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SQUAD ("From", according to the sticker album!)
| Goalkeepers
Vitor Baia
Pedro Espinha
Joaquim Silva ,,Quim'
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Defenders
Abel Xavier
Fernando Couto
Dimas Teixeira
Carlos Secretario
Jorge Costa
Beto Severo
Rui Jorge
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Midfielders
Paulo Sousa
Paulo Bento
Rui Costa
Sergio Conceicao
Francisco Costa ,,Costinha''
Luis Figo
Jose Vidigal
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Strikers
Joao Pinto
Nuno Gomes
Sa Pinto
Pedro Resendes ,,Pauleta''
Nuno Capucho
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EURO 2000 TEAM STATISTICS
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| Team Stats |
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Games Played:
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5 |
Red Cards : |
1 |
Yellow Cards : |
13 |
Shots On Target : |
23 |
Shots Off Target : |
33 |
Fouls Committed : |
79 |
Fouled : |
84 |
Corners Won : |
36 |
Corners Against : |
6 |
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Player Stats |
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Goalkeepers |
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Player
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Minutes Played
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Goals Conceded
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Clean Sheets
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Shots Saved
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Penalties Saved
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Shootout Saves
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Shootout Goals Conceded
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1
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Vitor Baia |
387
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4
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2
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11
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1
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0
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0
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12
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Pedro Espinha |
89
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0
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1
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2
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0
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0
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0
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22
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Jaoquim Silva Quim |
1
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0
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1
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0
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0
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0
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0
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Outfield |
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Player
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Minutes Played
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Goals Scored
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Assists
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Red Cards
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Yellow Cards
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Shots on Target
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Shots off Target
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Fouls Committed
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Fouls Against
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| 2 |
Jorge Costa |
477 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
6 |
| 3 |
Rui Jorge |
117 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| 4 |
Vidigal |
261 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
| 5 |
Fernando Couto |
477 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
9 |
6 |
| 6 |
Paulo Sousa |
117 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
| 7 |
Luis Figo |
387 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
6 |
11 |
| 8 |
Joao Pinto |
250 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
8 |
6 |
| 9 |
Ricardo Sa Pinto |
139 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
| 10 |
Rui Costa |
338 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
7 |
| 11 |
Sergio Conceicao |
346 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
12 |
| 13 |
Dimas |
360 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
7 |
| 14 |
Abel Xavier |
207 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
| 15 |
Francisco Costa |
255 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
| 16 |
Beto |
95 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
| 17 |
Paulo Bento |
316 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
| 18 |
Pauleta |
67 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
| 19 |
Nuno Capucho |
94 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| 20 |
Secretario |
90 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
| 21 |
Nuno Gomes |
360 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
Sun 02 July
Three players banned as UEFA punish Portugal
UEFA have imposed heavy penalties on the Portuguese national association and three members of the Portuguese team as a result of the incidents which took place at the end of Wednesday’s semi-final against France.
Officials harassed
UEFA's Control & Disciplinary Body announced their decision after meeting on Sunday morning in Rotterdam. They based their decision on the fact that in the 116th minute of a match in which five Portuguese players had been cautioned, the referee and his first assistant were pushed and harassed by Portuguese players, suffering bruising and scratches. The fourth official, who intervened in a bid to protect his colleagues, was also harassed, pushed in the back and pulled by his clothing. The referee, advised by his assistant, had awarded the French team a penalty for handball. The Portuguese coach eventually calmed down his players sufficiently for the penalty to be taken after a delay of some four to five minutes.
After the spot-kick had been converted, almost all the Portuguese players ran towards the assistant referee, who was pushed and insulted. An unidentified Portuguese player spat at him. Nuno Gomes gave the referee a violent push in the chest and Abel Xavier grabbed him by the arm. The referee then showed the red card to Nuno Gomes, whereupon Paulo Bento tried to take the red card from him by grabbing his arm. Nuno Gomes then removed his shirt and threw it in the direction of the assistant referee.
