Articles tagged with "benfica"
Jornada 5 Recap: Familiar Faces in First Places
By Greg | October 9th, 2008The league really has to change its name. I know that it's allegedly called "Liga Sagres" after the beer company "Sagres," but without commercializing ...
UEFA Cup draw - The going gets tough(er)
By Martini Extra Dry | October 7th, 2008The UEFA Cup draw has now taken place and our dear beloved Aston Villa are now getting their first real taste of what to expect ...
Clássico Recap: Sporting 1 - 2 MF Tripeiros
By Greg | October 7th, 2008I know this is a few days in the making, but I just got over wanting to pound the hell out of my keyboard while ...
Metalist Kharkiv in tough Group B of UEFA Cup
By sasha | October 7th, 2008After overcoming the legendary Turkish club Beşiktaş, Metalist Kharkiv as been drawn into a very tough Group B that includes Bundesliga's Hertha Berlin, Greece Super ...
Jornada 5 Precap: Here We Go Again
By Greg | October 7th, 2008Well, that lasted a whole four weeks... Jornada five brought us a Porto away win against formerly second place Sporting. Which, as you ...
UEFA Cup draw today
By Martini Extra Dry | October 6th, 2008The draw for the group stage of the UEFA Cup takes place today, with Villa seeded in the fourth pot, meaning we will definitely face ...
Jornada 5 Preview: 2 v 4 and 3 v 5
By Greg | October 3rd, 2008It's a big weekend in Portuguese club football. Second place Sporting welcome fourth spot Porto with open arms and hearts for another iteration of ...
Champions League Matchday 2: Sporting v. FC Basel 867-5309 Preview
By Greg | October 1st, 20082008/09 Champions League Group C Matchday 2 Sporting v. FC Basel 1893 October 1, 2008 @ 2:45 PM Eastern Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal Preview Both teams ...
Jornada 4 Recap: Logjammin' At the Top O' The Table
By Greg | September 30th, 2008Four matches have been played and only three points separate first place from tenth. While I don't necessarily expect Nacional and Leixões to be ...
Benfica 2 - 0 Sporting: Match Recap
By Greg | September 29th, 2008Great. Just frigging great. We take all nine points from the first three matches, and then this. The hugging, self-love, and grab-assing ...
Jornada 4 Pre-Cap: Benfica Protect the Fortress da Luz
By Greg | September 29th, 2008Since O Belem and Sexy Leixy still have a match to play today, I'll reserve the weekly superlatives (as I have in the past) for ...
Benfica v. Sporting Derby Preview
By Greg | September 27th, 20082008/09 Portuguese Liga Sagres Jornada 4 Benfica v. Sporting September 27, 2008 @ 20:45 Local time Estadio da Luz, Lisbon Preview Both teams come into this game ...
Jornada 4 Preview: Benfica v. Sporting Derby Time!!!
By Greg | September 26th, 2008As you're all well aware (and according to the big bosses, I've made you too aware) I've been away for a while with vacation and ...
I Disappear, I Reappear
By Greg | September 25th, 2008Sorry about the empty space and time in between postings. We had an international break to deal with but I also managed to preview ...
Europe's 10 Biggest Transfer Window Bargains
By chris | September 3rd, 2008Obviously the true bargains won't be known for some time, but there were a few transfers which caught the eye before the participants had even ...
Benfica match review
By j | August 31st, 2008The Clássico was as feisty you would expect and fittingly, with it being a reasonably balanced affair, ended in a 1-1 draw before 53,000 at ...
week 2 Benfica preview
By j | August 30th, 2008Seems remarkable to have a Clássico in week two of the campaign however in many aspects and as I noted in part one of the ...
Jornada 2 Preview: Class-ee-koh Time
By Greg | August 29th, 2008It's week two and already we have a massive match to be played between Benfica and Porto at da Luz. Benfica looked abysmal last ...
Trofeo Santiago Bernabéu: Sporting 3 - 5 Real Madrid
By Greg | August 28th, 2008I love this score line. It reminds me of when we beat Benfica 5-3 in last year's Cup semi final after being down 2-0 ...
New CL Threads
By Ale | August 28th, 2008Ronaldo and Franck Ribéry Gary Neville model United's new Champion's League away kit, which commemorates the 40th anniversary of their (and English football's) first European ...
week 2 opponent review Benfica
By j | August 27th, 2008The debut of Quique Flores as manager for Benfica was a painful one with a auspicious 1-1 draw against Rio Ave. With hopes at Estádio ...
Busiest Week Ever: Injuries and Naka says what we all think
By Matt | August 27th, 2008Besides the whole "oldest and fiercest rivalry in sports" thing coming up this Sunday, Celtic have some European football to think about. Celtic will ...
Jornada 1 Recap: Benfica Need To Wake Up Fast
By Greg | August 25th, 2008What a frigging weather nightmare Tropical Storm Fay was this past week. My wife and sister in law had the bright idea of visiting ...
One More Trophy & Other News
By Johonna | August 17th, 2008Since I am a little, erm, late with this post, most of you probably know that Inter took home the Eusebio Cup after our game ...
Workweek In Review: 8/11 - 8/15
By Greg | August 15th, 2008Since I only blog during the week (sorry, I get even MORE drunk on the weekends than on work days, so I probably couldn't even ...
Ferragusto in Lisbon - Eusébio Cup 2008
By Johonna | August 13th, 2008Inter v Benfica, August 15, 7:45pm local time (11:45am on the pacific coast, 2:45pm on the east coast) This Friday is the last stop on Inter's ...
Some Benfica Bits and Times, They Are A Changin'
By Greg | August 5th, 2008Benfica 2 - 1 Vitoria Guimarães -- Benfica have had an exciting transfer period with a round of crappy pre-season results thrown in. Before ...
photos from last nights Benfica match
By j | August 3rd, 2008Just a few photos from last nights match.
Benfica match
By j | August 2nd, 2008For those interested in the opening PSG formation against Benifica I've put together this diagram. As you can see there are a number of key ...
All the chips for Diogo
By Takis | July 29th, 2008Breaking news from Greece reports that Olympiacos has made another offer for Portuguesa's Diogo Luis Santo (aka Diogo). The offer is said to be around ...
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