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EURO2004 - Opening Game! - Portugal vs. Greece (P+R)
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1. We need forwards.
2. Tottenham fans have hardly even seen him play.
3. He is still talented in the eyes of Portuguese.
Did you expect him to score all 6 times? The way Tottenham function isn't good for strikers like Postiga. Postiga has a higher goal:game ratio than half the players in the EPL then. 
PORTO, June 11 (Reuters) - Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari on Friday accused his rivals of playing mind games during the run up to Euro 2004.
Scolari said that other coaches had declared Portugal favourites as a way of putting pressure on the tournament's hosts. But he insisted the tactic would not work.
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"The pressure at the moment consists of the other coaches using the fact that we are hosts to say Portugal are favourites," he told a media conference on the eve of their opening match against Greece in Porto.
"They are trying to throw all the responsibility on to the shoulders of our national team when they know that deep down each team considers themselves to be favourites.
"But our players know what's going on and they are not going to get wound up."
Scolari also waved away suggestions that he was under less pressure now than when he led his native Brazil to World Cup victory two years ago.
"It's the same," said Scolari, who inherited a Brazil team in disarray in mid-2001 and led them to their fifth world title barely one year later.
"You can ask the same thing to the coach of England or the coach of Latvia and you'll get the same answer. The first thing they want is victory."
Scolari said he was not worried about a possible backlash from the public in Porto because of his decision to leave Porto goalkeeper Vitor Baia out of the Portugal squad.
"I'm not interested in whether my decisions please A, B or C. I've had to make decisions, I've taken them in the interests of the team and I've always done this with a philosophy of respect," he said.
Referring to the game against Greece, he said: "You will have a Portugal team with a lot of determination, we hope it will be spectacular but remember that on the other side will be a team with great quality.
"We will try to win but that does not always mean fielding 10 strikers. We have to have a will to win and take our chances where possible."
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Date: Saturday, June 12
Venue: Porto, Dragao Stadium
Kickoff time: 1600 GMT
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
Linesmen: Marco Ivaldi (Italy), Narciso Pisacreta (Italy)
Fourth official: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)
Team details
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Portugal Coach: Luis Felipe Scolari World ranking: 22 Average age of squad: 27 Most capped player in squad: Fernando Couto 107 Leading scorer in squad: Luis Figo 31
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Greece Coach: Otto Rehhagel World ranking: 35 Average age of squad: 28 Most capped player in squad: Theodoris Zagorakis 89 Leading scorer in squad: Demis Nikolaidis 17
Last meeting
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November 15, 2003, Aveiro, Portugal - friendly
Portugal 1 Greece 1
Scorers:
Portugal - Pauleta 60
Greece - Vassilis Lakis 47
Red card: Giorgos Karagounis (Greece) 30
Missed penalty: Luis Figo (Portugal) 31
Halftime: 0-0; Attendance: 32,000
Teams:
Portugal: 1-Ricardo; 2-Miguel, 5-Fernando Couto (14-Beto Severo 70), 4-Jorge Andrade (15-Marco Caneira 77), 3-Rui Jorge (13-Rogerio Matias 72); 10-Rui Costa, 8-Deco, 6-Francisco Costinha; 7-Luis Figo, 11-Luis Boa Morte (16-Simao Sabrosa 46), 9-Pauleta
Greece: 1-Antonis Nikopolidis; 4-Michalis Kapsis (16-Nikos Dabizas 87), 5-Traianos Dellas, 2-Yourkas Seitaridis (14-Giorgios Giorgiadis 77), 7-Thodoros Zagorakis (18-Costas Katsouranis 71), 6-Stelios Giannakopoulos (12-Stylianos Venetidis 46), 3-Takis Fyssas, 8-Giorgios Karagounis, 11-Demis Nikolaidis (13-Vassilis Lakis 46), 10-Vassilis Tsartas (19-Angelos Basinas 46), 9-Angelos Haristeas (20-Dimitrios Papadopoulos 74)
