Talent.. That matters when a team or a player plays in a major tournament like World Cup,Euro or Co pa America.. Presently,I like the team from west of Europe having its capital as LISBON..I m talking about PORTUGAL,where there are players with superb talents in their respective positions of the game.. Though the team has never won the World Cup or either Euro,they were able to show their full power and tempo in their game.. One of the best performance they had in the World Cup was they were the Semi-finalist in the WC 2006, where they were knocked out by the promising FRENCH team thanks to the goal from the genius ZIDANE.. And they hosted the Euro 2004 too,reaching the finals of the tournament losing to the Underdogs,GREECE.. Some of the stars players they had during 04 Euro and 06 WC were CRISTIANO RONALDO,LUIS FIGO ,DECO ,MANICHE ,NUNO GOMEZ and their promising goal keeper RICARDO,who has saved many vital goals for his team..
The team that they had to face with equal talents and style in WC and Euro was the Mighty English Team.. But,both the time,Portugal have cleared them with a huge difficulty.. The most memorable incident between the two talented sides was that when Rooney of England was sent off because of a physical contact with his Man Utd teammate Cristiano Roanldo:-) in the World Cup 2006..Before that,Both the teams met in the quarter finals of Euro 2004 where the portuguese beat them in Penalties.. The highlight of that penalty shoot out was that Ricardo(PORTUGAL GOALIE) saved the shot from VASSEL(ENGLAND STRIKER)and went on to score the winning goal for Portugal!!! But,eventually,they lost to Greece,the only team that beat them in Euro.. The team was inspired by the games of the veteran LUIS FIGO,who guided the team to reach the finals and semis.,and also the coach LUIS FELLIPE SCOLARI..
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