Portugal Sub21, Toulon tournament, Group B, Chile, France, Qatar, 3 games June 4, 6, 8

Portugal Sub21 will play in the Toulon tournament in France, in Group B. It's from June 3 to 12, 2009. They come from winning the XIII Torneio International da Madeira in March 2009.

Group B:
Chile, Qatar, France,

Fixtures of Portugal Sub21 in the Toulon tournament:
June 4, 2009 against Chile
June 6, 2009 against France
June 8, 2009 agaisnt Qatar

Semi-finals- June 10, 2009
Third place and FINAL- June 12, 2009

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I wish Portugal could be in the Euro 2009 Sub21 instead. The France sub21 team looks like the strongest. I hope it's televised to see Manuel Da Costa and Joao Pereira.

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Video Portugal Sub21, Miguel Veloso, Pereirinha, Manuel Fernandes, leaving for London, 3-9-08

Selecção sub-21, in September 3, 2008 was leaving for London ahead of a qualification match for the Euro2009 Sub21. They didn't qualify! Yesterday as a consolation prize, they did win the XIII Torneio Internacional da Madeira.



Video Portugal Sub21 leaving for London, 3-9-08. Last year, before their England Sub21 - Portugal Sub21 qualification match for the Euro 2009

00:19 Portugal Sub21 getting off the team bus. Bruno Gama, Goncalo Brandao,

01:00 Rui Cacador saying that Portugal has to qualify

01:28 Manuel Fernandes, Miguel Veloso with the team at the airport

01:36 Pereirinha on a cellphone, sitting in the lounge

Screenshots of the video:
Manuel Fernandes, Miguel Veloso

Pereirinha

Manuel Fernandes, Miguel Veloso

Bruno Gama on the right













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So glad to see the Portugal Sub21 on video.

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Portugal Sub21 2–1 Finland, Portugal Sub21 won this 3rd game of the XIII Torneio Internacional da Madeira, March 27, 2009

Today was the last Portugal Sub21 game in the XIII Torneio Internacional da Madeira. They won 2-1, making it 3 victories in a row.

Portugal Sub21 2–1 Finland,
Orlando Sá (31’)----Riku Riski (31’)
Fábio Coentrão (43’ gp).

Matchday 3, XIII Torneio Internacional da Madeira
Estádio dos Barreiros | March 27, 2009

Lineups:
Portugal:
Rui Patrício – CAP; João Gonçalves (Miguel Vítor, 45’), Daniel Carriço, Bura e André Pinto; Stélvio, Adrien Silva (Ruben Lima, 78') e Romeu Ribeiro (Castro, 45’); Yazalde (Ukra, 61’), Fábio Coentrão (Candeias, 67’) e Orlando Sá.

Substitutes not used: Ventura, Candeias e Rui Fonte.
Coach: Rui Caçador.

Finlândia:
Jukka Lehtovaara; Ville Nikkari (Henri Aalto, 45’), Juhani Ojala, Joona Toivio – CAP e Jarkko Vartto; Sakari Mattila (Jani Tanska, 61’), Toni Kolehmainen e Riku Riski; Sebastian Mannstrom (Akseli Pelvas, 45’), Jani Virtanen (Pele Koljonen, 78') e Aleksei Kangaskolkka.

Substitutes not used: Juha Tuomi, Jussi Heikkinen, Jani Backman, Jonne Hjelm e Patrik Lomski
Coach: Markku Kanerva.

Yellow cards: Juhani Ojala (54’), Fábio Coentrão (66’), Adrien Silva (68’).

Referee: Manuel Mendes (Cape Verde)
Asst referees: Sérgio Lacroix e João Freitas (Portugal)
4th referee: Elmano Santos (Portugal)
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Orlando Sa' was a forward in the Portugal 1-0 Finland game. Carlos Queiroz didn't call him up this time for Sweden, South Africa games. After scoring 2 goals in this tournament, Queiroz might keep him in mind.

Being a substitute at Sp. Braga and playing within the last 15 minutes of a game has to change.

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Portugal Sub21 wins XIII Torneio Internacional da Madeira, March 27, 2009

Portugal Sub21 (Selecção Nacional Sub-21) wins XIII Torneio Internacional da Madeira, March 27, 2009. it won all its 3 games in the tournament!

Portugal Sub21 2-0 Cape Verde
Portugal Sub21 1-0 Madeira
Portugal Sub21 2-1 Finland

Portugal Sub21 2-1 Finland
Portugal goal - Orlando Sá header

Finland goal After a defense of Rui Patrício, Riku Riski, took advantage of the rebound.

Fábio Coentrão scored the 2nd goal in the first half.

9th time the Portugal Sub21 team won the Torneio Internacional da Madeira
Previous years won: 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008.

Orlando Sá , Sp. Braga forward, called up in Portugal 1-0 Finland.
elected the best player of the tournament, XIII Torneio Internacional da Madeira.

Fábio Coentrão was the 2007 best player of the Torneio Internacional da Madeira
Daniel Carriço, was the 2008 best player of the Torneio Internacional da Madeira
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Thank goodness they won this tournament.