Referee: Esquinas Torres (Spain)
Head-to-head record
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Played : 10
Portugal wins : 4
Greece wins : 2
Draws : 4
Record Portuguese win: 2-1 (20-01-1982, Athens), (25-01-1989, Athens)
Record Greek win : 4-2 (11-12-1968, Athens)
Complete record: 15-11-2003 Portugal 1 Greece 1 Aveiro F 19-02-1997 Greece 0 Portugal 0 Athens F 27-03-1996 Portugal 1 Greece 0 Lisbon F 20-11-1991 Portugal 1 Greece 0 Lisbon ECQ 23-01-1991 Greece 3 Portugal 2 Athens ECQ 25-01-1989 Greece 1 Portugal 2 Athens F 07-01-1987 Portugal 1 Greece 1 Portalegre F 20-01-1982 Greece 1 Portugal 2 Athens F 04-05-1969 Portugal 2 Greece 2 Oporto WCQ 11-12-1968 Greece 4 Portugal 2 Athens WCQ
Key: WCQ=World Cup qualifier, ECQ=European Championship qualifier, F=Friendly
Notes and facts
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PORTUGAL
* Portugal have never lost a group phase match at the European Championship. Their record is six wins and three draws. Consequently, in their three previous appearances they have never been knocked out at the group stage.
* Portugal's Fernando Couto could become the oldest player to score in a European Championship finals match. The current record is held by Portugal's Nene who was 34 years and seven months exactly.
* Porto's success in the Champions League is no omen of Portuguese victory at Euro 2004. The last, and only, time the European Championship has been won by the country that also provided the winners of the European Cup was in 1988 with PSV Eindhoven and Netherlands the victors.
* If Portugal win Euro 2004 their coach, Luis Felipe Scolari, would become the first manager to win the World Cup and the European Championship with different nations.
* Twelve of the 15 players who represented Portugal in their last meeting with Greece are in the squad for Euro 2004.
* Nine of the Portuguese squad are survivors from the Euro 2000 squad.
* Fernando Couto, Rui Costa and Luis Figo are the only squad members who were in the Portuguese squad for Euro 96. It will be their third European Championship finals - a Portuguese record.
* Fernando Couto has played in more European Championship finals matches than any other Portuguese player. He has appeared in nine.
* Portugal have scored in their last nine internationals. The last time they failed to score was the 3-0 home defeat against Spain in September 2003.
* Third choice goalkeeper Jose Moreira is one of only three uncapped players at Euro 2004. If he or either Cristiano Ronaldo or Helder Postiga make an appearance they will become the youngest player to represent Portugal in a European Championship finals match.
* Luis Figo is the third highest scoring international at Euro 2004. Only Patrick Kluivert and Raul have scored more international goals.
* Reserve goalkeeper Quim played just one minute at Euro 2000. He jointly has the shortest European Championship finals career with three other players.
GREECE
* Greece have not won against Portugal since 1991.
* Greece have scored only one goal in a major international tournament. Nikos Anastopoulos scored in the 3-1 defeat by Czechoslovakia at the 1980 European Championship.
* Greece have never beaten Portugal on Portuguese soil.
* All 18 players who faced Portugal in the last meeting are in the Greek squad for Euro 2004.
* Greek defender Takis Fyssas joined Portuguese club Benfica midway through the 2003/04 season. He scored Benfica's equaliser in the Portuguese Cup final against Porto, which they went on to win 2-1 after extra time.
* Greece have won and kept a clean sheet in their last six competitive matches. All were Euro 2004 qualifiers.
MISCELLANY
* No nation has won the European Championship with a foreign coach. Both Portugal and Greece have foreign coaches, Luis Felipe Scolari from Brazil and Otto Rehhagel from Germany.
* No host nation has gone further than the semi-finals at the European Championship. However, only Belgium in 2000 have failed to progress from the group stage.
