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The Best Bet: How to make money from Portugal vs Spain

by Josh Wright at Thursday, Jun 14 2018 17:03
The Best Bet: How to make money from Portugal vs Spain At the start of the week it would have been hard to look beyond anything other than a Spain victory in Friday’s Iberian derby against Euro 2016 winners Portugal. Spain were considered among the pre-tournament favourites up until 48 hours ago but now there is a cloud of uncertainty about the te...
Categories: WhoScored Tipster

World Cup warm up: Spain’s disastrous preparation gives Portugal hope

by Josh Wright at Thursday, Jun 14 2018 16:00
World Cup warm up: Spain’s disastrous preparation gives Portugal hope In terms of World Cup drama, you’ll be hard pressed to find anything more sensational in the history of the competition than Spain sacking their head coach one day before the tournament starts. Real Madrid announced Julen Lopetegui as their new head coach for next season on Tuesday and by Wedn...
Categories: World Cup

World Cup Countdown: The ones to watch for Portugal

by Ben McAleer at Wednesday, May 16 2018 16:40
World Cup Countdown: The ones to watch for Portugal As the World Cup edges closer, we continue our run down of mini-previews to gear up for the tournament.After rounding off Group A with Uruguay on Tuesday, we delve into Group B and start with European champions Portugal.Two years ago, Eder’s goal in extra time saw Portugal lift the European Ch...
Categories: World Cup

World Cup Selection Dilemma: Why Portugal must build around Ruben Neves

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, Apr 18 2018 17:16
World Cup Selection Dilemma: Why Portugal must build around Ruben Neves Let’s start with a sentence I never thought I’d type. The European champions should build their team around a Championship star.Of course, Portugal’s most important player in Russia will be Cristiano Ronaldo, but Fernando Santos’ side can’t rely too heavily on the agein...
Categories: World Cup

2018 World Cup Group B: Portugal's nightmare drawing neighbours Spain

by Martin Laurence at Friday, Dec 1 2017 17:34
2018 World Cup Group B: Portugal's nightmare drawing neighbours Spain European Champions Portugal will be aiming to claim the concurrent World title but will have to face the last side to achieve that feat in neighbours Spain in Group B. With that in mind it was a nightmare draw for both Iran and Morocco, with the former the lowest ranked side from pot 3 and the latte...
Categories: Tournament Focus

The Expert: Quaresma to the rescue after Portugal’s wobble

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Nov 14 2016 16:00
The Expert: Quaresma to the rescue after Portugal’s wobble “Scoring lots of goals is the best medicine,” said the headline on Sunday morning’s edition of O Jogo ahead of Portugal’s meeting with Latvia, and the numbers have already become the bottom line, just four games into the European champions’ qualifying campaign for the 2...
Categories: The Expert

Togetherness key to Portugal's shock Euro 2016 success

by Miguel Delaney at Monday, Jul 11 2016 15:47
Togetherness key to Portugal's shock Euro 2016 success Before the Portuguese squad were running onto the Stade de France pitch in complete and unrestrained delight, those same players were “in shock”.Cedric Soares has admitted that they found Cristiano Ronaldo’s first-half injury a “very, very tough moment” - so the captain...
Categories: Team Focus

Carvalho coming of age to epitomise Portugal pragmatism

by Jonathan Wilson at Monday, Jul 11 2016 12:41
Carvalho coming of age to epitomise Portugal pragmatism Perhaps Portugal’s greatest achievement was that they did it without their key man, that they had the team spirit and the organisation to overcome the loss of a player who had been central to everything they had done in the tournament to that point. But enough about the semi-final – at l...
Categories: Player Focus

Sissoko Vindicating Deschamps’ Selection Ahead of Euro 2016 Final

by Josh Wright at Friday, Jul 8 2016 15:25
Sissoko Vindicating Deschamps’ Selection Ahead of Euro 2016 Final Didier Deschamps’ decision to include Moussa Sissoko in his France squad for Euro 2016 in favour of Hatem Ben Arfa left the majority of the host nation a little frustrated. While Ben Arfa’s dazzling performances in Ligue 1 last season saw him secure a move to Paris Saint-Germain, Sissoko...
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Portugal Need More Beyond Ronaldo to Secure Euro 2016 Success

by Miguel Delaney at Thursday, Jul 7 2016 12:00
Portugal Need More Beyond Ronaldo to Secure Euro 2016 Success Cristiano Ronaldo was utterly delighted with himself and Gareth Bale so thoroughly deflated, but the two Real Madrid stars still found common ground in the centre of the Lyon Grand Stade pitch after Portugal’s 2-0 win over Wales. Ronaldo told Bale that he and his team had been “the shini...
Categories: Euro 2016