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21/05/06 FC Porto
won the last game of their season Saturday, beating Arouca of the First Division of the Aveiro District League 11-0, with goals from McCarthy (2), Jorginho (3), Anderson, Adriano, Sokota, Ivanildo, and
Alan. 18/01/06 FC Porto beat Moscow Dynamo 4-0 at the Dragão Wednesday. Raúl Meireles, on for the injured Lucho Gonzalez (twisted ankle), got two
in the first half. The other two came from new signing Adriano in the second half. 16/12/05 Académica
went to prison Wednesday ... to play the inmates as a seasonal gesture. The gesture went beyond kindness, however: the Liga side lost 2-3 to Coimbra Prison. 13/11/05
Vitória de Guimarães just can't shake off their bad form, even against opposition from a lower division. They went down 1-2 at Liga de Honra side Moreirense
Saturday Armando and Vargas scoring for the home side, Dário reducing the deficit for Vitória. Sporting travelled to Canada mid-week and beat Brazilian side Santos 5-3
in Toronto with goals from Deivid, Pinilla, Polga and Silva (2). Santos replied through Elton, Alexandre and Ralf. 29/09/05 Boavista beat the Angolan national side 2-0
Wednesday at the Bessa, with goals from William Souza and junior player Manuel. 01/09/05 Académica's opponents in the friendly to raise funds for the victims of the recent forest fires
will be Beira-Mar. The game will be on Sunday at 18.00. 31/08/05 Vitória de Guimarães will play União de Leiria Saturday in a friendly to raise funds for the family of Hugo Cunha,
most recently of União, who died of a heart attack during a kickabout with friends at the beginning of the summer. 23/08/05 Académica
are to arrange a friendly in aid of the many thousands of people affected by the forest fires that continue to rage in Portugal's interior. The game will be played on the first weekend of September when the
Liga has a break for international games. The opponent is yet to be announced. 14/08/05 A depleted Sporting lost 1-3 to a full-strength Atlético Madrid
in Badajoz Saturday in the so-called 'Iberian Trophy'. Fernando Torres
got two of Atlético's goals, on 33 and 84 minutes, both headers and both from reckless charges out by Sporting's two 'keepers on the day, Nélson and Tiago. Luccin got the other Atlético goal on 64 minutes, while
Rogério made it 1-2 on 80 from the spot. The teams lined up: Sporting:
Nelson (Tiago, 45m), Rogério, Semedo, Tonel, Paíto (André Marques, 67m), Polga (Beto, 45m), Nani, Sá Pinto (Tello, 45m), Varela, Silva, Pinilla (Miguel Garcia, 61m)Atlético Madrid:
Leo Franco, Velasco, Pablo, Perea, A. Lopez, Maxi (Zahinos, 85), Gabi, Luccin, Petrov, Fernando Torres (Arizmendi, 89m), Kezman (Igabaza, 85) FC Porto beat Español of Barcelona 3-0
in front of 37,000 in the official presentation of the squad at the Estádio do Dragão. Jorginho, formerly of Vitória de Setúbal, was the star of the show with two goals on 24 and 72 minutes, Lucho
completing the score five minutes from time. The teams lined up: F.C. Porto:
Baía, Sonkaya, Ricardo Costa, Pedro Emanuel, César Peixoto, Raul Meireles, Lucho, Postiga (Diego, 62m); Jorginho, McCarthy (Alan, 58m), Lisandro. Español:
Kameni, Jarque (Moisés, 87m), Pochettino, Lopo, David Garcia, Zabaleta, Costa, Riera (Fredson, 62m), De La Peña (Coro, 69m), Jofre (Johnathan, 46m), Tamudo. Other results: Sp. Espinho 0-1 Penafiel
Rio Ave 2-2 Naval
P. Ferreira 1-1 Leixões
E. Amadora 1-0 Valencia
Belenenses 2-0 Real
Ovarense 2-3 U. Leiria
Machico 1-1 Nacional
Maia 1-2 Gil Vicente
Al. Lordelo 0-2 V. Guimarães
Padroense 0-2 Boavista 13/08/05 Friday
Celta de Vigo 2-0 Sp. Braga
Académica 0-0 MarítimoThursday
Marítimo 0-0 Pontevedra
11/08/05 FC Porto travelled to Penafiel and beat the local team 2-0 Wednesday with late goals from Hugo Almeida and Sokota, his first goal for the club after his
move from Benfica. The teams started:
Penafiel: Vinícius, Pedro Moreira, Odaír, Weligton, Kelly, Nuno Diogo, Nilton, Bruno Amaro, Jacques, Roberto, N'Doye.
