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