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17/05/08Benfica beat the Angolan National Team 3-2 in front of 10,000 at the Cidadela Stadium in Luanda on Wednesday,
Cristiano Rodriguez, Elísio (own goal) and Maxi Pereira getting Benfica's goals, while Love Kabungula and Amaro got Angola'sBenfica lined up: Moreira, Pedro Correia, Edcarlos, Binya,
Léo (Sepsi), Fellipe Bastos, Nuno Assis, Maxi Pereira, Rodriguez (Dabao), Mantorras (Di Maria), Makukula (Cardozo) na dupla atacante. 17/05/08 Belenenses and FC Porto
will not now take part in the Mohammed V Tournament, scheduled for 23-25 May in Morocco, after it was cancelled by the organizers. English side Sunderland
will be in the Algarve in July, playing against Sporting (20 July) and Vitória de Setúbal (23), both at the Albufeira Municipal Stadium. 09/01/08 Naval beat Belgian club
Standard Liège 1-0 Tuesday, Bruno Lazaroni getting the only goal on the half hour. Liège, in Portugal for a training break, are coached by fpormer Benfica 'keeper Michel Preud'homme. 21/10/07
Sporting Braga were defeated 3-1 at home to Liga de Honra side Trofense
on Saturday. Pinheiro (27 m), Idalécio (57) and Casacavel (70) got the visitors' goals, while João Tomás got Braga's. Their coach Jorge Costa was in England to watch Bolton, who Braga will face in the UEFA Cup.
Belenenses beat Estoril 2-1, but the game was ended five minutes early after arguments between the technical staff. Other games: Naval 2-0 Feirense
Académica 0-0 Varzim
Gil Vicente 1-0 Paços de Ferreira 29/08/07 The friendly between Real Madrid and Sporting
for the Santiago Bernabeu Trophy, which was to be played on Wednesday, has been cancelled following the death of Sevilla's António Puerta. 17/08/07 Sporting
have accepted Real Madrid's offer to play in the Santiago Bernabeu Trophy on 29 August. The Lisbon club play FC Porto two days beforehand and Belenenses shortly afterwards.
13/08/07Belenenses beat Al Arabi of Qatar 7-1
in the official presentation of the squad. Scorers: João Paulo Oliveira (3), Fernando (2), Gabriel Gomez and Mendonça. Salmman got a consolation for Al Arabi Paços de Ferreira
presented the squad to their fans against Sparta Rotterdam in front of just 200 fans (...) An own goal by Schenkel gave Os Castores the lead on the half hour, Edson
made it two a minute from time but Polak reduced the margin shortly after from the spot. Paços lined up: Peçanha, Ferreira, Kiko, LuizCarlos, Antunes, Dedé, Filipe Anunciação (Pedrinha 78),
Fernando Pilar, Edson (Furtado 60), Cristiano, Márcio Carioca Nacional beat local rivals União da Madeira 2-1 in the official presentation of the squad, the goals coming from Juliano
Spadacio and Juninho, Vinicius pulling one back near the end. 09/08/07 Belenenses lost 0-1 Wedensday in the Teresa Herrera Trophy
in Coruña, a mistake from 'keeper Marco in the final minutes gifting Robinho the winner. Belenenses play Italian club Atalanta for third and fourth places Thursday, while Deportivo play Real in the Final.