FC Porto
Hélton, Bosingwa, Bruno Alves, Pepe, César Peixoto, Paulo Assunção, Ibson, Diego, Quaresma, Sokota, Alan. Sporting Braga beat Real Sociedad 1-0
in the official presnetation of their squad Tuesday, the goal coming in the second half from new-signing Davide. Braga lined up:
Paulo Santos, Luís Filipe, Nunes, Nem, Jorge
Luiz, João Alves, Madrid, Hugo Leal, Jaime, João Tomás, Wender. Plus: Vandinho, Davide, Cesinha, Sidney, Delibasic, Abel, Castanheira, Pedro Costa, Eduardo, Cândido Costa. Other results from Tuesday:
Rio Ave 2-1 Marítimo
U. Madeira 2-1 E. Amadora
Vizela 1-2 V. Guimarães 09/08/05 Atlético de Valdevez of the Segunda Liga (third division) surprised SuperLiga side Marítimo 2-1 Monday. Bibishkov
put Marítimo in front, but the superior organisation and heart of the minnows won the day. Results
Sunday
Académica 0-0 Málaga
Sp. Covilhã 1-1 P. Ferreira
Nelas 2-0 Naval 07/08/05 Benfica lost 0-2 at home to Juventus Saturday in the official presentation of the Benfica squad to 40,000 fans at the Luz
. Especially in the first half, Juventus proved to be in a different universe to Benfica, scoring their two goals within 25 minutes. On five minutes, Ibrahimovich
beat Luisão to the ball on the left and sent a snap volley goalwards from 30 metres, catching Quim off his guard. On 23 minutes, the same Ibrahimovich squared the ball near goal for Trezeguet
to tap in, with the Benfica defence all at sea. After some decent performances against minor opposition so far in the pre-season run-in, Benfica's frailties
were finally exposed in the starkest fashion against a Juventus with players like Nedved, Ibrahimovich, Trezeguet, Vieira, Cannavaro, Buffon
... and the fact is that the Italian giants took their foot off the pedal after the second goal, and still Benfica looked decidedly inferior. The Portuguese Champions will have to improve greatly in their team play, and/or sign one or more match-deciders, if their Champions League presence is not to be embarrassing.
"These players are good enough to win the SuperLiga ... but to win the Champions League ... well, that's a bit more complicated." said coach Ronald Koeman after the game. The teams lined up: Benfica: Quim, Alex, Luisão, Ricardo Rocha, Dos Santos, Manuel Fernandes, Petit, Beto, Geovanni, Mantorras, Simão. Plus:
Moreira, Anderson, Nuno Assis, Karyaka, Nuno Gomes.
Juventus: Buffon, Pessotto, Thuram, Cannavaro, Chiellini, Emerson, Patrick Vieira, Nedved; Ibrahimovic, Camoranesi, Trezeguet. Plus:
Birindelli, Del Piero, Mutu, Blasi, Giannichedda, Ruben Oliveira e ZalayetaFC Porto
lost by the same score at Tottenham, despite dominating proceedings for much of the game. The Spurs goals came late in the game, both from Defoe. FC Porto lined up: Vítor Baía, Sonkaya, Ricardo Costa, Pedro Emanuel, Leandro, Raul Meireles, Lucho González, Hélder Postiga, Jorginho, McCarthy, Lisandro López. Plus:
Pepe, César Peixoto, Ibson, Sokota Sporting Braga won third place in the Ramón Carranza Tournament in Cádiz, beating Sevilla 2-1.
Cesinha on 11 minutes and Nunes on 47 scored for Braga, sandwiching an António Lopez goal for Sevilla late in the first half. Barcelona won the tournamnet with a 3-1 win over hosts Cádiz.
Boavista lost 0-1 at Wigan Athletic, newly promoted to the English Premier League. Marítimo beat Penafiel 1-0 in Melgaço, Youssouf netting after just two minutes.
