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Once you get past the dubious penalty call, and Pepe’s deserved red card, Portugal’s dismantling at the hands of Germany comes down to tactical ineptitude.
Portugal’s friendlies against Greece, Mexico, and Ireland gave Paulo Bento the opportunity [...]
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Cristiano Ronaldo’s return and the dismantling of Ireland provided a much-needed psychological boost for Portugal.
After underwhelming in their previous friendlies against Greece and Mexico, the Portuguese showed just how much of a threat they could be in [...]
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It may not be a first memory, but every football fan is indelibly impressed by that one moment, or one sequence of arbitrarily strung events, that has fostered an eternal love affair with the World Cup.
The alluring quadrennial has the [...]
A game-winning goal by Bruno Alves may have served to instill Portugal with some confidence, but it did not mask the difficulties felt by a team that desperately misses its talisman.
With one more friendly to go before Portugal head to Brazil, Paulo Bento took advantage of Ronaldo’s absence [...]
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For the superstitious, Tuesday’s thunder and lightning were bad omens.
After a brief a press conference that saw Nani get inundated with questions about Cristiano Ronaldo’s injury, the press core was escorted to Portugal’s practice field, only [...]
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Portugal’s first preparation game en route to Brazil served mostly to test out a new system, as well as some of the players who are vying for the last few spots in Paulo Bento’s starting eleven.
One of [...]
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If the report in Portugal’s Record newspaper is to be believed, Fabio Coentrão was left in tears at the close of last summer’s transfer market.
Coentrão’s much anticipated loan move to Manchester United from Real Madrid was dead, [...]
My appearance on Have Another Donut Podcast with Sirius XM’s Mike Corbett and Cristiano Oliveira: talking Champions League final, Donovan’s exclusion from the US men’s national team, and Mexico’s no sex rule.
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Surprising may be too strong a word, but Portugal’s provisional World Cup squad certainly has its peculiarities.
Gone are some of Paulo Bento’s regular “reserve” call-ups, such as Danny (Zenit) and Ruben Micael (Braga), and in their stead the [...]