The teams lined up:Belenenses:
Marco Gonçalves, Cândido Costa, Rolando, Devic, Rodrigo Alvim, Gabriel Gomez, Ruben Amorim, José Pedro, Silas, Mendonça, Roncatto. Plus: Moura, Rafael Bastos, João Paulo Oliveira, Amaral.Real Madrid:
Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Pepe, Canavaro, Torres, Diarra, Balboa, Robinho, Gutti, Raúl, Saviola. Plus: Soldado, Júlio Baptista. Sporting Braga beat neighbours Merelinense 2-0
with goals from recent reinforcements Lenny and Jaílson Santos. Paços de Ferreira drew 0-0 with Tirsense. Académica beat Al Arabi of Qatar 2-1
, with goals from Hélder Barbosa and, on the stroke of time, Nuno Piloto. Sayd had put Al Arabi in front on the half hour. Naval beat Nelas of the Segunda Divisão
3-0, Boris putting Os Estudantes in front just before the break and Saulo adding two in the second half. 07/08/07
A headed goal from central defender David Luíz on 79 minutes clinched the Guadiana Tournament for Benfica against Sporting Sunday. Real Bétis
were second in the three-way competition, Sporting last. The teams lined up: Benfica: Quim, Luís Filipe, Luisão (Rui Costa 59), David Luiz, Léo, Petit, Katsouranis, Nuno Assis
(Miguelito 83), Manuel Fernandes, Mantorras (Fábio Coentrão 72), Bergessio.
Sporting: Stojkovic, Pedro Silva (Abel 71), Tonel, Polga, Ronny, Miguel Veloso, João Moutinho, Romagnoli (Yannick 80), Izmailov
(Vukcevic 73), Liedson, Derlei. Sporting had drawn 1-1 with Bétis on Saturday, Liedson equalising a Capi goal. The teams lined up. Sporting: Tiago,
Pereirinha, Paulo Renato, Gladstone, Marian Had, Adrien Silva, Paredes (João Moutinho 64), Farnerud, Yannick Pupo (Derlei 46), Vukcevic (Romagnoli 64), Yannick Djaló (Liedson 64). Bétis: Ricardo,
Isidoro, Melli, Rivas, Veja, Juande, Damia (Lembo 33), Capi (Pavone 78). Caffa, Maldonado, Fernando.
Treinador Hector Cúper. Benfica had drawn 0-0 with Bétis on Friday.
The teams lined up: Benfica: Butt, Nelson (Luís Filipe 46), Luisão (Zoro 46, then Stretenovic 87), David Luiz, Léo, Manuel Fernandes, Petit (Katsouranis 46) Rui Costa, Bergessio (Miguelito 78), Yu
Dabao (Mantorras 46), Fábio Coentrão (Andrés Díaz 71). Bétis: Doblas, Illic, Juanico, Nano, Babic, Odonkor, Miguel Ángel (Juande 61), Rivera (Capi 76), Mark Gonzalez, Pavone (Fernando 69), Sobis. FC Porto won the Rotterdam Tournament, beating Chinese side Shenhua 3-0. Tarik put Porto in front on five minutes, while Leandro Lima
got two more before the break. Porto benefitted from a 1-1 scoreline in the other game of the day between Feyenoord and Liverpool. Porto had previously drawn 0-0 with Feyenoord.
Porto lined up against Shenhua: Helton, João Paulo, Bruno Alves (Pedro Emanuel 61), Stepanov, Lino (Cech 68), Bolatti, Raul Meireles (Fucile 46), Leandro Lima (Quaresma 46), Tarik, Paulo Assunção 74),
Farias (Lisandro 29), Mariano Gonzalez. Sporting Braga won their seventh game of eight, beating English club Charlton (now of the Championship) 2-0 in London. Ben Thatcher
put through his own goal to give Braga the lead, César Peixoto made it 2-0 before the break, and Ambrose pulled one back just after it. Braga lined up. Dani Malo, João
Pereira, Paulo Jorge, Rodriguez, César Peixoto, João Pinto, Frechaut, Vandinho, Yasser Hussain, João Tomás, Wender. Plus: Lenny, Roberto Brum, Stélvio, Baylón, Castanheira Nacional beat
WAC Casablanca 2-0 with goals from Rodrigo and Gonçalo. But they could only draw 0-0 with Odivelas Saturday. Vitória de Guimarães beat Al Arabi of Qatar 2-0
in the official presentation of the squad to the fans Sunday. João Alves on 57 minutes and Filipe on 64 got the goals. Paços de Ferreira beat Marítimo 2-0
Saturday, with goals from Edson and Antunes. Estrela da Amadora and Belenenses drew 0-0. A second-half goal from Renato gave União de Leiria a
1-0 win over Segunda (third tier) club Abrantes. Vitória de Setúbal drew 1-1 with Sevilla in Marbella, Spain. A header from Filipe
put Vitória in front on 65 minutes, with Renato equalising for Sevilla soon afterwards. Vitória had beaten Pinhalnovense of the Segunda (third tier) 3-1
on Friday, with goals from Besugo, Kim and Edinho. Leixões won the City of Espinho Tournament, Académica and Sporting Espinho being the other participants. 01/08/07 Académica
drew 1-1 at Tourizense of the Segunda (third tier). Tiago Rosa put through his own goal on 50 minutes to give Académica the lead before Traquina put through the right goal to give Tourizense the draw.
