You can finally talk about J-League!!

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In here, a surprise yesterday: Porto lost against their primavera team.

They lost against Leiria - people say it's Porto B team - because they've some players on loan and the coach is an ex-Porto striker. Quaresma was sent-off (straight red).

Benfica won today. (Simao and Luisao scoring)
They're 5 points behind Porto then.

If Sporting win tomorrow in Boavista stadium, they'll be 4 points behind the leader Porto.

I was watching Benfica (away at Belenenses) again tonight.

Rui Costa was there!! as well as Katsouranis and Nelson. They all played a fair game...

Belenenses played the ugliest football I've watched for quite a long time!! What the f were they doing on that field, it was definitely not football. No brains, no technique, no nothing... pure fast Shaolin Kung-Fu!! I think they got like 6 or 7 yellow cards in the last 10 minutes.

But Benfica survived in the end and won 2-1!

I can see Benfica have increased their number of fans (specially in Greece with Katsouranis - fckin' great player, and Karagounis).
60% of people in Portugal are not enough?

What about the Greek league? Who's on top? PAO or Olympiakos?

Well actually Nelson was the one that did the job. Then they kicked Loverpool out of the CL and then came Rui Costa...

I was never a Katsouranis fan and didn't believe he was that good... I think he was voted in the best XI or something by some Portuguese mag!?

In Hellas, Rivaldo's Olympiacos is first by some 5 points I think... PAO and AEK come after but I don't remember who's second and third!

Oh by the way, I heard Santos wants some more of AEK's players... Cirillo (CB) and Sorrentino (GK) I think. He will need the former if Luisao leaves and the latter is a very good keeper and he will probably return to Italy, maybe at Genoa (who are building a good squad by the way!!). What about Karagounis, will he keep him at Benfica for the next season!??

Ok, I'll come with my french league and the BIG surprise is Lyon!
They lost Wednesday and today they drew both at home
So now the gap between them and the second came down to ... 13 pts

Wow what a battle!

For the 6th years

Rui is class. Today he made the 2 assists for the goals.

Yes. He is on the best 11 of the 'bwinLiga' (how the Portuguese League it's called). Lucho Gonzalez (Porto), Moutinho (Sporting Lisbon) and him were elected as the best midfielders on the first half of the season. It wasn't 1 mag. It was almost every single paper who chose him. He is very good.

Dunno anything about those players. I heard something... but Benfica transfer this window was Derlei (ex-Porto, from Mourinho era) - brazillian foward. A good add.

Karagounis? I think he's doing a good job. He is like a backup for Benfica's midfielder. A great backup. You know, those players who get in to hold the ball when the team is winning. Dunno if he's staying for next season.

A question, it's OlympiaKos or OlympiaCos? Rivaldo still plays some good football?

Lyon is slowing down a bit.

Baros was a great add. He's quality.

Yeah, he scored for his fisrt match

BTW, Lyon sold Carew to Aston Villa (or may be he was a part of Baros's deal) and for his arrival he said something like "Villa is a big club"

(I think) it's Olympiacos... Rivaldo is still good enough, for the hellenic Super League (now if that's super...) at least!


He's got a great first name but... he's quality?? Ermm.. what!?

So it wasn't just Mais Futebol that voted for Katsou!! Nice!!!!

And I also read Luisao was arrested for drunk driving!

Definitely, I think it's enough to be great

It's usual here. Maniche, Costinha, Jardel (big times), etc, many if not the majority of the players are caught by the police like that.

Luisão is still the best defender in league and the true leader of Benfica. Oh, and he was drunk because he was at a restaurant with his wife (maybe too many Coca-Colas ). Not a party or something like that.

Benitez had some probs with him, otherwise he would still be on the first 11 of Liverpool without a doubt. You'll see in Lyon.

Katsou was playing 'hit the post' on Friday... too bad cause Porto lost at home!!

Lyon keeps losing in the french league (they got 2pts in the last 5 games!) and still leads with 11pts
Today there was the french classico OM-PSG, poor game, poor Cissé and a 1-1 draw as a final result!

sh1t...

Aaah….So it’s not just Milan with the bad results. :rollseyes:

Barca and Real are playing like sh!t, Chelsea are clinging by their teeth for a 1-0 win over second from bottom Charlton.

And Lyon can’t seem to win a single game

Porto is playing like sh1t since the New Year. If they continue to perform like that, Benfica and Sporting will have a chance. They're only 3 or 4 points away.

Lyon did it guys they won a match by ... 1-0

I watched Bordeaux-Marseille (1-0) and I realized how pitiful is Ribery and Cissé, I really dont know what those guy is doing the French NT?! (Well, may be cause there is no others )

Anyway, it was a poor game and the pitch didn't help at all, Marseille had some great moments but they didn't score, and Ramé (Bordeaux GK) was great!

Actually I watched the game for young Nasri, a couple friends of mine told me that he was great, so I watched and I think for a 19 yo player he's really great, he hasn't the physical presence of Yoann but he has much more technique (with the ball) and is very clever. He had a great fisrt half then vanished in the second, but he definitely has a great future

I don't know about Cissé but Ribery is playing cause he looks great on the camera...

I'll be watching for Nasri.

WOW!! Australian international Archie Thompson scored 5 goals in the australian a-league final

Melbourne Victory winning 6 - 0 against Adelaide United

there is a final in the Australian league!??

Don't know but probably american play-off style.

Worlds most successfull club Glasgow Rangers beat Falkirk 2-1.

yep. top 4 teams have play-offs!

World =

I think he means the most titled club

Porto .... ROFL !!!!

Go check on Wikipedia.
They have won over 100 titles.
Most of them purely Scottish ones, but facts are facts.

Oh...

Well, ok. Respect.
But for me and for the great majority of the people the world's most successful club is Real Madrid as much as people hate them. 9 CL > *.

In here Benfica has a lot of titles too... but portuguese titles, not internationally.

I can see your point, it isn't THAT great when only 3% of your trophies is from competitons against teams from other countries.

Beckham is successful too...

Even you are successful.

As long as I don't get mixed up with the occasional Jason Bourne...

... but really, what do you mean!??

I think you know what I mean, don't you think? But what do you mean?

You should know...


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Wait, you think I think you know that I know that you know?

Oh.

Lyon were loosing 3-1 at home and then ... they scored 2 goals in the added time

Guess who scored the last ... wiltordu

yeah i just saw that... what a turn around and lucky...

good signs for Roma

Gekas scored again! And Epalle too!! Come on LaPalma, I'm waiting for your verdict!!

Whys no one using the Bundesliga thread? Anyway, it wasn't enough against Aachen...a 2-2 draw in the end. But Gekas may become top scorer of the Bundesliga this year

So... Portugal it seems like Kara has won his place back into the starting XI?? At least for as long as Rui Costa is out...

Yup. Nuno Assis will be out until the end of the season and Rui is injuried at the moment, so Kara will be there for the League and UEFA Cup matches.

He made a nice assist yesterday btw.

He played well in last week's UEFA Cup game against Bucharest too.