Other results: Trofense-Rio Ave 1-2
V. Setúbal-V. Setúbal B 3-1
Moreirense-V. Guimarães 2-0
Belenenses-Nacional 1-0
Naval-P. Ferreira 0-0
Académica-U. Leiria 1-2
Abrantes-E. Amadora 0-1
Abrantes-Académica 1-0
U. Leiria-E. Amadora 0-1 05/08/05 Sporting Braga are out of the Final of the Ramón Carranza Tournament being played in Cádiz
in Spain. They lost 0-1 to the hosts Thursday thanks ultimately to an own goal on the unlucky 13th minute by Nunes, but they can also blame their poor finishing, an heroic opposing 'keeper and a generally
careless display, with a lot of ball lost in midfield (not helped by the strong wind that buffeted the pitch for much of the game). However, it could have gone to penalties if sub Sidney's long range effort hadn't hit
the post on 82 minutes. Braga will play either Barcelona or Seville for third place. FC Porto's squad for the friendly with Tottenham Saturday is as follows: Goalkeepers:
Vítor Baía, Helton
Defenders: Sonkaya, Leandro, Ricardo Costa, Pedro Emanuel, Pepe, Paulo Assunção
Midfielders:
Raul Meireles, Lucho Gonzalez, Ibson, Jorginho, Alan, Lisandro Lopez, César Peixoto
Forwards: McCarthy, Hugo Almeida, Hélder Postiga, Sokota.Marítimo beat newly-relegated Moreirense 2-0
with goals from Júnior Bahia and Kanu. 04/08/05 Sporting beat Italian club Sampdoria 2-1
Wednesday in the official presentation of the 'Lions' to their fans, 27,000 of them in the Alavalade XXI Stadium. Sporting were rather fortunate in that the first goal was scored just after half-time with an own goal from
Castellini, and the winner came from the spot by Liedson after the same Casetellini had brought the Brazilian striker down in the area. Sampdoria had equalised on 56 minutes through Borriello.
03/08/05 Benfica put in what was their worst performance of the pre-season Tuesday but managed to beat Estoril Praia 1-0
with a freak late goal. Koeman basically put out two completely different sides for each half, but neither seemed to have any cohesion or sense of organisation against a combative Estoril, relegated from the
Superliga
last season but on this showing a good bet to bounce back. The single goal came on 83 minutes: a speculative cross from deep by right back Alex was intercepted needlessly and at full stretch by Estoril centre-back
Buba on the edge of the area, the ball ballooning high over 'keeper Fábio Carvalho, off his line, and in. Benfica will need to lift their performance significantly if they are not to be embarrassed by Juventus
at the Luz Saturday. The teams lined up: Estoril:
Fábio Carvalho, Torres, Buba, Jorginho, Diogo Luís, Paulo Sousa, Carioca, Marco Paulo, Moreno, Ludemar, Hugo Santos. Plus: Moses, Dady, Bernardo Vasconcelos, Souady, Yoni
Benfica: Moreira, João
Pereira, Luisão, Anderson, Léo, Manuel Fernandes, Petit, Simão, Geovanni, Hélio Roque, Nuno Gomes. Plus: Quim, Ricardo Rocha, Alcides, Alex, Dos Santos, Beto, Nuno Assis, Karyaka, Carlitos, Mantorras.
01/08/05 FC Porto put up a good show against the mighty Arsenal Sunday but were unable to avoid defeat to the English side in the Amsterdam Tournament. Arsenal had Porto
on the ropes early on, but the Portuguese side rallied and dominated most of the first half, going in front on 35 minutes through Argentinian winger Lisandro Lopez
who popped up at the back post to ram home a low cross from Jorginho on the right. But Arsenal were a different team in the second half, with Bergkamp and Ljungberg
on as subs, and it was the Swede who got both goals to give Arsenal the win, on 48 and 68 minutes, both strikes helped by some generous defending from Porto in front of goal. FC Porto lined up:
Vítor Baía, Sonkaya, Pedro Emanuel, Ricardo Costa, Leandro, Raul Meireles, Lucho Gonzalez, Hélder Postiga, Jorginho, Lisandro Lopez, McCarthy. Plus:
Paulo Assunção, Ivanildo, Hugo Almeida, Pepe, Sokota.Boca Juniors beat hosts Ajax 1-0 on the night, meaning that Arsenal won the tournament, Porto were second, Boca third and Ajax fourth.
Marítimo thrashed Jersey 6-0 in front of 7,000 - there are an estimated 10,000 Portuguese working on the island. The goals were scored by Kanu (2), Fahel, Manduca, Bibishkov and Filipe Oliveira
31/07/05 Sporting won the Guadiana Tournament Saturday, beating Vitória de Setúbal 2-0 in the final. A lukewarm game at an almost empty Estádio do Algarve
was decided in the second half, diminutive midfielder João Moutinho curling a free- kick in on 50 minutes and Varela finishing Vitória off five minutes from time after a through ball from Rochemback.
