Showing posts with label Portugal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Portugal. Show all posts

Monday, June 25, 2012

Semi Finals Euro 2012: Portugal vs Spain 27 June

The Euro 2012 has finally came to the semi finals stage with four top teams contesting to lift the cup this year. These include the defending champion Spain, Portugal, Germany and Italy.
Getting ready for Euro 2012 semi final: Portugal's midfielder Ronaldo [left] and Spain's defender Ramos [right] 
The first semi final being played on Wednesday, 27 June is between the defending champion Spain and Portugal from Group B, followed by the second semi final between Germany and Italy on 28th June.

Portugal finsished second in Group B behind Germany. They only lost to Germany1-0, while they overpowered Denmark and Netherlands. Portugal then played against Czech Republic in the quarterfinals and beat them 1-0 with a solitary goal by Ronaldo.

The defending champion Spain is almost on a winning spree since they have not lost a single game this Euro. While they defeated Ireland, Croatia and France with clear margin and getting no goal from the opponents, it was only Italy that scored a goal and levelled their match 1-1.

The match thus will be a treat to watch between the defending champions and a team that 'dared' to score a goal against them: Italy. Portugal's Ronaldo will be the main man to take Portugal to final much to the dismay of the Spaniards. 

But would Sergio Ramos of Spain let Portugal beat Spain?

Watch the exciting semi final between Spain and Portugal on Wednesday, 27 June 2012 at 02:45 PM ET at Donbass Arena Donetsk, Ukraine. 

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Aisam Qureshi/Jean-Julien Rojer vs Gastao Elias/Joao Sousa (ATP Estoril)


Aisam ul Haq Qureshi of Pakistan, paired with Dutch Jean-Julien Rojer meet Gastao Elias/Joao Sousa in the first round of the ATP Estoril tennis tournament this afternoon in Estoril, Portugal.

It is for the first time the two pairs are playing against each other. Therefore commenting how do they clash is rather pre-mature.

However, of the ten matches played by Aisam Qureshi/Jean-Julien Rojer, the results are not encouraging as they have won only three and lost all remaining seven this year. The last loss was at ATP Barcelona when they lost to M. Fyrstenberg/M. Matkowski 6-3 6-7(8) 10-7.

Gastao Elias/Joao Sousa have played only one match in 2012 together at ATP Davis Cup which the lost to J. Erlich/A. Ram 6-4 6-4 6-3.

The match Wednesday afternoon on 2 May 2012 is planned to commence at 14:30 GMT.