The Carlos Queiroz Era

Great move! I’m pleased by Queiroz’ calling of midfielder Maniche. After being absent in the Euro 2008 finals, rightfully so, due to his poor form (lack of playing time in Milan), Maniche is now back in the starting 11 for Atletico de Madrid. He’s the spark, the kind of player that can create havoc in [...]

Carlos Queiroz’ first game at the helm of the Portuguese National met the objectives os an open practice against the next to last worst team in Europe according to the FIFA rankings. With only one goal on the first half by Carlos Martins, Portugal came out swinging in the second half with 4 goals by [...]

Viva Portugal. Ricardo is out! This was the litmus test for Queiroz in my humble opinion. Had he even considered Ricardo as a second or third option, I would have been very disappointed. Gone also is Petit (thanks for the memories, or maybe he is injured?).
Queiroz called up for the first time Danny (Dinamo Moscow) [...]

Carlos Queiroz picked his assistant coaches. No big news. As in the past, he surrounds himself with inexperience at the big stage level. Not to say that the new assistant coaches don’t have the potential to be good, but this is the national team. It should not be a laboratory for experiments. The best should [...]