Heavy fine, lengthy bans
In the light of these incidents, the Control & Disciplinary Body decided to impose a fine of 175,000 Swiss francs on the Portuguese national association. Three players have also received lengthy suspensions: Abel Xavier is suspended from all matches in UEFA competitions for nine months (until the end of March 2001), Nuno Gomes is suspended from all matches in UEFA competitions for eight months (until the end of February 2001), and Paulo Bento is suspended from all matches in UEFA competitions for six months (until the end of December 2000). The Control & Disciplinary Body also decided to impose a fine of 12,000 Swiss francs on the Italian national association, as the Italian team had four players cautioned and one dismissed during last Thursday’s semi-final against The Netherlands. In addition, three flares were set off by Italian supporters during the national anthem and several more were lit at the end of the match. Finally, the Dutch national association has been fined 5,000 Swiss francs for improper conduct of the team during the same match. They had four players cautioned.
The Portuguese and Italian national associations can appeal against these decisions, provided the appeals are lodged before midnight on Wednesday 5 July. The decision regarding the Dutch national association is final
PORTUGUESE SPEAK OF UEFA 'CONSPIRACY'
29 June 2000 - Netherlands
by 365 staff
CAPTAIN Vitor Baia and winger Luis Figo have led controversial claims by Portugal that UEFA were behind a 'conspiracy' to ensure that France reached the European Championships final at their expense.
The Portuguese were furious at the extra-time penalty decision given for an apparent handball by Everton defender Abel Xavier, which led to Zinedine Zidane securing France's 2-1 semi-final 'golden goal' winner from the spot.
UEFA are investigating the extreme reaction of the players before and after the penalty was taken, with both Austrian referee Gunter Benko and Slovakian linesman Igor Sranka - who actually spotted the infringement - being harangued at length.
Substitutes Paulo Bento and Rui Jorge were two of the main culprits, with coach Humberto Coelho coming onto the pitch to drag his players away from the officials in scenes far worse than Manchester United's berating of referee Andy D'Urso.
However, it may be striker Nuno Gomes, who was shown the red card after the final whistle for his continued protests, who feels the main force of UEFA's wrath given that the governing body have little room for manoeuvre in their likely punishment.
Any decision by their disciplinary committee has been delayed until Sunday morning after the end of their annual congress in Luxembourg, where high-ranking Portuguese FA official Gilberto Parca Madail is standing for election to their executive committee.
And there is the added problem for UEFA in that Portugal are the hosts of the next European Championships in 2004, meaning that they do not have to qualify, cannot be banned from taking part and can therefore reasonably only expect a heavy fine.
The controversial comments of a host of Portuguese players as they left the stadium in Brussels as they insisted that it was not a penalty will do little to placate UEFA though - especially as their fire was trained not only upon the officials but also the governing body.
French coach Roger Lemerre, whose side now face either Holland or Italy in Sunday's final, described the penalty decision as a ''great moment of refereeing'' and TV replays appeared to confirm that it had been the correct verdict.
However, Portugal captain Baia insisted: ''It's incredible to lose a semi-final to a penalty given by the assistant referee.
''Now I understand better the words of the UEFA secretary-general understood to mean chief executive Gerhard Aigner when he said that he wants a final between France and Holland.'' Figo was just as outspoken in his outrageous suggestions that UEFA had somehow been behind the linesman spotting Xavier's handball offence six minutes from the end of extra-time.
However, the essence of Portugal's claims was that - just as many fans argue that away sides rarely seem to get penalties at Old Trafford - there had been some sort of bias in favour of the larger country as they would not have been treated in the same way.
''It was our dream to be in the final and to go out like that is not right. There will be a lot of people who are happy now after what happened to us but the ones who are the most happy will be UEFA,'' insisted the Barcelona winger.
''We are a little country and it seems that a lot of people were interested in us not being in the final. UEFA wanted at least one of the big countries to be in the final.
''It's the second time it has happened to me like this. Before the 1998 World Cup, we were cheated by the referee against Germany and didn't qualify.
''France are a great team but they shouldn't need that kind of help to reach the final. When you get decisions like this, you feel that maybe we are too small to get to the final.'' He added: ''I have never known a situation like this, with the referee giving a corner and the linesman a penalty.
''Right now, I don't think I can enjoy anything. The referee will able to do his job tomorrow but if I'd done what he did, I wouldn't be able to work for two or three months.
''He's made a massive mistake but nothing will happen to him. If the linesman can live with himself, it means he has no conscience.
''If it had happened in the French box, there wouldn't have been a penalty. I'd have preferred not to have played the game at all and just been told France had won 3-0 than to have gone through that.
