July 8, 2006
FOURTH FOR FIGO, PORTUGAL
Veteran sets up lone goal in 3-1 loss
Luis Figo came off the bench to set up Nuno Gomes's 88th-minute goal, but it was not enough to secure a victory for Portugal in Saturday's third-place match against Germany.
July 5, 2006
ZIDANE”S PK KOs PORTUGAL
Loss sets up 3rd place showdown against Germany
France survived a second-half surge by Portugal and the goalkeeping antics of Fabien Barthez to book its second spot in a World Cup final Wednesday night. Captain and midfielder Zinedine Zidane converted a first-half penalty kick to lift the French to a 1-0 semifinal victory over Portugal.
July 1, 2006
SAVING GRACE
Portugal GK stands out in shootout, ousts Brits
Goalkeeper Ricardo made three saves in the penalty-kick shootout and Cristiano Ronaldo converted the game-winner to lift Portugal to a 3-1 tie-breaker victory over England in the quarterfinals of the World Cup on Saturday.
June 25, 2006
BAD JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG
Portugal survives ref, ill-tempered affair
There were moments in the 90-minute match during Portugal’s 1-0 World Cup victory over the Netherlands they actually played a little soccer in Nuremberg, Germany on Sunday night. Inbetween the fouls, 16 yellow cards and a Cup record four red cards handed out by Russian referee Valentin Ivanov, the teams managed to kick the ball instead of each other in one of the most ill-tempered and nasty matches in the 76-year history of the competition.
June 21, 2006
GROUP WINNERS
Portugal beats Mexico 2-1
Some teams just have all the luck, no matter what they do. Just ask Mexico, which qualified for the second round of the World Cup on Wednesday. The Mexicans missed a key penalty kick early in the second half, had a player red-carded and then dropped a 2-1 Group D decision to Portugal., 2-1. The Mexicans still managed to survive and play another day.
June 17, 2006
GETTING IT DONE
Portugal advances for first time in 40 years
FRANKFURT, Germany -- Portugal got the job done.
After failing to score in the first half of play and being booed off the field at halftime, the talented Portuguese squad responded with second-half goals from Anderson Deco and Christiano Ronaldo to defeat Iran 2-0. With the result, Portugal now has six points and advances to the next round of play, while Iran is eliminated from the competition.
June 11, 2006
FIRST STRIKE
This time Portugal gets it in 1-0 win
Portugal learned a tough lesson four years ago: allowing an early goal in the World Cup opener sets a bad tone for the tournament. Sunday, the Portuguese righted that wrong. Pauleta scored three minutes in and Portugal beat Angola 1-0 at Rhein-Energie-Stadion Sunday.
June 6, 2006
PORTUGAL'S LAST CHANCE
Golden generation wants to go out in glory
It's now or never for Portugal. A fantastic generation of Portuguese players face their last hurrah for international glory in Germany. They never truly lived up to their hype or potential. Perhaps they can at Germany 2006.
May 24, 2006
SCOLARI NAMES PORTUGAL ROSTER
High Expectations once Again
Coach Luis Felipe Scolari appears to have assembled one of Portugal's strongest World Cup teams in years, but whether it will live up to expectations will remain a question mark until group play is underway.
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