31 May 2008

Portugal - Georgia friendly May 31st, before leaving tomorrow to Switzerland for EURO 2008.

Portugal 2 - 0 Georgia
18' - Joao Moutinho
45' - Simao Sabrosa (pen.)

Estadio do Fontelo, Viseu, Portugal


The friendly before the Portugal national team leave tomorrow at 6:30pm to Switzerland for the EURO 2008. 1 week from today, Portugal plays its 1st game at EURO 2008, Portugal- Turkey.

I 'm going to listen to it live on the radio online antena1, www.rtp.pt/antena1/. I like the way Nuno Matos and Pedro Ferreira narrate the game. It's like hearing it in Spanish, so much passion and enthusiam especially when there's a goal. They analyze the game, the players, and don't shy away from critiquing Scolari or Cristiano Ronaldo. Joaquim Rita and Jorge Coroado comment on the fouls and referee. I'm watching it because

  • what goalkeeper-
  • what forward
  • what midfield trio? Deco, Petit and ___?
  • team attitude in the 2nd half.


The Portugal starting lineup:

Ricardo,

Bosingwa, Ricardo Carvalho, Pepe, Paulo Ferreira,

Petit, João Moutinho, Deco,

Cristiano Ronaldo, Simão, Nuno Gomes.

Substitutes: Quim (gk), Rui Patrício(gk), Miguel, Bruno Alves, Fernando Meira, Jorge Ribeiro, Miguel Veloso, Raul Meireles, Nani, Quaresma, Postiga e Hugo Almeida.

Manager: Luiz Felipe Scolari


GEÓRGIA: Loria, Lobjanidze, Asatiani, Khizanishvili, Navalovski, Kenia, Mentesashvili, Kobiashvili, Tskitishvili, Iashvili e Aleksidze.

Substitutes: Lomaia, Makaridze, Kvirkvelia, Mujiri, Devdariani, Klimiashvili, Barabadze, Merebashvili, Kvakhadze, Khidesheli, Gotsiridze e Sanaia.

Manager: Petar Segrt

Referee: Levi Meir (Israel)

No AC Milan star Kaladze.

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1st 13 minutes. They were saying that Portugal does what it wants. The big problem for Portugal is the time it will take to score its first goal.

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I predict a 3-1 victory for Portugal.

Goals: 1 Nani, 1 Quaresma, 1 Cristiano Ronaldo.

What's your prediction, final result?

What surprised you from the game?