The teams lined up: Sporting:
Nélson, Miguel Garcia, Semedo, Beto, Paíto, Luís Loureiro, João Moutinho, Tello, Nani, Silva, Deivid. Plus: Tonel, Polga, Rochemback, Varela, Manoel, Sá Pinto, Douala, André Marques.
V. Setúbal:
Marco Tábuas, Janício, Veríssimo, José Fonte, Nandinho, Diakité, Bruno Ribeiro, Madior, Lacombe, Madior, Heitor. Plus: Sougou, Dembelê, Ricardo Chaves, Fábio, Adalto, Franja, Fonsenca.
Vitória de Guimarães and Benfica slugged out a bad-tempered 1-1 draw in Vitória's official presentation to their fans. The referee Paulo Costa
was excessivley permissive in the first half, and there were no broken bones merely through good fortune. In the second half, he discovered that he had cards in his pocket and showed nine of the yellow variety and two reds: to Benfica's Manuel Fernandes for a second yellow after a crunching foul on Moreno and Dragoner near the end for dissent. The goals were scored by
Beto with a header from a Manuel Fernandes free-kick on the left on 50 minutes and Saganowski
on 77, following up a Neca free-kick that had hit the bar. But this was a poor games, and not what coaches Jaime Pacheco and Ronald Koeman would have hoped for to get ideas to adjust their respective systems.
The teams lined up: Benfica: Quim, João Pereira, Luisão, Ricardo Rocha, Léo, Manuel Fernandes, Beto, Simão, Hélio Roque, Geovanni, Nuno Gomes. Plus:
Alex, Nuno Assis, Mantorras
V. Guimarães: Paiva, Mário Sérgio, Dragonner, Cléber, Rogério Matias, Moreno, Flávio Meireles, Benachour, Paulo Sérgio, Clayton, Saganowski. Plus:
Neca, Rivas, Pintassilgo, Zezinho, Hélder CabralBelenenses had the presentation to their fans spoiled by Standard Liége
of Belgium, who had Sérgio Conceição in their starting lineup, with João Moreira coming on in the second half. Standard's spoiler came on the hour. It was Belenenses first defeat in the pre-season. Boavista
also had their official presentation, against Valladolid, and they put together some good football to beat the Spanish second division club 4-0. Boavista were three-up in the first half, two coming from
new signing, the Brazilian striker William Souza, the other from club captain João Pinto. The fourth came in the second half, an own goal from Mateo. Sporting Braga
's pre-season is spluttering rather. They lost 0-2 Saturday at Liga de Honra side Feriense after a reverse against Varzim, also of the Liga de Honra, in midweek. Académica beat
Moreirense, relegated from the Superliga last season. Their two goals were scored by Nuno Luís and Joeano in the first half. Other friendly results from Saturday:
Gil Vicente 0-0 Nacional
Penafiel 0-1 Santa Clara
Rio Ave 0-0 Leixões
Aliados do Lordelo 0-0 Paços de Ferreira
Tourizense 1-1 Estrela da Amadora 30/07/05
FC Porto beat Boca Juniors 2-0 in the Amsterdam Tournament Friday. Hélder Postiga scored the first on 20 minutes and new signing Jorginho made it safe 20 minutes from the end.
The teams lined up: FC Porto:
Helton, Sonkaya, Pedro Emanuel, Ricardo Costa, Leandro, Lucho González, Jorginho, Raul Meireles, McCarthy, Hélder Postiga, Lisandro López. Plus:
Pepe, Ibson, Hugo Almeida, Ivanildo, Ricardo Quaresma, Paulo Assunção.
Boca Juniors:
Abbondanzieri, Júlio Barroso, Daniel Díaz, Schiavi, Morel Rodríguez, Diego Cagna, Gago, Insúa, Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Palermo, Bilos. Plus: Palácio, Calvo, Cardozo, Rivera, Silvestre. Sporting
beat English side Middlesborough 4-0
Friday in the Guadiana Tournament in Portimão in the Algarve, benefitting from a poor decision by Portuguese referee Bruno Paixão when he sent off Boateng on 42 minutes for retaliating after a dangerous tackle by João Moutinho, who should also have seen a red card. But regardless of their numerical superiority for half of the game, Sporting were always going to dominate an aimless Middlesborough, albeit with perhaps a lesser margin of goals.