Pre-season games so far (Source: Maisfutebol)
July
11
SC Irene-FC Porto, 0-10
Trofense-Leixões, 0-0 12
Estoril-Académica, 0-0 13
Belenenses-Players' Union, 4-0
Varzim-Sporting Braga, 0-1 14
FC Den Bosch-FC Porto, 0-4
Académica-Vit. Guimarães, 0-2
Feirense-Naval, 0-0
Vit. Setúbal-Cardiff, 0-1
Desp. Aves-Leixões, 1-4
Sporting-Sintrense, 2-1
Benfica-Sindicato, 8-0 16
VSB Huls-Sp. Braga, 2-3 17
Penafiel-Académica, 0-1
U. Leiria-Trofense, 0-0 18
Genk- FC Porto, 1-0
Sporting-V. Guimarães, 0-0 (4-5, a.p.)
Naval-Estoril, 1-1
Vizela-Boavista, 2-1
Hammer-Sp. Braga, 0-2
Varzim-Leixões, 3-0
Vit. Setúbal-Beira Mar, 0-1 19
Sintrense_Belenenses, 0-4
Académica-Feirense, 0-0 20
El Etesalat-Marítimo, 0-3 21
FC Porto-Mónaco, 2-1
Sporting-Lille, 3-0
Cluj-Benfica, 2-2
Varzim-Académica, 0-0
P. Ferreira-Naval, 1-0
NEC- Sp. Braga, 1-2
Belenenses-Odivelas, 1-0
Gondomar-V. Guimarães, 1-2
Vit. Setúbal-Fátima, 3-0
Torreense-E. Amadora, 2-0
Nacional-Pontassolense, 2-0
Lousada-Boavista, 1-2 22
Marítimo-Petrojet, 2-1
Jeunesse-Sp. Braga, 0-2
Leixões- Desp. Aves, 2-0 24
Marítimo-Al-Masry, 0-0
Académica-Beira-Mar, 2-0
Belenenses-Estoril, 0-1 25
FC Porto-Red Star, 1-0 (45 mins)
FC Porto-Atalanta, 1-0 (45 mins)
Naval-Vitória de Guimarães, 2-4
Standart Liége-Sporting Braga, 1-2
Penafiel-Leixões, 1-0
Olhanense-Vitória de Setúbal, 0-1
Nacional-Fátima, 0-1
U. Leiria-Odivelas, 3-2
Gondomar-Paços Ferreira, 1-1
Real Massamá-Estrela Amadora, 0-0 26
Marítimo-Arab Contractors, 2-0 (Marítimo win Alexandria Tournament)
Nacional-Académica, 1-2 28
Boavista-FC Porto, 0-3
Sporting-Recreativo de Huelva, 1-1
Al-Ahly-Benfica, 2-1
Feirense-Académica, 0-2
Penafiel-Naval, 0-0
Vitória de Setúbal-Nacional, 0-1
Belenenses-WAC/Rajá, 1-0
Leixões-Vitória de Guimarães, 0-0 29
Gil Vicente-Sporting Braga, 1-0
Nacional-Santa Clara, 0-0
Belenenses-Club African, 2-0 (Belenenses win Casablanca Tournament) 30
Marítimo-Santa Clara, 0-0 31
Atlético-Belenenses, Estádio Tapadinha
Tourizense-Académica, 1-1
Upcoming games August 1
Marítimo-Celta de Vigo at 21.00, Melgaço
Leixões-Vizela at 18.00, Estádio Mar
Vit. Guimarães-Moreirense
Odivelas-Vit. Setúbal at 17.30, Odivelas
Fátima-U. Leiria, Fátima
Nacional-Estrela Amadora at 18.00 Rio Maior 2
Nacional-Belenenses, Rio Maior
Arouca-Académica at 19.00, Arouca 3
FC Porto-Feyenoord, Rotterdam Tournament
Benfica ¿Bétis, Guadiana Tournament
Vit. Setúbal-Pinhalnovense at 18.00, Bonfim 4
Paços Ferreira-Marítimo at 19.00, Paços Ferreira
Charlton-Sp. Braga, London
Estrela Amadora-Belenenses, Reboleira
