Portuguese League - home of Cristiano Ronaldo, Falcao, Nani...and Bebe

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Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

Mans posted:

-Support Barreirense, Desportivo das Aves, Gondomar or Belenenses if you want to be a true fan of Portuguese football.

Belenenses' stadium has the most gorgeous surroundings you can imagine, it's a stone's throw from the Jer�nimos monastery and all the other grotesque monuments on the Bel�m beach. Support them for aesthetical reasons.

# ¿ Oct 23, 2011 15:08

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# ¿ Apr 23, 2024 22:42

Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

Whatever happened to Boavista? I remember when in the '90s my team (MyPa, from Finland) played them in the Cup Winners' Cup we were thinking "woah, a big European team playing here, sick", but looks like they've since been relegated to the third division. Financial difficulties?

e: oh, should've read the thread...

# ¿ Oct 24, 2011 01:18

Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

Mercaptopropyl posted:

I laughed at the idea of Angola having that kind of money, but thanks to oil and diamonds the joke was on me.

Oil runs African football: Angola held the 2010 Nations Cup, next year's will be in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, and 2013's was originally given to Libya but I think South Africa will be the emergency host due to all that revolution jazz.

e: wait, I just realised the same is true of the World Cup :ohdear:

# ¿ Oct 30, 2011 00:46

Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

Why is Benfica at the top in that table...

# ¿ Nov 5, 2011 03:48

Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

Oh, away goals count in the standings? Never thought about that.

# ¿ Nov 5, 2011 04:07

Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

Porto's style of play is quite... butchy. Cross balls between Djalma and Hulk, hoping the latter will push through and get a square ball in front of the goal. I'd wager they'll manage to tire Sporting's pressing in the end, though.

# ¿ Jan 7, 2012 22:13

Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

I thought it was an alright match, both teams had one chance where they should've scored (the Sporting shot Pereira saved and James Rodriguez's shot that hit Otamendi), and a few chances where they could've scored. I was quite impressed by that five minute period in the first half where Sporting were totally bossing it, Porto were struggling so bad that they got a couple of yellow cards out of it.

# ¿ Jan 8, 2012 03:37

Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

Rio Ave's keeper is called Huanderson. <3 Brazilian names.

# ¿ Jan 15, 2012 02:26

Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

BabaBabaBabaBaba as I would say.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOMe-8Tf1Y0

# ¿ Jan 25, 2012 03:23

Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

Mean Bean Machine posted:

This match might decide the title, although I'm hoping for a draw.

A draw might still decide the title. Benfica are ahead on away goals thanks to drawing 2-2 in Porto.

# ¿ Mar 2, 2012 19:28

Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

calcio posted:

This is such terrible crap to watch, more diving than Barca at the the swimming pool.

You Don't Get It

Benfica improved helluva lot towards the end of the half, I hope second half is as intense.

# ¿ Mar 2, 2012 22:12

Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

So Benfica's next four games are, what, Chelsea, Braga, Chelsea, Sporting? What a great way to prepare that was.

# ¿ Mar 24, 2012 03:52

Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

Is Sporting broke or what? They just signed the Indian national team captain Sunil Chhetri for the B team, but from what I know of Indian football, I somehow doubt he's up to the standard of even Segunda. Silly marketing stunt.

# ¿ Jul 4, 2012 22:51

Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

Football is quite popular in Bengal and the city of Mumbai, and the latter alone has a population of 20 million, so it's probably not a bad investment at all. West Ham tried to sign him a few seasons ago iirc, but he couldn't get a work permit.

# ¿ Jul 4, 2012 23:33

Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

You already have a bunch of fans in Goa: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sporting_Clube_de_Goa

# ¿ Jul 5, 2012 03:08

Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

Mean Bean Machine posted:

Rolando nowadays would go for around 15m [...] He's nothing exceptional really.

Capitalism, everyone.

Porto are a bit short on centre backs, tbh, so they'd want to spend much of the money they get from Rolando on some South American kid. 15m sounds realistic enough.

# ¿ Jul 13, 2012 17:04

Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

Mean Bean Machine posted:

Eh, not really, they have great young players in Mangala and Otamendi, Rolando and Maicon, who is seemingly on the verge of also becoming a great CB if Vitor Pereira stops playing him at RB. The center of the defense isn't really a spot they need to strengthen unless someone leaves.

Three centre backs isn't exactly a lot though? That's what I meant, if they sell Rolando they'll want a replacement.

# ¿ Jul 13, 2012 20:02

Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

Someone explain Benfica's midfield to me. Matic behind Martins? That's it for the whole season pretty much?

# ¿ Sep 4, 2012 01:26

Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

I dunno, I don't think losing Hulk will hurt Porto nearly as much selling Garcia and Witsel will Benfica. Is that other Colombian dude at Porto even approaching James' quality?

# ¿ Sep 4, 2012 02:41

Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

Mans posted:

Since Benfica lost all three defensive midfielders and Carlos Martins has been pretty good i guess Jesus is planning on an all 5 attacking midfielders attempting to score more goals than conceding. We really have no decent defending guys in the midfield anymore.

Oh God, if only there was a way you could face Roma in a European tournament this year... :allears:

# ¿ Sep 4, 2012 15:26

Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

Jorge Jesus, like a true world class professional, blamed it all on the refs.

# ¿ Sep 23, 2012 23:08

Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

That Classico started off very entertaining and then just became blander and blander. Porto should be happy with that, their attack is totally castrated without James and the goals were weird flukes. Great games by Matic and Alex Sandro.

# ¿ Jan 13, 2013 23:34

Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

Ri-loving-diculous.

Mariana Cabral ‏@aminhabola 14m
neste momento o melhor que o lfv podia fazer era ligar para o pa�os e oferecer um est�dio novo em troca de vit�ria

# ¿ May 11, 2013 22:45

Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

That's loving incredible.

# ¿ May 26, 2013 19:29

Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

Mean Bean Machine posted:

Wondering if Benfica fans here are going to subscribe to BenficaTV for the home matches. I don't care about those but Benfica buying the rights for the Premier League matches absolutely sucks, I have no idea how I'm going to solve that apart from streaming or something.

Wait? Is Premier League shown in Portugal only on BenficaTV then? That owns.

# ¿ Aug 3, 2013 12:07

Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

Drogadon posted:

Things getting heated now, we will probably see a red card before this is over.

That two minutes with five yellows was absurd. And Danilo just got his second yellow for diving. Pretty unfair call that.

# ¿ Jan 12, 2014 18:33

Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

Wasn't Garay inches away from going to loving Zenit in January already? I hope it's at least a big team in England or Spain (or Italy lol) that gets him.

# ¿ May 18, 2014 20:23

Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

Mean Bean Machine posted:

Out

Marcos Rojo - Man Utd - �20m
Viola - Karabukspor - loan
Wilson Eduardo - Dinamo Zagreb - loan
Rinaudo - Catania - �3m

You forgot Dier, who seems like something of a loss...

# ¿ Aug 24, 2014 14:05

Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

It's worse than all of those leagues though, so it's not unreasonable.

# ¿ Aug 31, 2014 14:49

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# ¿ Apr 23, 2024 22:42

Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

None of those sounds good.

# ¿ Nov 9, 2014 13:24

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