Does C Ronaldo, Portugal Have What it Takes?

By Syddel Worrell

I've been following Euro 2008 and I have enjoyed watching the competition thus far. I watched two impressive victories thus far, Spain's 4-1 brilliance over Russia and the Netherlands' thrashing of Italy.

I want to draw some attention right now to the Portuguese, who seem to be in good form, as they have won both of their matches thus far. Although they don't look to me as impressive as the Netherlands or Spain, they get the job done and have been beating their opponents quite convincingly, but I don't think the score lines in both their matches truly reflected how close their games were.

The only difference between them and the teams they have beaten is that they took their opportunities when they came, and in football this is what separates the best from the rest.
Portugal has a good team with the likes of captain Nuno Gomes, Simao, Deco, Cristiano Ronaldo and Pepe, but do they have what it takes to be crowned the best of Europe. With the lineup they possess I believe they are capable of doing it but I really don't see them winning this one. They have a good midfield but their defense looks a bit shaky at times and their chemistry seems to be a bit off.

I do like the way Cristiano Ronaldo is playing, as he is passing the ball a lot more than he would had he been playing for Manchester United, but I'm never overly impressed with the things he does.
One thing that I have really questioned about this Portuguese team is the fact that team coach, Luiz Scolari allows Ronaldo to wear the captain's armband when Nuno Gomes is substituted. Personally, I think the band should be given to a more experienced player like Deco, but I guess the armband is given to Ronaldo to boost his confidence. However he is still very young and I don't think he's ready to lead the national team.

Overall Portugal are playing well and with a little bit more time together they most likely will get better, we just have to wait and see how they hold up against the bigger guns of the competition.

Good luck to Portugal.

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Watch Soccer Online

By Geraldine Oaks 

Want to watch soccer online? Euro 2008 has brought new opportunities for creative minds in the domain of online soccer watching. There are nowadays many opportunities for watching football videos via the streaming system. They are free and classified according to the topic. There are sections with advertisements for players, reports, extracts from football matches in streaming. Soccer videos online feature football players like Ronaldo, Zidane, Henry or any other football player you admire. You can also see excerpts and summaries of the biggest football matches and to search for videos of football streaming through internal search engines.

Euro 2008 will materialize convergence of traffic and data, voice and video, into a single network. This will lead to a complexity of IP networks and a performance problem for many businesses that can not control wild downloads of video ... The networks must be secure and optimized to ensure the availability of resources.

Should this warning be taken seriously? Definitely not! IT systems have evolved since users have 4, 8 or even 16 Mb / s or more bandwidth Internet, available only for them alone at home. It is more desirable to surf comfortably at home and even watch TV on your PC, rather than at the office. The internet in an office is rather reserved for ad hoc research (routes, timetables, online banks) multiple but short lasting searches. The real soccer addicts have already planned mini-TV, portable tuners TNT on laptops, even broadcasts on the 3G mobile. Others prefer the comfort of a large screen at coffee shops or at home.

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Ronaldo Football Shirts Are Everywhere

By Thomas Baugh 

Ronaldo, just how good can this boy get? Already a massive household name he is steadily going about his business in unbelievable fashion. He will now take centre stage at the European Championships and few could begrudge him coming away with a winner's medal.

Cristiano or 'Ronnie' as he is known to his team mates has come a long way since he stepped into fill David Beckham's boots as an 18 year old back in 2003; few of us knew anything about the young lad from Portugal. However we certainly were going to in seasons to come.

It was a shrewd move of Fergie and one that has paid off remarkably well, if he ever sold him it would be for a world record fee that I doubt would ever be surpassed. He was Sir Matt Busby player of the season in his first year and then slipped off the radar slightly in the next

He then slowly came good again scoring 9 in 5o appearances during the 2004/05 season and then the rest is history as I am sure we have all seen. Whatever he touches turns to gold. He is still ridiculed by opposition players that he show boating tactics are disrespectful but he has denied that saying it is his game.

Quite frankly it just goes to prove he is world class and I would pay money to see that.

He has however got a slightly devious side as we all know from the famous winking incident that got Rooney sent off at the European Championships, and at times he plays up to referees when he clearly feels he has been fouled.

That said there is no doubting he is a class act and kids everywhere are decked out in Ronaldo football shirts producing their own displays of Madeira magic.

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