20 May 2008

19 Players of the Portugal national team arrive in Viseu, Portugal to start training today

The 19 players arrived in Viseu, Portugal yesterday, Monday, May 19th. Their first training together is today on Wednesday. Check out the banner the city of Viseu displays while the natioanl team stays there for the next 13 days: "Viseu rhymes with European, "selecção" (national team) rhymes with "coraçao" (heart).

This morning I saw this 5 minute video clip and each of the players spoke a few words. They were still holding their luggage inside the Hotel. It's so nice to hear them speak and see them - at least online- before the tournament starts.

The players who'll get to Viseu -at least- in 2 days are the 2 Chelsea players, Paolo Ferreira, Ricardo Carvalho, the 2 Man U players Nani and perhaps the best known player of the team, Cristiano Ronaldo. Because of the Champions League Final they have permission to arrive later than the required date of May 19th.

Deco, midfielder:


Quim, 2nd choice goalkeeper:

There was also Moutinho, Fernando Meira, and Postiga but I didn't have time to take the pictures yet. I wanted to embed the video here but RTP doesn't have their channel on Youtube like Milan Channel, so I can only put the links to their site. Here's the video clip

The players then did light running on a golf course. Recognize any?

Nuno Gomes, defender Bruno Alves, and Deco.

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