tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375301715330416781.post636728516860396457..comments2008-04-09T22:55:15.073-04:00Fumashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16763584926724022672fumasslb@gmail.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375301715330416781.post-12028711806018943252008-04-09T22:55:00.000-04:002008-04-09T22:55:00.000-04:00Joe,<BR/>understandable about losing the Portuguese. I lost my fluidity in French really fast.<BR/><BR/>I don't have any friends who speak Portuguese here, but hopefully I will come fall...<BR/><BR/><BR/>Take care in Iowa and drop me a line anytime to talk SLB or Portuguese :)<BR/><BR/>nick.giffen@gmail.comSoccerTickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04223733471775013364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375301715330416781.post-81256687907904211722008-04-09T09:42:00.000-04:002008-04-09T09:42:00.000-04:00Hey soccerticker. I'm losing my Portuguese as fast as you are gaining yours. No one to talk to in Portuguese in Iowa...how about you?Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375301715330416781.post-18279429402751338112008-04-08T11:39:00.000-04:002008-04-08T11:39:00.000-04:00We can hope Freddy makes the bench for the Cup game, but even then Chalana may stick to what he's been using as it is against Sporting and the semifinals.<BR/><BR/>Joe, I'm sure it's tough being a Benfica fan in Iowa, but I am a Benfica fan in North Carolina and understand only minimal Portuguese. I'm taking Portuguese class in the fall :)SoccerTickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04223733471775013364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375301715330416781.post-34315946105532245242008-04-08T09:11:00.000-04:002008-04-08T09:11:00.000-04:00Joe - Nothing from Freddy. In his position all you have to do is keep working hard and hope your hard work will pay off with an opportunity.<BR/>Iowa? Nice..Fumashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16763584926724022672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375301715330416781.post-85685887917597030182008-04-07T22:06:00.000-04:002008-04-07T22:06:00.000-04:00Any comments from Freddy the last two weeks or so? Wonder what his take on it is. (It's tough beibg a Benfica fan in Iowa!)Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375301715330416781.post-62921265150967901432008-04-07T14:35:00.000-04:002008-04-07T14:35:00.000-04:00@ Joe - your guess is as good as mine. I thought Chalana would surely use him after what he did in the Olympic qualifying tournament. Confidence levels were high, the team needed an injection of confidence, Freddy would have been perfect.<BR/><BR/>@LDN - I agree with you that we were robbed by the referee. But we can't expect any referees to be fair at this point, they have not been for the past 10 years, why would they be now? The refereeing in Portugal is amateurish at best, and that explains why there's Hardly ever a Portuguese referee in some of the major competitions.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes that amateur level and the inability to perform refereeing duties is confused with bias. I'm sure there's a lot of crooked refs out there, that's been proven already, but then there's other ones that are BAD, really, really BAD.<BR/><BR/>I'm very pleased with the teams performance yesterday, i hope they can build on it.Fumashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16763584926724022672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375301715330416781.post-77719523381918892442008-04-07T12:19:00.000-04:002008-04-07T12:19:00.000-04:00I also can´t believe he´s still leaving Freddy out!!! But the team played well yesterday!!<BR/>The misfortune can´t be blamed on the referee but I was at the stadium and the referee could clearly see at least one of the penaltys and just didn´t gave it because he didn´t want to!!Lampião do Nortehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11884624387025536181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375301715330416781.post-56566658427360982312008-04-07T11:14:00.000-04:002008-04-07T11:14:00.000-04:00He did so well in the Olympic qualifiers... 4 goals?Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375301715330416781.post-65993201499699706602008-04-07T11:13:00.000-04:002008-04-07T11:13:00.000-04:00Ant reason given for no Freddy?Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375301715330416781.post-14379127352465632352008-04-07T00:02:00.000-04:002008-04-07T00:02:00.000-04:00The previous post is mine. I forgot to put my name on it. Sorry!Pedro SLBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375301715330416781.post-36974278039441882722008-04-07T00:01:00.000-04:002008-04-07T00:01:00.000-04:00If it wasn't for that stupid referee, we could have won this game.<BR/><BR/>Vieria is pissed off, like most of the Benfica fans and supporters... and me.<BR/><BR/>Our team effort was amazing. Always fighting to the end! I agree that Chalana is wasting Adu's talents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com