Sporting ¿Bétis, Guadiana Torunament
Abrantes-U. Leiria at 18.00, Abrantes
Nacional-Odivelas at 18.00, Rio Maior 5
FC Porto-Shangai Shenhua, Rotterdam Tournament
Sporting-Benfica, Guadiana Tournament
Vit. Guimarães-Al-Arabi, Guimarães
Tourizense-Estrela Amadora at 18.00, Touriz 7
Olivais Moscavide-Belenenses, Moscavide 8
Académica-Al Arabi at 18.00, Tocha
Penafiel-Sp. Braga, Penafiel
Alcobaça-U. Leiria at 20.00, Alcobaça 30/07/07
Benfica lost 1-2 Sunday against Egyptian side Al-Ahly, with former Benfica coach Manuel José at the helm. Shadi Mohammed on five minutes put Al-Ahly in front, with
Nuno Assis, back after suspension for doping, equalising on 53 from a pass by Rui Costa. Nélson put a suicidal pass across the face of the area for Honsi to step in and get the winner on 63 minutes. Belenenses won the Casablanca Tournament, beating African Club of Tunisia 2-0 in the Final. José Pedro (voted Player of the Tournament) and Mendonça
got the goals, one in each half. Nacional dominated against Santa Clara of the Liga de Honra (second tier) but could not translate their domination into goals, the game finishing
0-0. 29/07/07 FC Porto (reserves) beat local rivals Boavista 3-0
Saturday in the Panthers' official presentation to their fans. Just 3,000 or so saw fit to make their way to the Bessa (capacity 30,000) for the game; they saw the two teams match each other in midfield but Porto prove much deadlier in front of goal. The goals were scored by
Hélder Postiga and two from Tarik; both players seem set to leave the club. The teams lined up: Boavista:
Peter Jehle, Rissutt, Ricardo Silva, Bruno Pinheiro, Mário Silva, Diakité, Essame, Gajic, Grzelak, Laionel, Linz. Plus: David Fleurival, Marcelão, Bosancic, Hugo Monteiro, Edgar, Fary.
FC Porto:
Nuno, Fernando, João Paulo, Pedro Emanuel, Cech, Castro, Kazmierczak, Luís Aguiar, Tarik, Mariano Gonzalez, Hélder Postiga. Plus: Ventura, Lino, Jorginho, Leandro Lima, Edgar, Fucile.
Sporting
could only manage a 1-1 draw at home to Spanish side Recreativo de Huelva, who had ex-Sportinguistas Carlos Martins and Varela in their ranks. Paredes
put Sporting in front five minutes from time, but Recreativo equalised just two minutes later through Pongole from the spot. The teams lined up: Sporting:
Stojkovic (Rui Patrício 46), Bruno Pereirinha, Polga (Gladstone 62), Tonel, Ronny, Miguel Veloso (Paredes 62), Vukcevic (Izmailov 46), Romagnoli (Pupo 62), Moutinho (Farnerud 62), Derlei (Djaló 62), Liedson.
