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| Wednesday, 11 April 2012 11:23 |
Paulo Bento’s future decided before Euro 2012Seleccao rise to fifth place in FIFA ranking Fernando Gomes, the head of the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF), yesterday said Paulo Bento will know whether or not he is to continue as the Seleccao coach before the Euro 2012 commences. Meanwhile, Portugal have climbed to fifth place in the FIFA rankings, leapfrogging Brazil in the process.
Speculation about Bento’s tenure at the helm of the national team beyond the tournament in Ukraine and Poland has rumbled on for several months. The former Sporting coach rejuvenated a faltering qualifying campaign after taking over from Carlos Queiroz in September 2010. The play-off win over Bosnia ensured Portugal would be present at their 7th successive major tournament.
However, the FPF seem to be reluctant to commit themselves to a long-term contract with Bento, perhaps fearing the possibility of having to replace the coach and pay compensation if the Seleccao fall on their faces in the summer.
“Paulo Bento will have his situation perfectly defined before the 2012 European Championships begin,” Gomes told Rádio Renascença yesterday, although when asked if that means a renewed contract will be on the table, Gomes refused to confirm.
FIFA rankings climbPortugal have risen two places in the official FIFA rankings list, overtaking Brazil and England. The Seleccao are in fith position in the latest table.
Two of Portugal’s opponents in the group stage of Euro 2012 are above the national team. Germany are second and Holland are fourth. With Denmark also in the top ten, there is little doubt Group B will be the most competitive pool in the first phase of the competition.
Portugal play their final two friendlies ahead of the tournament on 26 May against Macedonia (played at Leiria) and against Turkey on 2 June (Estadio da Luz, Lisbon).
FIFA ranking:
1. Spain (previous position: 1st)
2. Germany (3rd) 3. Uruguay (4th)
4. Holland (2nd)
5. Portugal (7th) 6. Brazil (5th) 7. England (6th) 8. Croatia (10th) 9. Denmark (11th) 10. Argentina (8th) |
This team has played well since Carlos foi para cuna da Mae del. How’s that for a world class Portuguese hot head. Needless to say that the same reaction most would have had if the dopers showed up to interrupt dinner. Oh well fast forward to the premadona era of everyone wanting to coach the team including all the ship jumpers good riddance.
This team is young and will have lots of fun CR7 will have a great tournament and is in the best form of his life, let’s hope we win our first major tournament and bring home the silverware to the world wide fans that have been eagerly awaiting and supporting the team for decades. At times and I must say if we had a little more gold to throw around we may have had a few more calls go our way. But I have never felt that the teams did not play with all there hart.
Go Team Portugal GO Bento let have a great EURO and I hope Joao Francisco can write a new song for the Euro …..All to gether now. When Portugal play I will drink all day ………
VIVA Portugal!!!!
This team has played well since Carlos foi para cuna da Mae del. How’s that for a world class Portuguese hot head. Needless to say that the same reaction most would have had if the dopers showed up to interrupt dinner. Oh well fast forward to the premadona era of everyone wanting to coach the team including all the ship jumpers god riddance.
This team is young and will have lots of fun CR7 will have a great tournament and is in the best form of his life, let’s hope we win our first major tournament and bring home the silverware to the world wide fans that have been eagerly awaiting and supporting the team for decades. At times and I must say if we had a little more gold to throw around we may have had a few more calls go our way. But I have never felt that the teams did not play with all there hart.
Go Team Portugal GO Bento let have a great EURO and I hope Joao Francisco can write a new song for the Euro …..All to gether now. When Portugal play I will drink all day ………
VIVA Portugal!!!!
Bosingwa and Carvalho are the two examples to the rest of the team the egos are UNACCEPTABLE. Play or f¤%¿-off! Go home. This is a great move andthese guys are old carts. A striker is the only piece missing.
Second, Carvalho is great and has been Portugal's best defender going back to Euro 2004. He is older and injury prone, it would be nice to get him back in form and back on the national team Not sure if the olive branch will be extended, besides Carvalho's time is limiited. Carrico looks like a nice option at CB or def midfielder. Plus there are a few options except for Rolando.
Third, I may not agree with Bento on player selections but he is a steady influence. At some point, the federation needs to make some commitment. I would trust him over AVB or Pacienca. It must be remembered that this current national despite CR is one of the weakest teams in the past 16 years given the lack of a striker, CB, and average midfield. Any coach will face these challenges and can't be fixed by coaching. We need better players and it will be up to new player development.