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PORTO, June 11 (Reuters) - Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari on Friday accused his rivals of playing mind games during the run up to Euro 2004.
Scolari said that other coaches had declared Portugal favourites as a way of putting pressure on the tournament's hosts. But he insisted the tactic would not work.
ADVERTISEMENT
"The pressure at the moment consists of the other coaches using the fact that we are hosts to say Portugal are favourites," he told a media conference on the eve of their opening match against Greece in Porto.
"They are trying to throw all the responsibility on to the shoulders of our national team when they know that deep down each team considers themselves to be favourites.
"But our players know what's going on and they are not going to get wound up."
Scolari also waved away suggestions that he was under less pressure now than when he led his native Brazil to World Cup victory two years ago.
"It's the same," said Scolari, who inherited a Brazil team in disarray in mid-2001 and led them to their fifth world title barely one year later.
"You can ask the same thing to the coach of England or the coach of Latvia and you'll get the same answer. The first thing they want is victory."
Scolari said he was not worried about a possible backlash from the public in Porto because of his decision to leave Porto goalkeeper Vitor Baia out of the Portugal squad.
"I'm not interested in whether my decisions please A, B or C. I've had to make decisions, I've taken them in the interests of the team and I've always done this with a philosophy of respect," he said.
Referring to the game against Greece, he said: "You will have a Portugal team with a lot of determination, we hope it will be spectacular but remember that on the other side will be a team with great quality.
"We will try to win but that does not always mean fielding 10 strikers. We have to have a will to win and take our chances where possible."
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Yahoo.com
Statbox
Date: Saturday, June 12
Venue: Porto, Dragao Stadium
Kickoff time: 1600 GMT
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
Linesmen: Marco Ivaldi (Italy), Narciso Pisacreta (Italy)
Fourth official: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)
Team details
============
Portugal Coach: Luis Felipe Scolari World ranking: 22 Average age of squad: 27 Most capped player in squad: Fernando Couto 107 Leading scorer in squad: Luis Figo 31
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Greece Coach: Otto Rehhagel World ranking: 35 Average age of squad: 28 Most capped player in squad: Theodoris Zagorakis 89 Leading scorer in squad: Demis Nikolaidis 17
Last meeting
============
November 15, 2003, Aveiro, Portugal - friendly
Portugal 1 Greece 1
Scorers:
Portugal - Pauleta 60
Greece - Vassilis Lakis 47
Red card: Giorgos Karagounis (Greece) 30
Missed penalty: Luis Figo (Portugal) 31
Halftime: 0-0; Attendance: 32,000
Teams:
Portugal: 1-Ricardo; 2-Miguel, 5-Fernando Couto (14-Beto Severo 70), 4-Jorge Andrade (15-Marco Caneira 77), 3-Rui Jorge (13-Rogerio Matias 72); 10-Rui Costa, 8-Deco, 6-Francisco Costinha; 7-Luis Figo, 11-Luis Boa Morte (16-Simao Sabrosa 46), 9-Pauleta
Greece: 1-Antonis Nikopolidis; 4-Michalis Kapsis (16-Nikos Dabizas 87), 5-Traianos Dellas, 2-Yourkas Seitaridis (14-Giorgios Giorgiadis 77), 7-Thodoros Zagorakis (18-Costas Katsouranis 71), 6-Stelios Giannakopoulos (12-Stylianos Venetidis 46), 3-Takis Fyssas, 8-Giorgios Karagounis, 11-Demis Nikolaidis (13-Vassilis Lakis 46), 10-Vassilis Tsartas (19-Angelos Basinas 46), 9-Angelos Haristeas (20-Dimitrios Papadopoulos 74)
Referee: Esquinas Torres (Spain)
Head-to-head record
===================
Played : 10
Portugal wins : 4
Greece wins : 2
Draws : 4
Record Portuguese win: 2-1 (20-01-1982, Athens), (25-01-1989, Athens)
Record Greek win : 4-2 (11-12-1968, Athens)
Complete record: 15-11-2003 Portugal 1 Greece 1 Aveiro F 19-02-1997 Greece 0 Portugal 0 Athens F 27-03-1996 Portugal 1 Greece 0 Lisbon F 20-11-1991 Portugal 1 Greece 0 Lisbon ECQ 23-01-1991 Greece 3 Portugal 2 Athens ECQ 25-01-1989 Greece 1 Portugal 2 Athens F 07-01-1987 Portugal 1 Greece 1 Portalegre F 20-01-1982 Greece 1 Portugal 2 Athens F 04-05-1969 Portugal 2 Greece 2 Oporto WCQ 11-12-1968 Greece 4 Portugal 2 Athens WCQ
Key: WCQ=World Cup qualifier, ECQ=European Championship qualifier, F=Friendly
Notes and facts
===============
PORTUGAL
* Portugal have never lost a group phase match at the European Championship. Their record is six wins and three draws. Consequently, in their three previous appearances they have never been knocked out at the group stage.
