Portugal v Turkey (Euros Group A)

Vokes

So what do we fancy from this?

A few red cards from the Turks? A Ronaldo hattrick?

Definitely a goalfest, I thnk we can all agree!

I optimistically predict 4-3 to Portugal.

SantryRed

SofaK wrote: »

So what do we fancy from this?

A few red cards from the Turks? A Ronaldo hattrick?

Definitely a goalfest, I thnk we can all agree!

I optimistically predict 4-3 to Portugal.

Boring nil all draw with Ronaldo to lose his leg in the first minute from diving in to the post, ends his career and all these rumours about him going to Madrid end:D

OPENROAD

Might see this from Ronaldo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z70rXoOzUk

Xavi6

Right I've a dilemma. Game kicks off at 3am my time therefore finsihing at 5am. Now I have my own game tomorrow at 12.30pm. Should I stay up or should I sit this one out considering I'm playin tomorrow? I really wanna watch Quaresma.........

MementoMori

Quaresma only on the bench - head to bed i'd say

Xavi6

MementoMori wrote: »

Quaresma only on the bench - head to bed i'd say

:eek: How DARE they. FFS.

MementoMori

tis a nonsense says I

mike65

Meh, Ronaldo to dissapoint is my prediction.

Mike.

Xavi6

mike65 wrote: »

Meh, Ronaldo to dissapoint is my prediction.

Mike.

Nah this is only a group match, he'll save his disappointing displays for the big games later on.

Vokes

Portugal: Ricardo, Bosingwa, Pepe, Carvalho, Ferreira, Petit, Joao Moutinho, Ronaldo, Deco, Simao, Nuno Gomes. Subs: Rui Patricio, Bruno Alves, Fernando Meira, Raul Meireles, Hugo Almeida, Miguel, Jorge Ribeiro, Quaresma, Veloso, Nani, Postiga, Quim.

Turkey: Demirel, Altintop, Cetin, Zan, Balta, Kazim-Richards, Emre, Aurelio, Erding, Sanli, Nihat. Subs: Rustu, Zengin, Topal, Senturk, Karadeniz, Metin, Gungor, Turan, Asik, Boral, Akman, Sarioglu.





Ferreria playing left back?

~Rebel~

Teams;

Portugal : Ricardo, Bosingwa, Pepe, Carvalho, Ferreira, Petit, Joao Moutinho, Ronaldo, Deco, Simao, Nuno Gomes. Subs: Rui Patricio, Bruno Alves, Fernando Meira, Raul Meireles, Hugo Almeida, Miguel, Jorge Ribeiro, Quaresma, Veloso, Nani, Postiga, Quim.

Turkey : Turkey: Demirel, Altintop, Cetin, Zan, Balta, Kazim-Richards, Emre, Aurelio, Erding, Tuncay, Nihat. Subs: Rustu, Zengin, Topal, Senturk, Karadeniz, Metin, Gungor, Turan, Asik, Boral, Akman, Sarioglu.


COME ON PORTUGAL! WIN ME SOME MONEH!

MementoMori

If Ronaldo doesn't disapoint, i'll be disapointed

Vokes

~Rebel~ wrote: »

COME ON PORTUGAL! WIN ME SOME MONEH!

I have them in the office sweeps too. Plus some money on Ronaldo+Portugal for Top Scorer+Winner.


PORTUGAL ALLEZ !!!

Mr Alan

Ronaldo gets his first dive in within the first 60 seconds

mewso

Mr Alan wrote: »

Ronaldo gets his first dive in within the first 60 seconds

Tuncay shows him he can do it better.

yabadabado

that is one of the best dives iv seen in a long time from the turkish forward

Mr Alan

Tuncays was hilarious!

mike65

Dear God,



Refs have take charge and start booking divers.

There seem to be rather more Turks than Portuguese in the crowd.

Mike.

MementoMori

Gone very stop start - which will suit the Turks

Could see this possibly being nil nil

mewso

What a ball from deco.

Predhead

mike65 wrote: »

Meh, Ronaldo to dissapoint is my prediction.

Mike.

He'll disappoint the idiots if he doesn't score a hat-trick or something. A good team performance is what's required, perhaps with some flashes of individual brilliance. And actually please people that know something about football.