Recreativo: Sorrentino, Edu Moya (Bernal 89), Quique Alvares, Bouzon, Dani Bautista, Jesus, Carlos Martins (Pampa Calvo 71), Varela (Joselito 76), Camunas (Cáceres 65), Poli (Aitor 65), Sinama Pongole (Oliveira 89).
A penalty by Rogério Vilela gave Gil Vicente of the Liga de Honra (2nd tier) a 1-0 win over Sporting Braga
in Gil's official presentation of the squad to the fans. It was Braga's first defeat of the pre-season. Other results: Feirense 0-2 Académica (Cris 65; Gyano 90)
Vitória de Setúbal 0-1 Nacional (Alonso 58)
Rio Ave 0-1 Paços de Ferreira (Danielson 31)
Leixões 0-0 Vitória de Guimarães
Estoril 1-0 Estrela Amadora (Dagil 59)
Penafiel 0-0 Naval
There was trouble between the fans of Leixões and Vitória de Guimarães during their 0-0 draw. 28/07/07 Belenenses reached the Final of the Casablanca Tournament by beating a joint
WAC/Raja Casablanca side 1-0, the goal scored by newcomer João Paulo on 72 minutes. Belenenses meet Tunisian side Club Africain in the Final on Sunday. Sporting Braga
have returned to Portugal after an excellent pre-season training camp in Holland, during which they won six out of six of their friendlies. President António Salvador, was, however, cautious about the coming season: "We are not candidates for the title," he said.
27/07/07 FC Porto won the Atalanta Triangular tournament, beating both Red Star Belgrade and Atalanta 1-0
. Adriano scored with a spectacular overhead kick in the first game (of 45 minutes) and Lisandro López headed home in the second. Porto lined up:
(Against Red Star): Nuno, Bosingwa, Bruno Alves, Pedro Emanuel, Lino, Paulo Assunção, Raul Meireles, Luís Aguiar, Ricardo Quaresma, Adriano, Lisandro Lopez.
(Against Atalanta): Nuno, Fucile, Bruno Alves, João
Paulo, Marek Cech, Bolatti, Kazmierczak, Jorginho, Lisandro Lopez, Edgar, Ricardo Quaresma (plus Adriano and Lino). The second game was a reunion with Atalanta coach Luigi del Neri, who spent
only a few weeks as Porto coach at the beginning of the 2004/05 season before being sacked. Sporting Braga continued their good pre-season run with a 2-1 win over Standard Liège
of Belgium , Braga coach Jorge Costa's last club before retiring as a player. César Peixoto in the first half and João Tomás from the spot in the second got the Braga goals. Braga
lined up:Dani, Luís Filipe, Paulo Jorge, Frechaut, César Peixoto, Vandinho, João Pinto, Andrés Madrid, Lenny, Wender, João Tomás. Plus: Zé Manel,
Anilton, Yasser, Baylon Marítimo won the Alexandria International Tournament, beating the Arab Contractors 2-0 with goals from Ricardo Esteves and Kanu
, both in the first half. Vitória de Guimarães spoiled Naval's official presentation of the squad to the fans by beating them 4-2 Wednesday. Marcelinho
put Naval in front, but Vitória were 4-1 up before the break, the goals coming from Mrdakovic, Ghilas (2) and Fajardo. Naval pulled one back in the second half through Mário Sérgio.
