Queiroz walks into newspaper storm
Portugal boss reacts furiously to “falsified” interview
 Carlos Queiroz’s often fraught relationship with sections of the Portuguese media has taken another turn for the worse. The Portugal coach has reacted furiously to an interview which claims he severely criticised the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF).
Weekly broadsheet, Sol, published a front-page headline citing the Portugal coach as saying “Taking into account the amateur structure of the federation, things actually went well for the Seleccao (in South Africa).”
However, Queiroz has categorically denied making any such remarks, describing the journalist in question as “a conman, dishonest, swindler and repulsive.”
The former Sporting and Real Madrid coach added that the declarations attributed to him are completely “falsified and lies”. “The FPF carried out exceptional work in relation to the preparation of the national team.
“I can only praise the professionalism and impassioned way in which everybody worked to get behind the team during the World Cup. The team was given all the conditions to enable it to go as far as possible in the competition.”
The journalist in question, Pedro Prostes da Fonseca, insists his article was a faithful reproduction of the comments made by Queiroz. He says that the interview was recorded, although whether or not the recording would be released is up to his superiors.
In February this year Carlos Queiroz was involved in a physical altercation with another Portuguese sports journalist, Jorge Baptista, in an airport lounge.
Ricardo Costa gets 3-game ban
Meanwhile, FIFA have announced a heavy penalty for Portugal defender Ricardo Costa. The Valencia defender was sent off for elbowing Spain left-back Joan Capdevila in the last minute of Portugal’s 1-0 defeat.
Costa has been hit with a three-match suspension and will therefore miss the start of Portugal’s Euro 2012 qualification campaign.
by Tom Kundert
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And to the other dude that thinks Portugal has a bunch of strikers....no we don't. Our strikers suck. They're easily our week link. That's why we can't play 2 strikers.... because that means we have 2 marginal players on the field.
It's true that our midfield has slipped, but they're still much better than our strikers, and at least we have young players that may develop into more in those positions. Portugal is painfully thin at the striker position.
And to the other dude that thinks Portugal has a bunch of strikers....no we don't. Our strikers suck. They're easily our week link. That's why we can't play 2 strikers.... because that means we have 2 marginal players on the field.
It's true that our midfield has slipped, but they're still much better than our strikers, and at least we have young players that may develop into more in those positions. Portugal is painfully thin at the striker position.
Queiroz is a joke. He is more interested in protecting his job than the way we play.
If you think we're better off with him. your as blind as him.
He's practically ruining Ronaldo's international career.
We're third in the ranking because we've played crap teams for two years.
We only lost 1.0 to spain becuase we parked the team bus in front of goal.
Wake up dude we hardly even touched the ball in that game.
We're ranked 3rd in the world yet the FPF and Queiroz act like we're some minnow who is happy to get out of the group stage and lose to the European champions 1-0. Then tell the nation we had a good WC.
Its total BS.
Its no wonder FIFA dump on us.There a joke and the world can see it,howevr it doesn't help when we act like minnows.
When we start acting like a powerhouse of football and play like it we might do something. At the momment we're not respected.
When your not respected, your craped on, you play like crap and you believe everything is against you..sound familiar.
When are we going to admit that we might need a foreign coach or a new philosphy of football to take us to the next level.
Even in Australia we understand that to be the best you have to employ the best.Paper talk here in AUS is that we are going to employ Bielsa, P Le Guen, Lippi, top coaches.
We've had Hiddink in the past and we still have a dutch football technical director. My point being is,we're looking for expertise from outside to bring in.
Please correct me if I'm wrong but no team has ever won a WC or Euro without two strikers. France, Germany,Brazil, Spain /Holland, Argentina
We came close in 2004 and that was with a brasilian.
and before you say...Potugal doesn't have strikers..more BS.
We need to develop our style, allow it to be flexible not predicable,develop our youth and believe.
play like we're not afraid of anyone.
Our forefathers once sailed around the world, when the rest of the world said it was flat.
those men had courage.
Where there hell has it gone!
