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Originally posted by paranoik0 That's odd, i thought it was something minor and he'd only miss the next 1 or 2 friendlies, but haven't really seen anything on the media about it. He has just returned from holidays recently, and hasn't played yet this pre-season. We're playing Man Utd today in Amsterdam, should be a nice match. Also Ajax-Inter, which will be the following game.

Inter Porto the next day

I heard the Lucho news from a Benfica fan so lol who knows

We're losing 2-0 at halftime. We entered the game very well, but Scholes scored a long shot, then Rooney lobbed Helton for the second goal and from then on Man Utd has been more dominant. Our defence have made several silly mistakes, they try too hard to pass it clean to the midfield instead of putting it out for safety.

Rooney has been sent off for hitting Pepe in the face. Was quite exaggerated as it didn't seem like an aggression or even intentional, but reinforces the idea the guy has a bit of an attitude problem.

This tournament is embarassing for us to say the least. We create chances like Barcelona, and waste them like a 3rd division team - our defence is even worse.

This tactic doesn't work at all against big teams, period. It's good when we need to kick the asses of Naval, Gil Vicente, Aves, Beira-Mar - but not against Inter and Man Utd!

Strange heading lob by Adriano, superb bycicle kick by Cech and we minimize the losses by "only" losing 3-2. Oh well.

I've recorded the last 20 minutes from a stream, where Porto two goals, one beautiful, the other one hilarious

..where Cesar gets red carded, and Goran comes in and makes his debut in Amsterdam Tournament. To bad I didn't record this earlier..

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Zoran you need a life you are way toooo excited about friendlies.

I LOVE FOOTBALL.

Adriaanse quits today, apparently just because the club didn't buy the forward he wanted, wtf.

Good riddance, I want a top class manager now.

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Originally posted by paranoik0 Adriaanse quits today, apparently just because the club didn't buy the forward he wanted, wtf. Good riddance, I want a top class manager now.

wow i hate that shit its so disruptive to the club so close to the opening of the season that is

any possible replacements?

Jesualdo Ferreira is named by the press as the most likely replacement, he's the guy who really pushed Braga to the top the last 2 seasons, problem is he has been signed by Boavista for this season and the checkered flag idiots don't want to release him, neither reach a deal. He's not too bad of a manager, what makes me worry the most is that he had his chance at Benfica a couple years ago and did nothing.

Other possibilities:

- José Pekerman (the best choice IMO, has 3 U-20 world titles which is an excellent CV for leading the very young squad we have)

- José Antonio Camacho (good one too, great work at Benfica and shown balls in his short period at Real Madrid)

- Manuel Machado (up-and-coming guy, quite a defensive bastard but knows his tactics, great work here at Madeira with Nacional)

- Agostinho Oliveira (idiot who stirred a bunch of trouble with Scolari while leading the U-21s, can't say i like him)

Meanwhile, Hélder Postiga has returned to the squad since Adriaanse was the only one who didn't like him, and we seem to have signed yet another striker: the colombian Renteria, from about-to-be-south-american-champions Internacional.

edit: now i've just read Eriksson, Cuper and Ranieri are all possibilities for the new manager. Errrrrrrrrrrrm