Portuguese Football in English
The Primeira Liga is back, and brings with it an instant dose of drama and chaos as Braga manager Daniel Sousa is sacked just hours after their first league game of the season.
Meanwhile, Benfica fall to a shock defeat against Famalicão as their season gets off to the worst possible start, triggering fierce criticism of coach Roger Schmidt and president Rui Costa.
Plus we discuss Porto and Sporting winning in impressive fashion, as well as all the action from the rest of the league.
In Episode 94 of The Seleção Podcast, host Danny Pinto is joined by the founder of PortuGOAL.net Tom Kundert as they look back on Pepe’s career following his retirement announcement.
In a LIVE Episode 93 of The Seleção podcast, host Danny Pinto is once again joined by Nathan Motz and Eric “The Portuguese Hammer” Vieira following Portugal’s heartbreaking loss to France in penalties at the quarterfinals of Euro 2024.
Among the topics discussed were Roberto Martínez, Cristiano Ronaldo, Pepe, the Seleção’s missed opportunities during the match, and what happens next with this national team.
In episode 92, host Danny Pinto is joined by Matthew Marshall of PortuGOAL.net, who has been in Germany covering Euro 2024.
Danny and Matthew discuss, among other things:
- Diogo Costa’s heroics in the R16 match versus Slovenia
- The growing importance of Vitinha in the starting XI
- Roberto Martínez’s tactics and substitutions
- CR7: fair criticism versus rooting for his failure
- Could the Portugal-France quarter-final be the match where both teams finally show up?
In LIVE Episode 91 of the Seleção podcast, host Danny Pinto was joined by regular guests – the Erics, Eric “The Portuguese Hammer” Vieira and Eric Krakauer. The guys discussed Portugal’s emotionally exhausting round-of-16 victory on penalties versus Slovenia at Euro 2024.
The show focuses on Diogo Costa’s historic display in the penalty shootout, Roberto Martínez’s substitutions, the almost potential end of Pepe and CR7’s Seleção careers, Vitinha’s growing importance, a look ahead to the quarterfinals against France, and much more.