As for Queiroz we all know we're stuck with him, and for me ive been lukewarm on the guy, and i thought his tactics in terms of playing on the counter were fine but the subs in the Spain game were horrible, with players like Danny and Ronaldo playong out of position. Ricardo Costa who has always played more central in club footbal as CB another out of position player. As for the midfield well we will see if Ruben Micheal can make a difference, maybe bow that Moutinho is out of Sporting maybe he can find better more consistent form(Im still thinking for the NT he may not be the playmaker we need but I hope he proves me wrong) I hope maybe Danny gets another shot considering he is more comfortable in midfield as even in Ivory game thats where he would tend to go. I think in theory after Nani went down and Danny had showed some promise on wing Querioz thought well Now that Nani is out only other player that can complement with Ronaldos speed on the wing is Danny. We know Simao and Duda are not speedy wingers, so that was the idea with Danny. Why Queiroz used him as striker That waas just bad altogether. So come September we see who can come in maybe add a spark or a cutting edge maybe mix in the experienced players with perhaps new blood like possibly a Micheal, a Djalo if he gets playing time whether it be with Sporting or a lesser English side like Newcastle, (dont think he is ready yet for England but Sporting will likely sell because they seem willing to give up on him which is another stupid move by Bettencourt.
Lastly with the group we are in there is no reason why we shouldnt win this group and come out with max points which would be 24. Somebody already touched on it but if we do not go thru first 4 qualifiers with 12 points then Queiroz should be fired. Firing the coach after September qualifiers if team falters only leaves FPF with couple weeks to find replacement for games in October against Denmark and Iceleand. This on paper is easier group then recent WC qualifying. Im sure playing in Norway and Iceland will be tougher than when we play them on home soil but we are better than those nations. And for everyone who saw Denmark this WC that team is in transistion and if they play defence the way they did in WC then we should be able to beat them twice hands down.
We all know your not a leader of men Queiroz but for love of God dont screw this up. You can identify talent, and you have built a good building off point. Lets get off to good start and win all 4 games this Septembver and October. What am I saying we should win all 8 qualifiers, we are in the nordic group, respect the opponents, but realize that we are better and need to show that in our play.
California great read and love the vannessa comment, you need to grace us with your presence more often, you are quite witty. Keep the great posts coming guys and ill enjoy reading them. Be well my brotheren
Queiroz needs to fix the biggest problem and that is the midfield. Portugal's midfield does not co-exist so people mentioning we don't have good strikers is nonsense because we cannot get the ball to Almeida or Liedson whoever is playing. Players like Tiago and Danny had terrible passing vision and that's why we cannot move up. Cristiano should stay on the wing always and not a striker. The European qualifications is a time to try some new players as well. Good luck to Portugal!
putting deco on the right side seems crazy to me and everyone else but i thought to my self CQ might screw up but he is not stupid maybe he saw somthing maybe if deco didnt bitch and just trusted cq we could have won the opener and everything woud be differnt now the coast shut down the middle of the pitch maybe moving deco to the right side was his way of rotating the pitch and changing all the angles . juan should have been red carded or kept his hand down robbing portugal of three points if it was bruno alves red card right away instead yellow for brasil plus a yellow to portugal and spains offside goal dont blame CQ blame the fifa fix . p.s hey Mis feltz if you are hot and not a guy you can give me writing lessons if not unless im going into pulblishing i dont care . i care what my fellow portugese fans think not how well we write .
I actually understand Queiroz's tactics in playing defensively, his substitutions were more than questionable. Part of playing a great defense is maintaining a player up top. If that threat isn't there, it doesn't matter how well you defend, because the other team doesn't have to. Almeida should have never come off, and the player saying that he wasn't tired costs Queiroz even more, after he stated otherwise. He also subbed a holding mid, Pepe, for another holding mid, Mendes, when a goal was needed.
As for Costa getting three match ban, it's par for the course. I truely despise the Netherlands and Spain for the type of tactics thay have used. Two teams that could play so beautifully, but resort to pathetic dives/flops/acting. von Bommel is a thug and should have had numerous yellows in the World Cup, but none ever came. Roben play acts everytime he goes down.
How a ref can't notice and react to a player dying and then pop up and take the free kick once a card is given, I'll never understand.
As for Spain Busquets is as bad as von Bommel, and Torres is forever on the ground begging. Capevilla and Iniesta also get in the act.
I wonder if the World Cup final will be as good as it should be, based on the squads, or will it crumble due to those clowns.
As for Cristiano, he's paying the price for being a known diver. He was fouled plenty, but now the defenders get the benefit of the doubt. What angers me more, is all the pundits attacking Cristiano, yet seem to let others get away with it.
conspiracy? maybe, but definitely favoritism.
Mickey Mouse could be a better coach. With such a large player pool, can't we find a goal scorer????????????????