Carlos Queiroz is not longer the coach of Portugal team

In Thursday Gilberto Madail, the president of the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF), officialy announced that Carlos Queiroz is no longer the coach of Selecção.

In mid-August Queiroz was punished by one-month suspension for insulting staff members of the Anti-doping department druing the drug test at training camp in Covilha, where the team was for the World Cup in South Africa. Two weeks later the the suspension was prolonged to six months.

During the first two matches of the Euro 2012 qualifiers the team was lead by Queiroz's assistant, and the coach himself could only watch games from the stands.

The results were poor. A 4-4 draw againts Cyprus and a 1-0 defeat in game against Norway caused that Portugal has only one point and is on the fourth place in the group.

Eventually the managment of FPF decided to dissolve their contract with Carlos Queiroz. Two months too late if anyone would ask me. They should do this immedietely after the World Cup. Now they need to desperately find a new coach, and it's only a few weeks before next qualifiers...



I was not a fan of Queiroz, but one thing I give him is that he 'discovered' a lot of great goalkeepers like Eduardo, Daniel Fernandes and Beto.

Quotes about Eduardo's performance

The press and the fans are far from being flattering towards the performance of Portuguese team and players. However, there is one person whose efforts had been valued.

It's Eduardo.


PortuGoal named Eduardo a man of the match.

"There can be no doubts as to the PortuGOAL man of the match – Eduardo – who kept the Spaniards at bay for over an hour with a series of breathtaking saves."

Eduardo: 9.5/10 PortuGOAL man of the match
"A cat-like leap to turn a Fernando Torres shot round the post in the first minute set the tone as Eduardo proved an almost impregnable shield against the incessant Spanish attack. Further superb saves in the 3rd, 6th, 60th, 69th, and 76th minutes kept Portugal in the game, and as a disconsolate Eduardo left the pitch bathed in tears one could not help feeling the Braga man deserved a better supporting cast."


More quotes:

"I think Eduardo was the man of the match. He was very good. He provide the team with a feeling of security and gave them hope. He made a great show, but everyone played well."

- Ricardo, the former goalkeeper of Selecção, a commentator at Maisfutebol


"Eduardo kept the team in the fight for most of the time; he was just unfortunately that the rebound from him fell to a Spanish player"

Eduardo gave us a brilliant performance

– Carlos Queiroz, the coach


Eduardo, was very assured, and did not deserve this defeat.

- News24

Queremos a Selecção com bigode na África do Sul

Didn't heard about this action until I read about it at zczuba.pl. The photos looks funny.



A group of fans wants the national team to grow mustache. As if it could help to improve the results at Mundial... ;)

They have a profile on facebook.

I reminds me a bet when Queiroz declared to not shave until Portugal win a match. He didn't have a chance to grow a long beard. Portugal won 2:0 with South Africa.

Portugal vs China friendly 3 Mar 2010 pictures picspam

Small Portugal - China picspam.

Enjoyed the match although there was too much wasted situation. They should score more goals, definietely! In the end it was only 2:0. Portugal needs to improve effectiveness before World Cup.



Line up



Bruno Alves



Eduardo



Duda



Nani



Paulo Ferreira



Raul Meireles



Tiago



Hugo Almeida



The coach - Carlos Queiroz









The bench







Joao Moutinho







Liedson





























Cristiano Ronaldo congratulates Hugo Almeida after scored goal





Tonel



Valera







Zhao Xuri and Joao Moutinho



That's all. Couldn't find more photos with Eduardo...