''We've played a great tournament but I took my shirt off when the penalty was given and I wanted to go to the dressing-room. When things like that are done to you, you just don't want to play any more.'' Xavier, who insisted that his ''conscience was clear'' as the ball had struck his hand rather than the other way around, condemned the ''unbelievable'' decision of the Slovakian official and even questioned his appointment to a game of that importance.
''I respect Slovakia a lot but I think it's unbelievable to have a Slovakian official in a semi-final between Portugal and France. Are there no other referees with bigger reputations?'' he asked.
''It makes you wonder why things sometimes happen like that to the weaker countries. When UEFA have cards saying fair play, that should mean fair play in everything - for players as well.'' The decision that Nicolas Anelka was not offside in the build-up to France's first goal by Thierry Henry was made by the same linesman and defender Manuel Dimas was just as scathing in his criticisms of the official.
''This linesman was against us for the whole game. There were three or four things that everyone saw and he didn't,'' he insisted.
''You lose your mind because you see a guy with only one intention - to be against us. It was very bad for football with all this protesting but I think we had the right to protest. These people are spoiling the game.''
Dimas and his team-mates must realise, however, that for all of their understandable frustration, it is actually players berating officials and effectively accusing governing bodies of corruption without any evidence who are the ones spoiling the game.
Not a penalty, says Portugal's Xavier
June 28, 2000
BRUSSELS, June 28 ( copyright Reuters) - Portuguese defender Abel Xavier said he had not deliberately handled the ball in the incident which led to a winning golden goal extra time penalty for France in their Euro 2000 semifinal on Wednesday.
Austrian referee Guenter Benko gave the penalty for a handball close to the goal line after linesman Igor Sramka of Slovakia raised his flag to signal an infringement. Zinedine Zidane struck home from the spot to seal a 2-1 French win.
The Portuguese players said the ball struck Abel Xavier as he put his arm out to break his fall.
"It was not a penalty. The referee must have had a lot of courage to give a penalty in that way," a tearful Abel Xavier said.
"In football when you make a tackle where are you going to put your hand? You cannot play without hands. When the ball is going so fast you must have support."
Defender Dimas added: "You can't chop off your arms."
Nuno Gomes, who was sent off after the penalty for pushing the referee in the Portuguese protests, said he was very angry at the decision and took off his shirt and handed it to the official.
"I thought it was very unfair the way we lost," he said. "I just gave my shirt to him and I said it was a gift for him to take home and remember our country. He didn't want it so I threw it at him but he couldn't catch it. I did it in a kind way.
"We are all very angry. It wasn't possible to control that anger on the field."
Midfielder Luis Figo added: "I am very disappointed. You would always be angry if you have a chance to be in the final and you lose like this.
"I have never seen a situation like this before when one official signals a corner and another a penalty. It was really strange."
PORTUGAL : Bravo !! Along with France the best performers so far. What a change from the past when two goals conceded early to the likes of England would have meant tent-folding time! Their goals were beautifully conceived, their ease on the ball and technical superiority at times numbing (especially to Paul Ince), and their defending for the last thirty minutes against the predictable array of high balls exemplary. Can they show that this effort was not just a flash in the pan? The dreaded word "potential" has hung like an albatross around their necks for a decade;could it be now before they become "ancient mariners" that success will finally come their way? We look forward to their every game, even while knowing that future opponents will not be as hopelessly naive tactically as England proved to be.
(Seamus Malin, www.fuxito.com)
| Sing-a-long-a-anthem
Heroes of the sea, noble race valiant and immortal nation
Now is the hour to raise up on high once more
Portugal's splendour from out of the mists of memory
Oh Homeland, we hear the voices
Of your great forefathers that shall lead you on to victory!
To arms, to arms on land and sea!
To arms, to arms to fight for our Homeland!
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PORTUGUESE TV DINNER
Portuguese Chilli Beans
2 cans kidney beans; 1tsp bacon dripping; 1 medium onion, chopped; 3 cloves garlic, crushed; 1 1/2 lb ground chuck steak; 8 oz tomato sauce or paste; 1/4 tsp or 1/8 tsp cloves; 1 tbs chilli powder; salt and pepper to taste; chopped parsley; 1 small, hot, red pepper
Cook the beans until they are tender, then brown the onion and garlic in oil. Add ground chuck steak and brown lightly. Add the tomato paste, cloves, chilli powder, salt and pepper, parsley and whole red pepper. Simmer for approximately 10-15 minutes. Add the beans and cook for another 25 minutes or longer. Serve with Portuguese bread.
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