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Features news coverage of Portugal and its players, including match reports and general football news.
England 2018 Plead With FIFA To ‘Ignore The Media’
In a development that reveals just how low they now deem themselves to have sunk in FIFA’s estimations (and how far back they have fallen back in terms of the impending vote), England 2018 have written to every voting member on the organisation’s executive committee (EC), pleading with them to not to punish the bid…
FIFA Reeling Amidst Fresh World Cup Bribery Allegations
FIFA are on the defensive again today, after yet another tidal wave of allegations concerning the corruption of their World Cup bidding system broke across their bow yesterday afternoon. Football’s governing body have vowed to look into fresh claims made by Michel Zen-Ruffinen in yesterday’s Sunday Times, wherein their former secretary-general seemed adamant that he…
Portugal 3-1 Denmark – Video Highlights (8 Oct 10)
A struggling Portugal faced an in form Denmark where they needed a win to make it to Poland and Ukraine. The Group H Qualifier turned out to be a walk in the park for the Seleccao as the Danes failed to score themselves. Goal Highlights: Portugal 1-0 Denmark (Nani) Portugal 2-0 Denmark (Nani) Portugal 2-1…
Can Portugal’s new coach be their savior?
After securing just one point from two games, the game against Denmark comes to them as a must win. Denmark has won their opening fixture 1-0 against Iceland and they’re sitting on second spot. Portugal, on the other hand, are sitting on the second to last spot.
Shhh! As Wazza and Bebe Shine on International Duty
Ahh the football international. A time where the worlds greats can showcase their talent by proudly representing their countries and putting their bitter club feuds aside as they line up alongside their rivals. Poetic, aint it? Me personally, I see the international break as a nuisance. An opportunity for the country to get carried away…
Investigators Reveal ‘Massive’ World Cup Data Breach
It should come as no surprise to any football fan with even a passing contempt for the game’s governing body that FIFA have yet again dropped a sizeable bollock, a bollock that stands a very good chance of ruining many innocent supporters’ lives. News has broken this morning that a database containing the personal details…
World Cup News: Julio Cesar Receives A Heroes’ Welcome, Felipe Melo Doesn’t!
Good morrow and welcome to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. Four games left people. Four…games…left. Here’s your round-up of all this morning’s World Cup-related news… (If you would like to subscribe to this column – and others like it on Soccerlens – then please feel free to follow this link, or you can…
Where are Rooney, Ronaldo, and Messi?
This World Cup has been characterized by teams with two main traits: organization and mental toughness. While it was supposed to be the Wold Cup where Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Lionel Messi were going to explode with their talent, instead we saw less from their teams, and more from other, more organized, and mentally…
20 ‘Lesser Lights’ That Have Shone At The 2010 World Cup
With so many of the ‘big guns’ misfiring at this summer’s World Cup, I thought it was high time to take a look at some of the ‘lesser lights’ that have sparkled in South Africa. Below are the 20 players that, although having seen their sides crash (some more spectacularly than others) out of the…
World Cup News: Don’t Blame Jermain Defoe, He Wasn’t There!
Good morning my dears, and welcome to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. No action to report. STOP. Please send biscuits. STOP Here’s your round-up of all the World Cup-related goings-on this fine morrow… (If you would like to subscribe to this column – and others like it on Soccerlens – then please feel…
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