Rochemback opened Sporting's account on 17 minutes, but it was not until the last 15 that Sporting constructed the goleada with goals from subs Deivid, Manoel and another from Rochemback
on 83 from the spot. The teams lined up: Sporting:
Ricardo, Rogério, Beto, Polga, Edson, Carlos Martins, Rochemback, João Moutinho, Douala, Sá Pinto, Liedson. Plus: Miguel Garcia, Tonel, Paíto, Luís Loureiro, Tello, Varela, Deivid, Manoel.
Middlesborough: Schwarzer, Parnaby, Quenudrue, Parlour, Eniogu, Southgate, Boatenot, Mendieta, Jimmy, Yakubo, Douning. Plus: Bates, Nonka, Doriva, Catermore.Sporting face Vitória de Setúbal
in the final of the tournament. Vitória beat Real Bétis 2-1 Thursday. First half goals from Ricardo Chaves and Nandinho
were enough to give them the win, despite a late riposte from Bétis through Juanito. 28/07/05 Benfica beat Liga de Honra side Barreirense away 1-0
Wednesday, needing a long-range goal from Petit on 78 minutes to make the difference. 27/07/05 Tickets for the Benfica v Juventus friendly at the Luz
on 6 August (20.00), which will serve as the official presentation of this season's squad to benfiquistas, are now on sale. Prices for the general public vary between 22 and 60 euros. 24/07/05 FC Porto won the Torten Groetinck Trophy Saturday, beating Bruges on penalties after the game had been drawn 2-2. McCarthy
put Porto ahead on nine minutes from the spot, Balaban equalised, also from a penalty, on half-time, Ricardo Costa restored Porto's lead on 78 but Balaban again, on 87, levelled.
FC Porto lined up:
Vítor Baía, Sonkaya, Ricardo Costa, Pedro Emanuel, Leandro, Raul Meireles, Lucho Gonzalez, Hélder Postiga, Jorginho, McCarthy, Lisandro. On in the second half:
Helton, Hugo Almeida, Ibson, Ricardo Quaresma, Pepe, Paulo Assunção, Ivanildo.Sporting beat Segunda B side Odivelas 4-1 at the Sporting Academy, their goals coming from Varela (2), Silva
and Miguel Garcia. Sporting lined up:
Tiago, Miguel Garcia, Miguel Veloso, Polga (Luís Loureiro, 68m), Paíto (André Marques,
45m), Luís Loureiro (João Moutinho, 45m), Labarthe, Nani, Varela, Manoel (Tello, 45m), Silva (Paíto, 68m). Belenenses
ended their French mini-tour with a draw against Toulouse. Paulo Sérgio got the Blues' goal on 78 minutes, and Bergougnoux equalised on the stroke of time. Belenenses lined up:
Pedro Alves, Sousa, Rolando, Gaspar, Vasco Faísca, Pinheiro, Sandro,
Silas, Ahamada, Meyong, Djurdjevic. On in the second half:
Marco Aurélio, Amaral, Paulo Sérgio, Fábio Januário, Ricardo Araújo, Carlos Alves.Nacional of Madeira beat local rivals União, of the Liga de Honra, 4-0, the goals all coming from
Brazilians: Alex Terra, Emerson (2) and Alonso. Académica and Penafiel drew without goals. On Friday, Benfica thrashed Premier League side West Bromwich Albion 5-0 in Imortal's stadium in
the Algarve. Geovanni got a hat-trick, Simão got one and youngster Hélio Roque got his first for the senior team. Benfica displayed some neat football, especially in the last third of the pitch, Nuno Gomes in form with
some deft touches to put colleagues through on goal. On this evidence, West Brom will once again be struggling in the highly competitive Premier League.Benfica lined up:
Moreira, Alex, Anderson, Ricardo Rocha, Leo, Beto, Petit, Hélio Roque, Geovanni, Nuno Gomes, Simão. On in the second half: Alcides, Dos Santos, Carlitos, Tiago Gomes, Mantorras. Sporting drew 2-2
with Celtic Thursday at Celtic Park. Cameroonian winger Douala was Sporting's man of the match with two goals, the second on the stroke of time. McGeadi and Hartson got Celtic's.