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Portugal Sub21 wins! Video goals Portugal 2-0 Cape Verde, 1st game in XIII Torneio Internacional da Madeira! March 24, 2009

The Portugal Sub21 team wins today! Portugal 2-0 Cape Verde, 1st game in XIII Torneio Internacional da Madeira! Matchday 1.

This is great news because I think Portugal is the strongest of the 3 teams in the tournament.

(O selecionador português de Sub-21,) coach Rui Caçador said:

About the missed penalty by Pereirinha and Rui Pedro-
"I have to highlight the situation I didn't linke and that will not happen again in the national team. The execution of the penalty wasn't a nice gesture. I hope that it won't be repeated. I want to apologize to the Cape Verde team that played with lots of dignity."

About the performance-
"I liked the competitive attitude of the team. The Cape Verde team was very defensive, well-structured, and most of their players play in Portugal."

About Wednesday's game against the national team of Madeira- "more difficulties."

Match info:

Portugal 2-0 Cape Verde
15'Orlando Sá, (pen.)
66' Fábio Coentrão

66' Fábio Coentrão Portugal 2-0 Cape Verde





















Orlando Sa' converting the penalty.
Handball in the area by a Cape Verde player.
















Madeira, Portugal's next opponent, lost today Finland 1-0 Madeira.

Estádio da Madeira
Referee: Antti Munukka (Finlândia)

Lineups:
PORTUGAL: Rui Patrício; João Gonçalves, Carriço, Miguel Vítor e Ruben Lima; Adrien (Stélvio, 71), Castro, Pereirinha e Ukra (Rui Fonte, 61); Candeias (Fábio Coentrão, 46) e Orlando Sá (Rui Pedro, 80)

CABO VERDE: Hélio; Norton Santos, Admilson, Pedro Correia e Ianique (Nivaldo Santos, 76); Edson Cruz, Valter Borges, Sténio Santos e Josi Duarte (Ryan Mendes, 46); Dany Ribeiro (José Santos, 67) e Heldon Ramos (Anthonio Correia, 82)
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Monica 08: Sp. Braga's Orland Sa' scored today and was in the starting lineup. Big difference from his club. At Sp. Braga he has come in the game within the last 15 minutes. Only in the game before the UEFA Cup he was in the startin glineup because the 'stars' were being rested for the 2nd leg game Braga -PSG.

Fábio Coentrão- was a substitute in the second half. He replaced Candeias in the 46th minute! Ended up scoring 20 minutes later!

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Portugal Sub21 play in XIII Torneio Internacional da Madeira starts tomorrow, March 24, 2009

The Portugal Sub21 team (Selecção Nacional Sub-21) also has their training camp today! They play in tomorrow's Torneio Internacional da Madeira.

First game in the tournament- March 24, 2009 against Cape Verde, 17h30, Estádio da Madeira (Choupana).

Striker Orlando Sá from Sp. Braga spoke to the media after today's training session in Madeira:

"We have the best expectations of the team for this tournament. The group is united. We have the mentality to win this tournament."

About the new players this year:

"It's a new generation. It has nothing to do with the generations that didn't qualify for the Euro. We're in a new phase. These tournaments are good to prepare the future of the national team."

Four players who did limited training:

Sporting's Bruno Pereirinha
Sporting's Daniel Carriço
Fábio Coentrão
Yazalde (abdominal injury)

Objective according to coach Rui Caçador,

About the team: "It's well structured and has done a different journey. After the defeat of the first game in this journey, against Ukraine, the team foolowed up with 2 victories against Spain and Switzerland. We're going to do this tournament as an important preparation for the Torneio Internacional de Toulon."

XIII Torneio Internacional da Madeira- 24 - 27 March, Selecção Nacional Sub-21 (Portugal), Madeira, Cape Verde and Finland.

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Go Portugal! I hope they win at least their first game. I want Bruno Pereirinha to do well.

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Portugal sub21 team playing qualification matches for the Euro2011- next game in March 24 for the 'tournament of Madeira'

What's the next game of the Portugal Sub21 team?

I followed the team during the Sub21Euro in Holland in 2007 and the Under-20 Fifa World Cup. When Nani, Miguel Veloso and Antunes left, I stopped following their results.

Photo: Rui Caçador, the Portugal Sub21 coach. Was the assistant coach of Jose Couceiro in 2007. Became the head coach when Couceiro was sacked. Photo: Lusa

I'll start following the new faces in the Sub21 team again. Orlando Sa from Sporting de Braga and Rui Patricio are the 'popular' ones.

While The Portugal team is playing qualification matches for the 2010 World Cup. The Portugal sub21 is playing qualifications for the Euro 2011.

They're in group 9 with England, Greece, Macedonia and Lithuania. The qualification phase is from March 28, 2009 to September 7 2010.

So far
October 2008- defeat against Ukraine 1-0 in Pedroso, Vila Nova de Gaia,
November 2008- victory 4 goals against Spain, 3 goals scored by Orlando Sá (Sporting de Braga)

Next time the Sub21 meet
Training camp on March 2, and 3 before participating in the "Torneio Internacional da Madeira." It will be on March 24 and 27. The other three teams in the tournament are Madeira, Finland and Jordan.

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