Académica beat Nacional 2-1. Orlando put Os Estudantes in front, Fillype Gabriel equalised from afree kick and Vouho
got the winner for Académica. Nacional had lost earlier in the week 0-1 to Fátima. Estrela da Amdora drew 0-0 with Real Massamã after losing earlier in the week 0-2 to
Torreense. Vitória de Setúbal beat Olhanense 1-0, Robson scoring. 24/07/07 Sporting Braga beat Luxembourg side Jeunesse 2-0
Sunday with goals from Zé Manuel and Wender. Newly-promoted Leixões beat relegated Desportivo das Aves 2-0, Elvis and Paulo Machado scoring in the first half. The 7th edition of the Guadiana International Tournament will involve Sporting, Benfica and Spanish side Bétis. The games will be played 3-5 August (see schedule below).
22/07/07 FC Porto beat AS Mónaco 2-1 Saturday in what was a repeat of the 2004 Champions League Final. Lisandro
López headed in a Quaresma free-kick on 38 minutes, and Hélder Postiga made it two from the spot on 53. Pino pulled one back for Mónaco ten minutes from time.
The teams lined up:FC Porto : Nuno, Bosingwa, João Paulo, Pedro Emanuel, Marek Cech, Paulo Assunção, Raul Meireles, Jorginho, Lisandro, Adriano, Ricardo Quaresma. Also:
Paulo Ribeiro, Lino, Bolatti, Fernando, Luís Aguiar, Sektioui, Hélder Postiga, Kazmierczak, Renteria.
Mónaco: Roma; Monsoreau, Modesto, Cufré e Berthod; Meriem, Leko e Menez; Bernardi, Jan Koller e
Piquionne. Also: Muratori, Gakpe, Pino, Mongongu, Sambou, Licata, Bakar.
Earlier in the week, Porto lost 0-1 to Belgian side Genk, with Bruno Alves
sent off in the first half for elbowing an opponent. Sporting beat Lille 3-0 at Alvalade, Liedson getting two and newcomer Vukcevic getting the other.
The teams lined up: Sporting: Stoijkovic, Abel, Polga, Gladstone, Rony, Farnerud, Paredes, Romagnoli, Pereirinha, Liedson, Purovic. Also: Rui Patrício,
Tonel, André Marques, Miguel Veloso, Adrien, Vukcevic, João Moutinho, Yannick, Paulo Renato, Derlei.
Lille: Malick; Debuchy, Cabeye, Bastos e Fairvergue; Yanes, Makoun, Beria e Taffoureau; Rami e Plestan.
Jogaram ainda: Tony Sylva, Lichtsteiner, Chedjou, Emerson, Youla, Ewane, Dumont, Obraniak, Maric e Mirallas.
Sporting lost 4-5 on penalties to a useful Vitória de Guimarães
in the City of Albufeira Trophy on Wednesday. The game had finished at 0-0. Benfica drew 2-2 with Romanian side Cluj, who were celebrating their 100th
anniversary on Saturday. All the goals came in the second half: Dani put Cluj in front, Rui Costa equalised, Cardozo gave Benfica the lead and Semedo equalised for Cluj.
The teams lined up: Cluj: Stanciou, Tony, Cadú, Sandberg, Tanin, Dani, André Leão, Semedo, Dida, Trica, Fabbiani. Also: Nuno Claro, Turcas, Eulio,
Amoreirinha, Sousa, Freddy, Munteauan, Marginean, Pedro Oliveira, Deac, Anca, Muresan (Manuel José).