21/07/05 It was third time unlucky Wednesday for FC Porto on their Dutch tour as they went down 0-2 to Vitesse. Pedro Emanuel
put through his own goal on 24 minutes, and Amoah made it two for the Dutch side early in the second half, taking advantage of a bad back pass by Pepe. Utility player Bosingwa
suffered a twisted knee and may be out for some time. FC Porto lined up:
Paulo Ribeiro, Bosingwa (Ricardo Costa), Jorge Costa, Pedro Emanuel, Nuno Valente, Lucho, Ibson, Lisandro
Lopez, Quaresma, Hélder Postiga, Ivanildo. On in the seconfd half: Vítor Baía, Pepe, César Peixoto, Paulo AssunçãoBelenenses, who have reinforced their squad considerably, got an impressive result
against top French side Mónaco, beating them 2-1 in Anglet, France. Maoulida put Mónaco in front just before half time following a mistake from Vasco Faísca, but in the second half,
Fábio Januuário on 65 and Pinheiro on 77 turned it around for the blues. Belenenses play Toulouse on Saturday. Belenenses lined up:
Marco Aurélio, Amaral, Gaspar, Pelé, Vasco Faísca, Rui Ferreira,
Ricardo Araújo, Silas, Paulo Sérgio, Meyong, Djurdjevic. On in the second half: Pedro Alves, Sousa, Rolando, Fábio Januário, Sandro Gaúcho, Pinheiro, Ahamada. 20/07/05
The Boavista squad for this season will be officially presented to the fans on 30 July (18.30) against Spanish second division side Valladolid. Académica
have pulled out of their pre-season trip to Greece as the tournament they were to play in in Salonika has been cancelled. The teams that were to play were PAOK, Partizan Belgrade and Sydney United.
Barreirense, newly promoted to the Liga de Honra, will be presented to their fans ... and naturally thousands of benfiquistas ... agsinst Benfica on 27 July in their Estádio Manuel
de Melo. 19/07/05 Sporting de Braga have been invited to join Barcelona, Cádiz and Sevilla in the Ramón de Carranza tournament that will take place between 4 and 6 August.
18/07/05 Benfica lost their much-heralded friendly with Chelsea 0-1
Sunday. After a very good opening half from Benfica, when the Lisbon side were thwarted only by 'keeper Cech (Geovanni and Simão), Chelsea went in front two minutes from time when Robben sent in free-kick from deep and central defender
Ricardo Rocha, under pressure, nodded the ball past Quim. In the second half, and with both sides makning multiple changes, the game lost its shape and Benfica lost their coherence. The teams lined up:
Benfica: Quim, João Pereira, Anderson, Ricardo Rocha, Dos Santos, Petit, Beto, Karyaka, Geovanni, Simão, Nuno Gomes
Substitutes:
Moreira, Alex, Carlitos, Mantorras, Alcides, Nuno Assis, Karadas, Tiago Gomes, Hélio Roque
Chelsea:
Petr Cech, Paulo Ferreira, Johnson, Gallas, Del Horno, Lampard, Tiago, Jarosik, Joe Cole, Carlton Cole, Robben
Substitutes:
Cudicini, Makelele, Crespo, Duff, Gudjohnsen, Terry, Watt, Morais, Filipe Morais, Grant, Elmer. 17/07/05 FC Porto thrashed part-timers Bennekom 7-0 Saturday in the second of their pre-season
friendlies on Dutch soil. Bomfim (penalty) Alan and Ivanildo got three in the first half, and Quaresma (penalty), Pepe, Sokota and Hugo Almeida
completed the rout in the second. Sporting also won, crossing the Tagus to beat Barreirense 2-1. Just before the break, Liedson put Sporting in front, then Hugo Machado, on loan from
Sporting, equalised for Barreirense from the spot. Midway through the second half, Marinho put a Douala cross through his own goal to give Sporting the win. Boavista
needed a goal from a free-kick four minutes from time by new-signing Manuel José to beat Feirense in coach Carlos Britos' first outing. Penafiel won their first serious game of the season, 2-1
at home to Vizela. Bruno Amaro on 18 and Zé Rui on 57 minutes gave Penafiel the edge, although Vizela pulled one back five minutes from time through Delfim. Newly-promoted Naval
beat Sporting Covilhã 1-0, the goal scored by Éder. 16/07/05 Benfica will be presented with the Cup for winning the SuperLiga title last season before Sunday's friendly with
