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25/08/06
The Gil Vicente-Belenenses saga (see below) continues, with the Liga ready to kick off this weekend. Gil's application for an injunction against their relegation, ruled by the FPF Council of Justice, has been accepted by the Lisbon Administrative Court. But the wording of the decision from the latter court is ambiguous, and Liga president Valentim Loureeiro has asked the court for clarification before the relevant games involving the two clubs Sunday. Three scenarios are possible:
a) Benfica play Belenenses in the Liga, Leixões play Gil Vicente in the Liga de Honra, as per the decision of the FPF Council of Justice on 22 August.
b) As per the situation that existed before the above decision, the two games are Benfica v Gil Vicente and Leixões v Belenenses.
c) Games involving the two clubs are suspended until a definitive decision is made.
Meanwhile, Gil have sent a fax to FIFA relating the whole process, claiming that the FPF originally advised Gil to go to the civil courts over the registration of the Angolan player Mateus
. It was the fact that Gil took this case to the civil courts which prompted Belenenses to claim that Gil should be relegated instead of them.
Portuguese international midfielder Pedro Mendes of Portsmouth is out of hospital after spending Wednesday night under observation following an
horrendous challenge by Ben Thatcher of Manchester City in a Premiership game.
Abel Xavier is back in training with English club Middlesboro. He will be able to return to playing in November after a suspension for doping.
22/06/08
Jesualdo Ferreria was officially presented as the new FC Porto coach Monday, and held his first training session with the squad.
Boavista , who Ferreira left last week, also presented a new coach, taking over from caretaker Pedro Barny (who will stay on as assistant): Montenegran Zeljko Petrovic, 40. It is Petrovic's
first experience as first coach of a club, although he has worked under Ruud Gullit at Feyenoord and with Martin Jol, currently coach at Tottenham, at RKJ Waalwijk. Saturday's opener at Sporting will have Pedro
Barny on the bench. Petrovic will be the only non-Portuguese coach in the Liga at the start of the season.
21/08/06
FC Porto (Liga winners last season) won their 15th SuperTaça Cândido Oliveira Saturday with a 3-0 win over Vitória de Setúbal (losing Taça de Portugal finalists, to winners FC Porto). All three goals came in the second half through
Adriano, Anderson and Vierinha. The match, which marks the beginning of the Portuguese season and is equivalent to the English Charity Shield, was played at União de Leiria's Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa.
The teams lined up:
FC Porto: Helton, Bosingwa, Pepe, Marek Cech, Paulo Assunção, Ibson, Raul Meireles, Anderson (Jorginho 87), Alan, Adriano (Lisandro Lopes 80), Ricardo Quaresma (Vieirinha 70).
Vitória de Setúbal: Marco Tábuas, Janício, Auri, Hugo, Nandinho, Sandro, Binho, Adalto (Fonseca 61), Ademar (Mário Carlos 66), Varela, Lourenço (Labarthe 75).
Jesualdo Ferreira, who watched the SuperTaça game from the stands, will be officially presented as the
FC Porto coach Monday. He replaces Dutchman Co Adriaanse, and moves controversially from local rivals Boavista.
Brazil won the ninth Mundialito of beach football Sunday, beating Portugal 3-1
in the Final in Portimão, in the Algarve. Bruno and Sidney but Brazil in front on two and five minutes, with alan pulling one back.a minute from the end, Sidney provided the coup de grace to make it 3-1. Argentina beat England 5-3 in the play-off for third place.
16/08/06
Boavista coach Jesualdo Ferreira has terminated his contract with the club after a matter of months. It is expected that he will sign a contract shortly with FC Porto, whose coach Co
Adriaanse resigned last week.
Ferreira's exit from Boavista has not been pacific. He was booed on his return to Portugal from England at the weekend, and journalists were assaulted
after a training session at the Bessa, reportedly by Boavista 'fans'.
14/08/06
FC Porto central defender Pedro Emanuel, who tore his Achilles tendon in the warm-up before Saturday's friendly against Manchester City, has undergone surgery and will be out until at
least the end of the year.
11/08/06
Boavista coach Jesualdo Ferreira is reported to be at the top of the list to take over from Co Adriaanse at FC Porto. Ferreira has been at Boavista a matter of months.
Former Secretary of State for Sport Hermínio Loureiro has been elected the new president of the Liga de Clubes
… but his appointment is subject to appeal, which has come from Nacional president Rui Alves.
10/08/06
Co Adriaanse has resigned as coach of FC Porto. At the root of the resignation lies the Porto board's unwillingness to push the boat out and get Adriaanse what he wanted: a top class striker.
He had been angling for his compatriot, Dutch international Hesselink, to take over from Benni McCarthy, sold to Blackburn, but the price tag of eight million euros was beyond Porto's means. Ironically
(or perhaps not), the Board has announced the return of Hélder Postiga, on loan to St Étienne last season and out of Adriaanse's plans for this. Porto are in England to play a friendly against Portsmouth
Thursday, with former Porto star and assistant to Adriaanse Rui Barros as caretaker. A new coach is expected to be announced next week.
Since José Mourinho left at the end of the 2003-2004 season, four coaches have passed through the Estádio do Dragão: Italian Luigi del Neri, who was sacked before the season began, Spanish
Vítor Fernandez, who lasted half a season, José Couceiro, who lasted the other half, and Co Adriaanse.
Adriaanse came to Porto at the beginning of last season and despite some hiccups along the way, including a disastrous Champions League campaign and white handkerchiefs waved at the Dragão on various occasions, the team won the
Liga title and the Taça de Portugal, Adriaanse's first titles of his career.
09/08/06
Cristiano Ronaldo scored two, and passed for Solksjaer to score, in his return to Manchester United's team in their 4-1 friendly win over Oxford United. "Even if you don't like him or
even hate him, you have to admire him," said the Oxford United site.
04/08/06
In an interview with Portuguese radio, Manchester United's assistant coach Carlos Queiróz has insisted that Cristiano Ronaldo
will be staying at the club, despite a possible backlash against him from the English public after he was 'involved' in the sending-off of Wayne Rooney at the World Cup. Queiróz said: "Manchester United and all of its players are used to being booed by the opponent's fans, so there won't be any problem."
Former Benfica president Jorge de Brito died Wednesday. De Brito was at the helm of the club between 1992 and 1994. His funeral took place Thursday.
Boavista (and Varzim of the Liga de Honra) have regularised their Social Security obligations and have been given the all-clear to register players and contracts.
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