Benfica: Quim, Zoro, Luisão, David Luiz, Miguelito, Manuel Fernandes, Katsouranis, Rui Costa, Simão,
Bergessio, Cardozo. Also: Butt, Mantorras, Miguel Vítor, Stretenovic, Fábio Coentrão, Manu, Yu Dabao, Romeu Ribeiro Sporting Braga beat NEC Breda 2-1 in Holand with two goals from
João Tomás, the second a penalty. It was Braga's fourth victory of the pre-season. A free-kick from Fernando after 4 minutes gave Belenenses a 1-0 win over Odivelas
. This follows a 4-0 win against Sintrense, with goals from João Paulo Oliveira, Muñoz, Fernando and Rafael Bastos Paços de Ferreira beat Naval 1-0 with a goal from Edson
near the end. Nacional beat Pontassolense 2-0, with goals from Rodrigo and newcomer Edu Sales. Boavista lost 1-2 to Vizela of the
Liga de Honra. Ricardo Silva put Boavista in front, but André Cunha and Óscar gave Vizela the victory. Eli and Fábio gave second division (third tier) side Torreense
a 2-0 win over Estrela da Amadora. Leandro (18'), Matheus (35') and Binho (50') gave Vitória de Setúbal a 3-0 win over Fátima
, this after losing in the week 0-1 at home to Beira-Mar. Académica drew 0-0 with Feirense in the week. Newly promoted Leixões lost 0-3 at
Liga de Honra side Varzim. 16/07/07 FC Porto beat Den Bosch, of the Dutch second division, 4-0 on Saturday. Lisandro
López scored on two minutes but was then sent off on 30. Hélder Postiga (penalty), Renteria and Tarik added the other goals.Porto lined up:
Nuno, Bosingwa,
Bruno Alves, Pedro Emanuel, Lino, Bolatti, Kazmierczak, Luis Aguiar, Quaresma, Adriano, Lisandro. Also:
Paulo Ribeiro, Fernando, João Paulo, Cech, Paulo Assunção, Raul Meireles, Jorginho, Hélder Postiga, Renteria, Tarik and Edgar. Sporting beat third division (fourth tier) side Sintrense 2-1
with goals from Derlei and Liedson. Sporting lined up: 1st period: Tiago, Abel, Tonel, Polga, Ronny, Adrien, Farnerud, Izmailov, Romagnoli, Derlei, Purovic 2nd
period: Tiago, Abel, Tonel, Gladstone, Ronny, Paredes, Farnerud, Adrien, Yannick Pupo, Derlei, Liedson 3rd period: Stojkovic, Abel, Gladstone, Polga, Ronny, Adrien, Yannick Pupo, Izmailov, Romagnoli, Liedson, Purovic
Benfica beat the out-of-work Footballers' Union team 8-0. Nuno Assis got a hat-trick, and newcomer Bergessio got two. Manú, Mantorras (penalty) and Yu Dabao got one each. Benfica lined up: Quim, Stretenovic, Luisão, Zoro, Miguelito, Manuel Fernandes, Katsouranis, Rui Costa, Nuno Assis, Simão, Bergessio. Also: Moreira, Nélson, Anderson, Miguel Vítor, Manú,
Romeu Ribeiro, Yu Dabao, Mantorras and Nuno Gomes. Naval could only draw 0-0 with Segunda (third tier) side Feirense Saturday. Ex-Boavista veteran 'keeper William, postponing his
retirement, was in the Feirense goal. Newcomers to the Liga Leixões beat Desportivo das Aves, going the other way, 4-1. Diego Martins
put Aves in front, but goals by Nuno Silva, Hugo Morais, Tales and Pedro Cervantes turned the game around.The other newcomers to the Liga, Vitória de Guimarães, beat Académica 2-0
with goals from Andrezinho and Ghilas. Vitória de Setúbal lost to a Steve Maclean goal against Cardiff City at the National Stadium. 30/06/07
Sporting will play Lille on 21 July and Hertha Berlin on 28. The club will also take part in the Guadiana Tournament on 4/5 August in the Algarve. Belenenses
will participate in the four-way Moulay El Hassan tournament in Casablanca between 27 and 29 July, along with Celta de Vigo and the local teams WAC and Raja Casablanca. 22/06/07 FC Porto will play Mónaco
in their presentation game on 21 July. Porto will make their pre-season preparation in Holland, playing S.C. Irene on 11 July (tentative) and Den Bosch on 14 July, among other fixtures to be arranged in Holland. Porto will also take part in the Centenary Torunament of Atalanta in Italy on 26 July. At the beginning of August, the team returns to Holland for the Rotterdam Tournament, playing Feyenoord (3 August) and Shanghai Shenhua (5). The first competitive match will be the
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