Portugal
Features news coverage of Portugal and its players, including match reports and general football news.
Cristiano Ronaldo: “I am suffering and I have the right to suffer alone.”
Cristiano Ronaldo and his Portugal side were eliminated by Spain after only conceding one goal in four matches. It is said that misery loves company but apparently this was not the case for Cristiano in Cape Town. In comments published by the Madrid broadsheet, Marca, Ronaldo explained his reasons for not attending the post-match press…
World Cup News: Cristiano Ronaldo Spits His Dummy Out!
Morning all, and welcome to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. There’s a bit of a strange hush falling across the planet today, as we face the first football-less day in nearly three weeks – and I tell ya, it just don’t feel right. However the good news is, although the action itself is…
Spain 1-0 Portugal – Video Highlights
Read the Spain v Paraguay preview. Spain 1-0 Portugal 2010 FIFA World Cup 29 June 2010 Spain would fail to convert several chances but a second half goal from David Villa moved them into the quarterfinals. The Spanish had much more possession and chances including eight shots on goal in the match. Portugal’s defense did…
World Cup Podcast: A painful England post mortem
Join Adrian Clarke & Iain Spragg on the latest edition of the pint-size Soccerlens World Cup Podcast. The duo do their best to analyse what went wrong for England and what the future holds for Fabio Capello and his boys after their lame exit from the finals at the hands of Germany yesterday. Argentina, Brazil,…
Spain v Portugal Preview
Spain and Portugual will be eying a spot in the semifinals after being put in the same bracket as Paraguay and Japan, and the regardless of who goes through, the quarter-final tie promises to be an easier game.
World Cup News: ‘Der Kaiser’ Takes It All Beck(enbauer)!
Morning all, and welcome to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. Today sees the start of the World Cup proper, with the first (and second) of the last 16 ties taking place this afternoon. It’ll be good to see some unrelenting do-or-die hyper-tense knock-out football after having to sit through some shamelessly awful ‘let’s…
Portugal 0-0 Brazil – Video Highlights
Portugal 0-0 Brazil Video Highlights 2010 FIFA World Cup 25 June 2010 Portugal would play a defensive and conservative match as they earned a scoreless draw against Brazil. Neither side have a lot of chances but Brazil had more possession. Portugal didn’t play many of their attacking players from the first two matches and had…
Kaka’: “Maradona’s goal was an intentional handball”
Ricardo Kaka’ was probably the last person we would expect to see red in South Africa. “They’d been talking to me about a kid in Brazil. I’d never heard of Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite. From the name he sounded more like a televangelist and that wasn’t far wrong. He looked like a Jehovah’s witness….
World Cup News: John Terry Is Really, Really Sorry
Good day all and welcome to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. The big(gest) news today is that England’s ‘rabble-rouser’ John Terry, after a full day of brave defiance, has fallen back in line following his ‘player power’ speech on Sunday night – in which he urged Fabio Capello to play Joe Cole, let…
Portugal 7-0 North Korea – Video Highlights
Portugal 7-0 North Korea 2010 FIFA World Cup 21 June 2010 It was a dominating win for Portugal as they crushed North Korea 7-0 in a Group G match on Monday. The scoring would start in the 29th minute as Raul Meireles scored the opening goal. That would be the only goal of the first…
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