All posts tagged "Portugal national team"

  • Griezmann, France fall short as Portugal triumph in Euro final

    Antoine Griezmann gave one long, forlorn look at the Euro 2016 trophy before continuing the lonely walk across the trophy presentation aisle.  It’s uncertain that he’ll come as close to it again.  He would collect the Golden Boot for...

    • Posted July 10, 2016
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  • Euro 2016 Final: France vs. Portugal preview, by the numbers

    All the important numbers to know heading into Sunday night’s Euro 2016 final: 300,000,000 — The benchmark for TV viewers Uefa hopes to set for the final, having reported a total television audience of 299m for the...

    • Posted July 9, 2016
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  • Ronaldo leads Portugal past Wales to mark one over Messi

    It’s been a whirlwind of a fortnight in the rivalry between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Despite a lackluster start to Euro 2016, Ronaldo will now have a chance to mark one over Messi after sealing a...

    • Posted July 7, 2016
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  • MOTD: Poland 1-1 Portugal (3-5 pens)

    Portugal haven’t exactly been on fire at the European Championships this summer. Still, they’ve managed to wriggle their way into the semi-finals of the tournament with a quarterfinal victory over Poland on penalties.  The only record Portugal...

    • Posted June 30, 2016
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  • Portugal 1-1 Iceland: Ronaldo misfires as Portugal cede points

    Cristiano Ronaldo let Portugal down both on and off the pitch as they drew Iceland 1-1 at Euro 2016. The referee blew for the free-kick exactly as the clock struck ninety-three minutes.  Iceland had given away a...

    • Posted June 14, 2016
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  • Ronaldo hungry for Euro success ahead of Iceland matchup

    Embed from Getty Images Cristiano Ronaldo has suffered numerous international heartbreaks with Portugal in the past. Will Euro 2016 be any different for A Selecção? For all of Cristiano Ronaldo’s glorious triumphs, and there are plenty, his lack...

    • Posted June 11, 2016
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  • MOTD: Argentina 0-1 Portugal

    It was officially a meaningless international friendly, but promised so much more.  Cristiano Ronaldo facing Lionel Messi, unquestionably the two best players in the world over the past eight or so years, coming together at Ronaldo’s former home, Old...

    • Posted November 18, 2014
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  • World Cup INFOGRAPHIC: Who will make it out of Group G?

    The World Cup Group Stages are getting down to the wire. Some groups, in fact, are already finished and decided. But Group G is still completely wide open. All four teams could still make it out of...

    • Posted June 25, 2014
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  • WC MOTD: Portugal 2-2 USA

    Back, exactly four days and four years ago, the US were down 2-1 to Slovenia, eighty-one minutes into the World Cup Group C fixture. Then, Michael Bradley scored a late goal to give the US a 2-2...

    • Posted June 22, 2014
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  • WC MOTD: Germany 4-0 Portugal

    Cristiano Ronaldo might have bore through the pain of an injury and played in Portugal’s all important opening match of World Cup 2014 against Germany, but by the end of the full ninety minutes he featured in,...

    • Posted June 16, 2014
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