quinta-feira, agosto 28, 2003

No SCP:

Uma resposta muito oportuna

O Benfica respondeu de modo muito oportuno à nota do Site Sporting sobre o adiamento do Académica-Benfica no qual se regista apenas que a Liga de Clubes assumiu violar os próprios regulamentos. Ainda bem que respondeu: os factos reforçam a razão do Sporting. Veja como.

Excerto do Comunicado Oficial do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (Site do clube, 26 de Agosto de 2003, 21 e 15):
“Recorde-se que o Benfica limitou-se a aceitar o pedido dos dirigentes da Académica.”

Excerto da declaração de João Moreno, presidente da Académica (“Record”, edição de 27 de Agosto de 2003, pág. 20, terceira coluna):
“A nova data contempla vários interesses: o financeiro no nosso caso, o desportivo por parte do Benfica (…)”

Se dúvidas houvesse…

domingo, agosto 24, 2003

Há pouco...






1º Golo em Jogo Oficial no Alvalade XXI

segunda-feira, agosto 18, 2003

Ronaldo

Vejam os e-mails dos adeptos do MU para o fantalk:

From: Mark Asciak, Malta
Sent: 16 August 2003 17:08
Just seen the Bolton game - what can I say? Brilliant all-round performance. Ronaldo's introduction added that bit of magic we needed. The lad's got great confidence and the future looks very, very bright for him. As for Giggsy's free-kick...simply magic. Ruud may have missed a penalty but opened his account, and I'm sure that's not the last one we'll see from him. Also, it seems as though Tim Howard has been with us for years instead of weeks. Well done boys, keep it up!

From: Choe Wye Kean
Sent: 16 August 2003 17:26
The last time I felt this good was when Ince, Kanchelskis and Hughes were sold and a group of brilliant young players came on and won us another double. We just sold Beckham and Veron, and what great young players we've got now, especially Ronaldo. If there's a trophy for debut of the season he would have won it already!! He's so quick, illusive, and probably will beat Thierry Henry in a 100 yard dash!! And when is the last time Giggs scored so convincingly? Superb performace overall in the second half!! Let's hope another double is on the way!!

From: Bryant Wong, Malaysia
Sent: 16 August 2003 17:36
Brilliant drubbing of Bolton, and we're right where we left off last season. Winning! Big up to Ronaldo, he looked amazing both sides of the flank. The side fielded in the Community Shield match was missing something, and Ronaldo was it. We're gonna win the lot!

From: Aydin Sciolist
Sent: 16 August 2003 17:25
What a great start! Bolton gave us a real game, but the firepower we have came through. Djemba-Djemba really made a difference to the team when he came on. And as for Ronaldo! I worried that there was too much expectancy when he came on, the roar that went up round Old Trafford was huge, but he blew everyone away and left all of is begging for more. Maybe we have a player that can do it for us in Europe? I dont want to jinx a good start, but this has left me really postive. Roll on next match!!

From: Patrik Fja"llstro"m, Sweden
Sent: 16 August 2003 17:21
What a great game! Such a wonderful performance by young Ronaldo, he drove the Wanderers defenders mad with his extraordinary dribbling! I had come doubt in the beginning when the players passed the ball very slowly. But after the substitutions the game totally changed! This just shows how Fergies master-brain works. Beckham-who?

From: George Han
Sent: 16 August 2003 17:12
What a good start! The team came alive in the second half and I have to say that Ronaldo was a real sensation- quick, skilful, he should have started the match instead of Butt who was horrendous. Djemba-Djemba was good too. I think the Man of the Match should go to Scholes for relentless trying.

From: Emmanuel Davila
Sent: 16 August 2003 17:04
There are no words to describe the great game played at Old Trafford today. The new signings proved how great they can be. Howard with a clean sheet, Djemba with great passes and assistance to Scholes' goal and Ronaldo going past defenders easily. The only hard part to watch was the penalty from Ruud, I could not believe what I saw. At least the goal in the last few minutes showed he was back. If the Reds keep performing like this we will not only hold the Premiership Trophy but will bring the European Cup to OT.

From: James Gallen
Sent: 16 August 2003 16:58
An excellent win by the team today, great to see Giggs back in form and an excellent glimpse of things to come with our own Ronaldo. I guess Ruud's miss shows he's only human as well. All in all, a definitive statement of intent for the new season.

Compiled by Laura Bryant.


E há centenas e centenas de coisas destas. 30 minutos de Ronaldo bastaram aos fãs do MU para a loucura...
O Website da UEFA apresenta-nos um defesa do SLB chamado Argelico Fucks.

Como dizia o Pedro, deverá ser casado com uma Tatiana Fucks.

domingo, agosto 17, 2003

Man United's Ronaldo wins rave reviews


LONDON (Reuters) - Manchester United's new signing Cristiano Ronaldo opened his premier league career with a 30-minute cameo which has won rave notices in the Sunday papers.

The 18-year-old Portuguese striker showed no nerves but plenty of flair in filling David Beckham's old number seven shirt in a 4-0 demolition of Bolton at Old Trafford on Saturday.

Although he did not score on the opening day of the season, he still stole the headlines from two-goal Ryan Giggs.

The Sunday Telegraph proclaimed in a banner headline that "A Star is Born" following his appearance as a 60th minute substitute for Nicky Butt.

The report offered praise of the English champions' new 12.24 million pound acquisition from Sporting Lisbon, comparing him to previous illustrious holders of the shirt including Eric Cantona and George Best.

"Even Best did not make a debut as exhilarating as Ronaldo -- pacy, two-footed, willing to take people on and not afraid to take a kick in the process," the paper said.

'INSTANT LEGEND'

The Mail on Sunday described Ronaldo as "the new Cantona" and said Old Trafford proclaimed "an instant legend" after he helped set up Giggs's second and United's third goal.

"Just this once," wrote the Sunday Times, "all the hype and hullabaloo could be justified.

"This precocious 18-year-old's mesmeric feet are destined to give a few defenders twisted blood as they used to say of the number seven par excellence, George Best."

The People summed up its feelings for the newcomer in one two-page headline: "Who Needs Beckham?"

Ronaldo's performance also impressed Giggs, who told reporters that the newcomer would be an exciting new fixture for the 1999 Champions League winners.

"There was the same buzz in there about Ronaldo as there was when we first saw Eric Cantona," he told reporters.

"He lifted the crowd and he lifted the players. He's that kind of footballer, a really outstanding prospect."

Manager Alex Ferguson, who wrote in the match programme notes that Beckham's place in the club's success story would last forever, was also delighted.

"It was a marvellous debut. Sometimes it is difficult to believe he is only 18," he told reporters. "We will be careful with him and won't throw him into every game.

"He has done well to get a call-up to the Portugal squad and he will join up with them this week. The experience of being with Rui Costa and Luis Figo will stand him in good stead. He'll benefit from it and so will we."