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FIFA Futsal World Cup 2008 – Five-A-Side Football Kicks Off in Brazil

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

Futsal, FIFA’s officially sanctioned version of Five-a-side football, may not be as widespread (or receive as much TV coverage) as the 11 vs. 11 “real thing”, but its popularity is very much on the rise. A popularity which can only grow further, with the 6^th edition of the FIFA Futsal World Cup kicking off last Tuesday.

As title favorites Brazil, Spain, Argentina, Italy, and Portugal step onto the synthetic turf of Nilson Nelson Gymnasium and Ginásio do Maracanãzinho (the tournament’s two venues in the cities of Brasília and Rio de Janeiro), all eyes will be directed towards the soccer state for the biggest indoor footy showdown of the year.
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Tags: Argentina, Azzurri, Brazil, FIFA Futsal World Cup, Futsal, Iran, Italy, Portugal, Russia, Spain
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Portugal’s Euro 2008 Roster – 23 Players, No Maniche

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

The tournament debut approaching, managers from all Euro 2008-bound will soon be making their final call-up lists for this Summer’s big competition. The deadline imposed by UEFA is officially May 28, but while other coaches prefer to keep their options open by making “pre-selections” of 28-30 players, Portugal manager Luiz Felipe Scolari went straight to the point today and gave his final List of 23 who will be travelling to SwissAustria in June.

The biggest notable absentee is Inter midfielder Maniche, a player who regularly featured in the squad during the qualifier campaign. This season however, his playing time at Inter Milan and before, at Atletico Madrid) has been scarce at best, which is the likely reason why the Portuguese manager decided to drop him. Still, his absence makes for quite a shock.

If you want to know more about the selections, Portugoal.net has the full story here. Alternatively, you can check out the discussion over at BigSoccer.com here.

Here’s the full list:

Goalkeepers:	Club:
Ricardo Pereira	Betis
Quim Silva	Benfica
Rui Patricio	Sporting
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Defenders:
Miguel Monteiro	Valencia
Jose Bosingwa	Porto
Paulo Ferreira	Chelsea
Ricardo Carvalho	Chelsea
Fernando Meira	Stuttgart
Bruno Alves	Porto
Pepe	Real Madrid
Jorge Ribeiro	Boavista
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Midfielders:
Raul Meireles	Porto
Joao Moutinho	Sporting
Deco	Barcelona
Armando Petit	Benfica
Miguel Veloso	Sporting
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Forwards:
Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester Utd
Simao Sabrosa	Atletico Madrid
Ricardo Quaresma	Porto
Nuno Gomes	Benfica
Hugo Almeida	Werder Bremen
Nani	Manchester Utd
Helder Postiga	Panathinaikos

Tags: Euro 2008, Luiz Felipe Scolari, Maniche, Portugal
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Euro 2008 Matches & Results

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

Euro 2008 Matches & Results

Euro 2008 kicks off on Saturday 7 June 2008. mCalcio will of course be covering the entire Azzurri progress through the tournament, as well as any major game I fancy writing about (with the quality of teams present, expect plenty of excitement).

Here’s the full list of Euro 2008 matches: feel free to bookmark this page and share it online. Once the tournament starts, this page will updated daily to post results as well.

All times are CET.

Saturday 7 June 2008
Nº	Group	Teams & Kick-Off Time
1	Grp A		Switzerland	0-1	Czech Rep.
2	Grp A		Portugal	2-0	Turkey
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Sunday 8 June 2008
3	Grp B		Austria	0-1	Croatia
4	Grp B		Germany	2-0	Poland
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Monday 9 June 2008
5	Grp C		Romania	0-0	France
6	Grp C		Netherlands	3-0	Italy
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Tuesday 10 June 2008
7	Grp D		Spain	4-1	Russia
8	Grp D		Greece	0-2	Sweden
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Wednesday 11 June 2008
9	Grp A		Czech Rep.	1-3	Portugal
10	Grp A		Switzerland	1-2	Turkey
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Thursday 12 June 2008
11	Grp B		Croatia	2-1	Germany
12	Grp B		Austria	1-1	Poland
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Friday 13 June 2008
13	Grp C		Italy	1-1	Romania
14	Grp C		Netherlands	4-1	France
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Saturday 14 June 2008
15	Grp D		Sweden	1-2	Spain
16	Grp D		Greece	0-1	Russia
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Sunday 15 June 2008
17	Grp A		Switzerland	2-0	Portugal
18	Grp A		Turkey	3-2	Czech Rep.
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Monday 16 June 2008
19	Grp B		Poland	0-1	Croatia
20	Grp B		Austria	0-1	Germany
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Tuesday 17 June 2008
21	Grp C		Netherlands	2-0	Romania
22	Grp C		France	0-2	Italy
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Wednesday 18 June 2008
23	Grp D		Greece	1-2	Spain
24	Grp D		Russia	2-0	Sweden
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Thursday 19 June 2008
25	QF		Portugal	2-3	Germany
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Friday 20 June 2008
26	QF		Croatia	1-1 1-3(p)	Turkey
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Saturday 21 June 2008
27	QF		Netherlands	1-3 (aet)	Russia
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Sunday 22 June 2008
28	QF		Spain	0-0 4-2(p)	Italy
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Wednesday 25 June 2008
29	SF		Germany	3-2	Turkey
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Thursday 26 June 2008
30	SF		Russia	0-3	Spain
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Sunday 29 June 2008
31	F		Germany	0-1	Spain

Group Standings

Group A
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	Teams	Pld	+/-	Pts
	Portugal	3	+2	6
	Turkey	3	0	6
	Czech Republic	3	-2	3
	Switzerland	3	0	3
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Group B
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	Teams	Pld	+/-	Pts
	Croatia	3	+3	9
	Germany	3	+2	6
	Austria	3	-2	1
	Poland	3	-3	1
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Group C
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	Teams	Pld	+/-	Pts
	Netherlands	3	+8	9
	Italy	3	-1	4
	Romania	3	-2	2
	France	3	-5	1
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Group D
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	Teams	Pld	+/-	Pts
	Spain	3	+5	9
	Russia	3	0	6
	Sweden	3	-1	3
	Greece	3	-4	0