| Â Thus Portugal classified | | | | quarterfinals and semifinals respectively, |
| | | | but lost to the French in the semifinals 1-0. |
| Â | | | | After Scolari's exceptional performance with |
| | | | the Portuguese team he was offered the |
| During the qualification phase Portugal | | | | position to coach England but he decided to |
| entered Group A only losing one game and | | | | remain with Portugal for two more years. |
| managing the second place after a very | | | | |
| exciting match against Finland. The Finns | | | | Â |
| needed a triumph in Oporto while for the | | | | |
| Portuguese a draw was sufficient. At | | | | The Team |
| the end, the scoreboard remained 0-0 and the | | | | |
| team coach by Filipe Scolari moved forward to | | | | Â |
| the next round. | | | | |
| | | | The side-midfields are Portugal's strong |
| Â | | | | potential as well as their main problem. The |
| | | | situation is strange in the Portuguese team |
| On the other hand, Poland dominated the group | | | | as it has big side-midfielders in the attack |
| achieving the supreme position being the only | | | | as in the lateral defense…all are |
| team that won over Portugal from the group. | | | | outstanding players and with clear |
| There is also the worth seeing clash between | | | | preferences for the right side. Cristiano |
| Portugal and Serbia in the city of | | | | Ronaldo, Quaresma and Simao are three |
| Lisbon…a mix of action, | | | | incredible players who play in the right |
| aggression and Coach Scolari's 3-game | | | | side; Bosingwa and Miguel are excellent |
| suspension after an intent of aggression to | | | | laterals who offer good performances with |
| Dragutinovic | | | | their local as well as national teams. |
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| During the Portuguese's last game they | | | | The only situation with Scolari has been his |
| obtained their best qualification throughout | | | | difficulty to close the left side gap and |
| the team's history; despite having lost the | | | | this has been seen in several occasions |
| final against Greece. To this match Portugal | | | | basically the 4-2-3-1 that he employs |
| came in with surprises especially as they had | | | | regularly instead of a new 3-4-3 game |
| played a stronger rivals only a few weeks | | | | strategy with a very defensive player. |
| before; Spain, Holland and England were | | | | |
| defeated against a host team that seemed to | | | | Â |
| have all in favor. | | | | |
| | | | Â The Star Players |
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| Luis Felipe Scolari - The Coach | | | | |
| | | | It is well known that Portugal has the new |
| Â | | | | era young football Winner of the Golden Boot, |
| | | | Cristiano Ronaldo who is currently playing |
| Scolari can be defined as the best Portuguese | | | | for the Manchester United. Ronaldo has it |
| football coach during the entire history of | | | | all…speed, strength, |
| Portugal. | | | | agility...but his weakness continues to be |
| | | | the lack solidarity in the game, although is |
| Â | | | | also an error that is being worked on for him |
| | | | to become the "perfect player". |
| The Brazilian coach has helped Portugal enjoy | | | | |
| the glory arriving at the EURO 2004 final and | | | | Â |
| to the semifinals of the past FIFA World | | | | |
| Football Championship, matching the best | | | | Also, there is Anderson Luiz de Souza 'Deco' |
| record of the Portuguese national team in | | | | who currently plays for the FC Barcelona |
| this competition something they had not | | | | where he enjoys great creativity and |
| experienced since 1966. | | | | initiative in the game attacks, excellent |
| | | | game vision and strong shots. Without a |
| Â | | | | doubt, Deco is one of the 'souls' of the team |
| | | | spreading his winning character to all of his |
| During the World Championship Portugal won | | | | teammates. |
| over teams such: Holland and England in | | | | |