At the same time, Bento has alienated one of the best Portuguese defenders of all time (Carvalho), and has failed to call up guys like Paulo Jorge, meaning our defense is now reliant on B. Alves, and God help us, Rolando. He fails to call up good players and relies on guys like Ruben Micael (who don't even start for their club team). He plays guys out of position. He's also won against the likes of Iceland, Norway and Cyprus, so let's not pretend we're world-beaters just yet. Yes, we beat Spain 4-0, but I doubt they were taking that game very seriously. Let's not forget we only needed a draw against Denmark, and we lost, and only got through to the tie against Bosnia because we had a better goal difference than Norway. My point being we scraped into Euro2012 by the skin of our teeth.
The FPF should offer him a short-term extension till after the Euros, and either offer him a new contract or fire him then. As for his possible replacement, I agree with Mdot that AVB and Paciencia aren't good options. I'd rather bring back Scolari than those 2. I know Scolari doesn't get a lot of love, and leaves things really late, but you can't argue with a World Cup semi, a Euro final and a Euro quarter-final. Though what I'm really waiting for is Mourinho to manage the Seleccao.
Joao Pereira has been great since Bento arrived. He is a tireless worker and he is good both offensively and defensively. He is also having a great season for Sporting.
Also, Miguel Lopes, who has looked brilliant for Braga recently, may just be better than Joao Pereira. Paulo Bento was at the Porto-Braga game last week and he was definitely impressed with Lopes' excellent performance.
I'm not sure how long Silvio will be out, but when fit, he is a very solid fullback. Nelson, in my opinion, is also a better overall right back than Bosingwa.
Since Carvalho will not be taking part in the Euro's, I would hope that Bento is considering some alternatives to Rolando. Paulo Jorge of Apeol has been brilliant this season. Some other possibilities are Daniel Carrico, Nuno Andre Coelho, and Miguel Vitor. Daniel Carrico, however, should be used as a defensive midfielder, a position where he has looked brilliant recently.
Anyone else intrigued by a non-portuguese manager?
Hell I criticized Bento for his lack of experience when he was first hired and he easily surpasses these children. National team coaches are for seasoned managers with long term experience at various successful clubs and/or other national teams.
Honestly, how the hell can anyone say AVB can handle the biggest egos from Portugal when he couldn’t handle egos from some old farts at Chelsea.
1. atleaste two Players dont want to play for Portugal because Bento is coach.
2.AVB is a great young coach, and will do alot better then Bento.
3. Porto will probably be champs this season and that mean vito perreira will remain at the helms.
4. Porto president and fernando gomes run things in portuguese football, and they will post AVB as new coach.
BET365 LOL!
While I think AVB might do better with the Portuguese squad than he did with the cry-babies over at Chelsea, I'm not sure he would be an improvement over Bento who has, on balance, done a decent job with the team. He accomplished what he set out to do, which was get the team to Europe and so he should be given the chance to coach during the tournament. Ronaldo has also been playing much better for the seleccao under his stewardship, which is a good sign.
As for the ranking, the fact of the matter is that Portugal crawled into the Euros and I don't think that their current form is worthy of a top 5 or maybe even top 10 ranking. I also wonder if this is the first time in a major international tournament that four teams in the global top 10 are in the same division in the group stages...
If I was Bento I would consider moving on for a more lucrative club job. He's still young and should be eyeing those jobs anyway.
The FPF have no choice but to extend the deal and pay the man.
As for Bento’s contract, I think its stupid debating it now and they should have waited till after the tournament. By deciding on it now, they have no choice but to extend it. If they don’t extend it, it’s almost as if they are saying Bento shouldn’t be leading the team into the Euro’s. Doing this before the tournament could under mind the team. Typical FPF stupidity in bringing this up now.
.BTW I hope he calls up Nelson oliveria from Benfica, we defniately continue to need help at the striker position, im still not bought on Postiga or Almedia. Nelson gives them size and youth, something we also lack. And I think also Hugo viana should get a call up or look in a few of the friendlys...
FPF please dont screw this up, keep Bento, have faith in him..and everyone else too. We're in this together, Forca Portugal!!
By the way, I also feel Portugal is a bit high.
I have never a Bento fan, but he got the necessary results. Will he continue to do so? Not so sure.
His player selection alone and even his substitutions have been questionable.
I know the media will continue asking about his contract, but why feed into it. The FPF is more concerned about losing money on a contract than the good of the team.
With Queiroz they found every little loophole not to have to pay him. Ridiculous.
Unfortunately we have ill equipped people making decisions.
1. Spain (previous position: 1st
3. Uruguay (4th)
4. Holland (2nd)
5. Portugal (7th)
6. Brazil (5th)
7. England (6th)
8. Croatia (10th)
9. Denmark (11th)
10. Argentina (8th)
Repost if you find the mistake ! lol .