Chelsea at the Luz. There are expected to be around 45/50,000 for the game, which sees José Mourinho returning to the club he coached for several months in the 90s. Sporting
travel to Britain this week for two friendlies. They will play Celtic in Glasgow on Thursday (19.30) and Blackpool on Saturday (15.00) 14/07/05 Benfica
won their second game in Switzerland Wednesday, beating Carouge of the Swiss third division 3-0. It was one-way traffic practically throughout, and Benfica's strikers provided the goals: Mantorras
on 25 minutes, Nuno Gomes on 58 and Karadas on 73. Benfica lined up:
Quim, João Pereira, Alcides, Anderson, Dos Santos; Petit, Karyaka, Nuno Assis, Geovanni, Mantorras,
Simão. On in the second half: Moreira, Alex, Fernando Alexandre, Ricardo Rocha, Tiago Gomes, João Vilela, Hélio Roque, Carlitos, Karadas. FC Porto
won the first of their four friendlies on Dutch soil, beating NEC 1-0 with a goal from Hélder Postiga in the 41st minute. Porto lined up:
Vítor Baía,
Sonkaya, Ricardo Costa, Pepe, Nuno Valente, Paulo Assunção, Lucho Gonzalez, Jorginho, Lisandro Lopez, Hélder Postiga, César Peixoto. On in the second half:
Helton, Jorge Costa, Pedro Emanuel, Areias, Ibson, Ricardo Quaresma, Sokota, McCarthySporting beat Torreense 3-1 with two goals from Douala and one from Edson. Ibraíma
equalised on 23 minutes for Torreense Sporting lined up:
Ricardo, Rogério, Semedo, Miguel Veloso, Paíto, Rochemback, Nani, Edson, Sá Pinto, Liedson, Douala. On in the second half:
Nélson, Miguel Garcia, Beto, André Marques, Custódio, Carlos Martins, Labarthe, Silva, Manoel. 11/07/05 Benfica won their first game under Koeman Sunday,
2-1 over Swiss second division side Sion. Karadas put Benifca in front on 49 minutes, Thurre equalised for Sion on the hour and Geovanni
got the winner ten minutes later. Benfica lined up with two distinct elevens in each half: First half:
Moreira, Alex, Anderson, Ricardo Rocha, Tiago Gomes, Beto, Nuno Assis, Karyaka, Carlitos, Nuno Gomes, Simão.
Second half:
Quim, João Pereira, F. Alexandre, Alcides, Dos Santos, Petit, João Vilela, Hélio Roque, Geovanni, Mantorras, Karadas. 09/07/05 The Benfica
team will be officially presented to their fans 7 August in a friendly at the Luz against AS Roma of Italy. 04/07/05 The Luís Figo
Foundation beat the Ronald McDonald Foundation 2-1 in the All-Star charity match in the Algarve Stadium Saturday. Ronaldo scored both goals for the LFF, while Jestrovic
pegged one back for the RMF. 28/06/05 Del Bosque, Bobby Robson and Carlos Queiróz
will be three of the four coaches in charge of the teams in the All-Star Game, to be played at the Algarve Stadium Saturday at 20.45. Some of the stars expected to be on show are Roberto Carlos
and Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Rui Costa (AC Milan), Jermain Defoe (Tottenham), Alexi Lalas, Ricardo, João Moutinho, Polga, Douala and Manoel (Sporting), Hugo Viana, Pennant and Melchiot (Birmingham City), Vidigal and De
Sanctis (Udinese), as well as Luís Figo, who is promoting the event. 26/06/05 Both FC Porto and Benfica have said that their players will not take part in the All-Stars
game to be played in the Algarve on 2 July. The game, an annual affair, is organised by and contributes to the Figo Foundation. 25/06/05 Tickets for Benfica
's July 17 friendly with English champions Chelsea go on sale on 30 June, initially to associate members of the club (sócios). Prices vary between 15 and 50 euros. Belenenses will meet
Mónaco in France on 20 July (19.00) in the Jean d'Anglet stadium. 17/06/05 This year's Jogo de Estrelas (All Stars '05), organised by the Luís Figo Foundation
, will be at the Estádio do Algarve on 2 July. Takings from the game will revert to the Ronald McDonald Foundation. Names already confirmed are Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos, Rui Costa, Pedro Mantorras and,
of course, Luís Figo. One of the teams on the night will be 'coacjed' by Bobby Robson. 07/06/05 Benfica will receive José Mourinho's English champions Chelsea at the
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