So many games. The premiership starts this Saturday! The Serie A on August 30th. Here are this week's club games with some of the Portugal national team players.
Paolo Ferreira, Ricardo Carvalho, Deco, Jose Bosingwa is ruled out:
Chelsea- 1st Premiership game of the season, August 16th Chelsea v. Portsmouth
Nani, Cristiano Ronaldo
Manchester United
Nuno Gomes, Jorge Ribeiro:
Benfica- The next Benfica game is another pre-season friendly, Friday August 15, the Eusebio cup, Benfica v. Inter
Bruno Alves, Raul Meireles:
FC PortoSaturday, August 16th, Sporting v. FC Porto, Supertaça (Supercup between the League cup champions (Sporting) and the Portuguese league champion (FC Porto), Estádio Algarve, 20h45 Lisbon time.
Joao Moutinho, Miguel Veloso, Helder Postiga:
Sporting Lisbon, SCP (Sporting Clube Portugal)- The big game before the start of the Portuguese league 2008-2009, Liga Sagres, Saturday, August 16th, Sporting v. FC Porto, Supertaça (Supercup), Estádio Algarve, 20h45 Lisbon time. Come on Sporting!
Simao,
Atletico Madrid- Wednesday, August 13, 2008, Champions League game, 1st leg, Atletico Madrid v. Shalke 04. Coach Javier Aguirre considers this game a final. In the press conference today he said in Spanish, "we don't have pressure. Pressure is not being in Europe, because a great club like Atletico needs to be in Europe every year. This is a final. We all know that we need to give back to this team the place it deserves.
We have the conviction that it has to be where it deserves."
About El Kun Aguero absent because he's in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, "El Kun is very important but like Simao, Maxi, Forlán or Leo... "
These yet to follow:
Ricardo
Real Betis
Fernando Meira
Galatasaray
Petit
Cologne
- Watching any of these games?