Xavi6

What happened to Ronny being the new Portuguese captain? That ended pretty quick

Nalz

MementoMori wrote: »

If Ronaldo doesn't disapoint, i'll be disapointed

as will alot of ppl on here, oh the bitterness

Nalz

This game smells of a 1-0 to Portugal, probably by a Ronaldo jammy goal

Dave!

Bitterness and jealousy is right

Mr Alan

Jealous of Reals prize asset?

Predhead

Xavi6 wrote: »

What happened to Ronny being the new Portuguese captain? That ended pretty quick

He was never officially the new captain. He was made captain for a friendly at the request of the President of the Portuguese football federation, who had made the request (for him to be captain) before his death, as a gesture.

Scolari reckons he's too young to be captain. He's right.

Dave!

Ronaldo walked out ahead of Ricardo today though didnt he?

~Rebel~

Mr Alan wrote: »

Jealous of Reals prize asset?

al you're on top stirring form tonight!

darkman2

WTF are RTE up to. Eamo must be drunk again:p

Nalz

Mr Alan wrote: »

Jealous of Reals prize asset?

haha are you waiting for someone to say to you "how many trophies did <a certain big club> win this year?"

Aquos76

Pepe has just put Portugal 1up

Nalz

Nice goal, lovely one two all beit a small deflection.

Reganio 2

That Pepe chap is having a brilliant game solid at the back and is causing major problems for the Turks when he goes forward. I have seen him for Madrid and thought he wsa good but looking at this today he looks very good albeit against a very poor Turkey team.

Nalz

Another ordinary display from Deco

Mr Alan

**** me that was a bad tackle

Nalz

Mr Alan wrote: »

**** me that was a bad tackle

yeah at first I thought Nani u gobsh!te cop on and get up. Horrible challenge.

2-0 well done Portugal

kaimera

Well that was something different.

Just watched the game with two turkish guys.

lets just say fanatics is not strong enough to describe how much they 'love' football. I think we hid the knives in our apt cos teh nigerian guy was pissing them off so much.

wow.

estebancambias

International Football > Club football


It just has so much more, and the matches tonight weren't even that good.

delija_sever029

Nice game from Portugal,they can come to final if they play this good,but Turkey was just poor in 2nd half time

Mr.Nice Guy

I don't think Portugal are up to much. They got the job done but they don't come across like a tournament heavyweight. The Croatians and the Germans won't be too fearful of facing them in the next round. I think they'll struggle against either of those two.

Dave!

Gotta love Dunphy calling the Czech Republic 'Czechoslovakia'... Missed that particular change did ya Eamo?

Mr.Nice Guy

DaveMcG wrote: »

Gotta love Dunphy calling the Czech Republic 'Czechoslovakia'... Missed that particular change did ya Eamo?

Yeah Martin O'Neill did that on BBC as well. Bit behind the times. :pac:

Nalz

DaveMcG wrote: »

Gotta love Dunphy calling the Czech Republic 'Czechoslovakia'... Missed that particular change did ya Eamo?

Along with:

"Kaka is a real player, scored in important games, scored in the CL final." Eh, no he didn't.

"Oh its Czechs on the attack, I'm down to do this"

And the worst ever "Deco is a class act"

Predhead

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

I don't think Portugal are up to much. They got the job done but they don't come across like a tournament heavyweight. The Croatians and the Germans won't be too fearful of facing them in the next round. I think they'll struggle against either of those two.

Possibley, but Portugal have arguabley the best coach. Scolari's a great tactician.

Drag00n79

Turkey are clearly going to follow the route of the Dutch in '88; losing their opening match before going onto slay everybody in their path and win the tournament!

delija_sever029

Maybe if they disqualify 10 or 11 teams out of the tournament

Malice

Pepe's opening goal was very well worked. The Turks really didn't seem to be up to much and if it hadn't been for the woodwork saving them on three occasions they could have been well and truely spanked!

bohsman

Was well impressed with Portugal but I can see that they may struggle against some of the stronger better organised teams like Italy or Germany.

Thanx 4 The Fish

Yes, they did look like they were having trouble once Turkey came forward with any numbers. They will be taken out by a stronger team. No problems in that group mind.

Predhead

Thanx 4 The Fish wrote: »

Yes, they did look like they were having trouble once Turkey came forward with any numbers. They will be taken out by a stronger team. No problems in that group mind.

Portugal knew they were playing a week team last night - they had 4 defenders, one holding mid and 5 attackers. They won't play the same side against stronger opposition.