* Portugal's Fernando Couto could become the oldest player to score in a European Championship finals match. The current record is held by Portugal's Nene who was 34 years and seven months exactly.
* Porto's success in the Champions League is no omen of Portuguese victory at Euro 2004. The last, and only, time the European Championship has been won by the country that also provided the winners of the European Cup was in 1988 with PSV Eindhoven and Netherlands the victors.
* If Portugal win Euro 2004 their coach, Luis Felipe Scolari, would become the first manager to win the World Cup and the European Championship with different nations.
* Twelve of the 15 players who represented Portugal in their last meeting with Greece are in the squad for Euro 2004.
* Nine of the Portuguese squad are survivors from the Euro 2000 squad.
* Fernando Couto, Rui Costa and Luis Figo are the only squad members who were in the Portuguese squad for Euro 96. It will be their third European Championship finals - a Portuguese record.
* Fernando Couto has played in more European Championship finals matches than any other Portuguese player. He has appeared in nine.
* Portugal have scored in their last nine internationals. The last time they failed to score was the 3-0 home defeat against Spain in September 2003.
* Third choice goalkeeper Jose Moreira is one of only three uncapped players at Euro 2004. If he or either Cristiano Ronaldo or Helder Postiga make an appearance they will become the youngest player to represent Portugal in a European Championship finals match.
* Luis Figo is the third highest scoring international at Euro 2004. Only Patrick Kluivert and Raul have scored more international goals.
* Reserve goalkeeper Quim played just one minute at Euro 2000. He jointly has the shortest European Championship finals career with three other players.
GREECE
* Greece have not won against Portugal since 1991.
* Greece have scored only one goal in a major international tournament. Nikos Anastopoulos scored in the 3-1 defeat by Czechoslovakia at the 1980 European Championship.
* Greece have never beaten Portugal on Portuguese soil.
* All 18 players who faced Portugal in the last meeting are in the Greek squad for Euro 2004.
* Greek defender Takis Fyssas joined Portuguese club Benfica midway through the 2003/04 season. He scored Benfica's equaliser in the Portuguese Cup final against Porto, which they went on to win 2-1 after extra time.
* Greece have won and kept a clean sheet in their last six competitive matches. All were Euro 2004 qualifiers.
MISCELLANY
* No nation has won the European Championship with a foreign coach. Both Portugal and Greece have foreign coaches, Luis Felipe Scolari from Brazil and Otto Rehhagel from Germany.
* No host nation has gone further than the semi-finals at the European Championship. However, only Belgium in 2000 have failed to progress from the group stage.
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He is not crap and i don't hate him, he just isn't as good as Keane or Defoe.
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I hope Portugal and Spain win their first and second games.
The Eurocup has started :corn:
The Eurocup has started :corn:
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Goal Karagounis, Portugal 0-1 Greece
Very good goal btw
Very good goal btw
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GREECE SCORE!@!!
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Originally posted by buba3d
greece are gonna get the first goal
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