Portugal's 23 man squad
Goalies: Rui Patricio (Sporting) Eduardo (Benfica) Beto (CFR Cluj) Defenders: Pepe (Real Madrid)
Fabio Coentrao (Real Madrid) Bruno Alves (Zenit) Joao Pereira (Sporting) Ricardo Costa (
Match just over at Estadio Riazor La Liga Home Team La Coruna Goals & Scorers 6′: Ivan Sanchez
Riki; Keeper Daniel Aranzubia Midfield Pizzi; Juan Dominguez Lamas; Abel Aguilar; Bruno Vilela
Gama; Juan Carlos Valeron; Forwards Ivan Sanchez Riki; Defense Evaldo; Manuel Pablo; Carlos
Marchena; Artiles Oliva [.
Playing at Lille Metropole Champions League Home Team Lille Keeper Mickael Landreau Midfield Gianni
Bruno; Marvin Martin; Dimitri Payet; Rio Mavuba; Florent Balmont; Forwards Nolan Roux; Defense
Aurelien Chedjou; Lucas Digne; Djibril Sidibe; Franck Beria; Subs Away Team FC Copenhagen Keeper
Johan Wiland [.
Match just over at Amex Stadium English League Championship Home Team Brighton Goals & Scorers
81′: Ashley Barnes;50′: Craig Mackail-Smith;38′: Craig Mackail-Smith;14′: Wayne
Bridge;4′: Ashley Barnes; Keeper Tomasz Kuszczak Midfield Andrew Crofts; Gary Dicker; Liam
Bridcutt; Craig Noone; Forwards Ashley Barnes; Craig Mackail-Smith; Defense Bruno Saltor; Gordon [.
Match just over at Amex Stadium English League Championship Home Team Brighton Goals & Scorers
Keeper Tomasz Kuszczak Midfield Andrew Crofts; Gary Dicker; Liam Bridcutt; Forwards Ashley Barnes;
Craig Noone; Craig Mackail-Smith; Defense Adam El-Abd; Wayne Bridge; Bruno Saltor; Gordon Greer;
Subs 81′: out Craig [.
Playing at Estadio Riazor La Liga Home Team La Coruna Keeper Daniel Aranzubia Midfield Pizzi;
Javier Camunas; Juan Dominguez Lamas; Abel Aguilar; Bruno Vilela Gama; Forwards Ivan Sanchez Riki;
Defense Artiles Oliva Aythami; Evaldo; Manuel Pablo; Carlos Marchena; Subs Away Team Osasuna Keeper
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We think Stephan El Sharawy's hair has drifted all the way through 'cool' and is headed straight
for a split non-style decision between the 'buffon' and the 'androgynous pompadour' looks. Show of
hands if you agree? Image: Paolo Bruno/Getty Images.
Blerim Dzemaili & Marek Hamsik indulge in some foreplay before the big shave. Image: Paolo
Bruno/Getty Images. H/T to @LaDiavolina. Fashion FYI, Kickettes: footballers' hair has got its
mojo back after being crushed under the weight of our scathing critiques. A summary of this week's
hottest 'baller hair trends the media won't shoosh about awaits you.
Brazil have handed out the shirt numbers to their Olympic squad. Oscar has been
given the coveted number ten. Lucas Moura, who is expected to start on the bench, has number seven.
Manchester United's Rafael has moved ahead of Danilo to take the right back slot. Tottenham's
Sandro Ranieri has been allotted number five.
Centreback Bruno Uvini's days at Spurs appear to be over after the London club failed to deposit
£2.9 million in São Paulo's bank account. Tottenham had been given until today to decide whether
to take out their option on the 20-year-old but have apparently decided not to pursue the
youngster.
Brazil has released their jersey numbers for Wednesday night's match against the United States at
FedExField, and Neymar has been given the #11 jersey. Alexandre Pato from AC Milan sports the #19,
and Hulk, the double scorer from Brazil's 3-1 win against Denmark, gets the #20.
The Brazil roster:
1) Jefferson (GK)2) Rafael3) Thiago Silva (C)4) David Luiz (he is injured and it is likely that he
will not play)5) Sandro6) Marcelo7) Lucas8) Romula9) Leandro Damiao10) Oscar11) Neymar12) Rafael
(GK)13) Bruno Uvini14) Juan15) Casimiro17) Wellington Nem18) Giuliano19) Alexandre Pato20) Hulk21)
Danilo22) Neto (GK)23) Alex Sandro
After opting to go fifth and the shootout not getting that far thanks largely to Bruno Alves'
misfortune and Cesc's little chat, Cristiano Ronaldo was left crying
"Injustiça... injustiça" (which roughly translates as "The horror.
So much for Cristiano Ronaldo disappearing in big tournaments.
The Real Madrid superstar scored his third goal of the tournament as Portugal booked the first
place in the semifinals with a 1-0 win over the Czech Republic. Ronaldo found space inside the box
with just over 10 minutes left in the game and sent Joao Moutinho's cross rocketing off the turf
and into the roof of the net.
The SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM began its warm-up games before starting its Euro 2012 campaign
with a 2 - 0 victory over SERBIA. The Spanish starting line-up looked unfamiliar as the FC
Barcelona & Athletic Bilbao players were missing due to their participation in yesterdays Spanish
Cup Final. The line-up today was: Casillas; Juanfran, Ramos, Albiol, Alba; Bruno, Xabi Alonso,
Navas, Cazorla;
Yes, I'm watching the Euro intensely (bummer for Bruno Alves hitting the inside of the crossbar in
the shootout today), but I want to remind you that there is still a big tournament going on right
here in the USA. The Harrisburg (PA) City Islanders of USL Pro (that's Division III) had an
outstanding run, eliminating the New England Revolution in the round of 32 in a shootout in one of
the
CFC Azul continued to struggle in the month of June, losing 2-1 to the Worcester Hydra Saturday
night, 2-1.
The Hydra opened up the scoring early in the first half when leading scorer Alencar Junior
netted a goal in the 20th minute. Junior took a pass from Michael Bustamante and found himself
one-on-one with Azul goalie Matt Sangeloty.
Por fin sabemos quienes son las tres finalistas que entrarán por la contienda del Balón de Oro, pues FIFA acaba de dar a conocer a un trio de jugadoras de talla mundial. Se trata de la infaltable Marta, quién ya posee cinco galardones, Abby Wambach, una de las máximas goleadoras del futbol femenil y Alex Morgan, una joven figura que ha sabido brillar, ser mediáica y volverse indispensable en cuanta escuadra juega.
Fall River Sports claimed their first LUSA title since 1999 after beating Lincoln Sports 3-2 on
Wednesday. (Photo: O Jornal)
Fall River Sports claimed the 2012 Ligas Unidas Soccer Association title on Wednesday after
edging Lincoln Club 3-2 at Billy Goncalves Field.
Lester Ramirez, Chris Arruda and Helder Porto all scored for Fall River while Nathan Avelar's
efforts between the sticks preserved the league-clinching victory.
ATLETICO DE MADRID needs to sell & after Salvio to Benfica the next in line is said to be Uruguayan
defender GODIN. The defender has offers from the Italian & English Premier League with transfer
figures citing around the 10M€. Alves If Godin finally does leave Atletico de Madrid has put its
eye on ZENIT & Portuguese International 30 year old experienced defender BRUNO ALVES.
Sin sorpresa alguna concluyó la fase de grupos de futbol femenil en Londres. Los pronósticos
se cumplieron y el viernes 3 de agosto disfrutaremos los cuartos de final.
Primero, Japón se midió a Sudáfrica en un aburrido, mecánico y trabado encuentro que deja
ver mal a las japonesas que nos enseñaron un desempeño sin precedentes en el Mundial de
Alemania.
16.06.2012 - La renovación del plantel de Racing parece apuntar a las profundidades.
(Después de la abrupta salida de Teo Gutiérrez) la inminente salida de Gio Moreno, sumada
a las conversaciones sobre Gabriel Hauche y Lucas Licht encabezan los movimientos que
no dejan afuera al sondeado Lucas "Pata" Castro.
Rafael Toloi is one of those names that pops up from time to time, linked to the biggest names
in European football, but probably destined for a Europa League-quality team until he can prove
he's ready for the big time. Unfortunately, You Tube isn't helping in that respect.
Mais um jogo da Copa Africana de Nações de 2012, foi realizado no dia 27/01/2012, na cidade de
Libreville-GAB, onde jogaram as seleções do Gabão (91º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção de
Marrocos (61º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram: Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo
2010Libreville 10/10/2009 GAB3:1 (1:0)MAR Third stage2010Casablanca 28/03/2009 MAR1:2 (0:2)GAB
Third stage1998Casablanca 16/08/1997 MAR2:0 (2:0)GAB Second stage1998Libreville 06/04/1997 GAB0:4
(0:4)MAR Second stage Eliminatórias Continentais
2004Rabat 20/06/2003 MAR2:0 (1:0)GAB Group matches2004Libreville 07/09/2002 GAB0:1 (0:1)MAR Group
matches2002Fes 16/06/2001 MAR0:1 (0:1)GAB Second round2002Libreville 02/09/2000 GAB2:0 (1:0)MAR
Second round Amistosos
2006Rabat 15/11/2006 MAR6:0 (1:0)GAB 1993Rabat 01/10/1993 MAR1:0 (0:0)GAB
Os árbitros desse jogo, foram:
Referee/Arbitre Gassama Bakary Gambia
Assistant 1 Yeo Sunguifolo Côte d'Ivoire
Assistant 2 Kabanda Felicien Rwanda
4th Official/4ème Officiel Doue Nourmandiez Côte d'Ivoire
Scout:
Morocco 13 Kharja Houssine 24
Gabon 9 Aubameyang Pierre Emerick 76
Gabon 10 Cousin Daniel Michel 79
Morocco 13 Kharja Houssine 90
Gabon 13 Mbanangoye Bruno Zita 90
