Reis: I’m proud to captain Portugal

Undefeated throughout the tournament, Argentina could be forgiven for storing sorry that they took their leave of absence from the World Cup U-20 Cup Colombia 2011. Their misfortune to come up against a team unbeaten in Portugal at the quarter-finals, Portugal prevailing on penalties after a goalless draw, the fifth time in five games in Colombia that they have kept clean sheets.

Part of the reason that neat defensive record, which now stretches back 480 minutes, is a peerless captain and central defender Nuno Reis, who spoke to FIFA.com after helping his team set up semifinal date with France.

"We stayed together as a team and our solid unit with a real will to win," he said. "We got better thanks to Argentina for our team spirit and friendship between us, and we never give up."

World Cup 2010 Last of 16 - games 7 and 8

With this two games finished, only eight teams remain in the competition. Paraguay vs Japan
and Spain vs Portugal were the game seven and eight from the Last of 16.

World Cup 2010 Group G games 5 and 6

The last two games in the Group G were Portugal vs Brazil
and North Korea vs Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)
The table for the Group G:

1. Brazil ......................... 7p ... 3 2 1 0 ... 5-2 ... +3
2. Portugal .................... 5p ... 3 1 2 1 ... 7-0 ... +7
3. Côte d'Ivoire.............. 3p ... 3 1 0 2 ... 4-3 ... +1
4. North Korea .............. 0p ... 3 0 0 3 ... 1-12 ... -11

World Cup 2010 Group G games 3 and 4

The third game in the Group G was played between Brazil and Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire),
and the fourth game was played between Portugal and North Korea

World Cup 2010 Group G - games 1 and 2

The first two games in Group G: Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) vs Portugal
and Brazil vs North Korea

World Cup 2010 Group G plate

The Goup G plate containing Brazil, North Korea, Côte d'Ivoire and Portugal kits.

Portugal World Cup 2010 fantasy kits

Name: Portugal
Federation: The Portuguese Football Federation (Federação Portuguesa de Futebol)
Confederation: UEFA (Europe)
Founded: 1914
Kit manufacturer: Nike

Back to the World Cup teams, this is already the second half of the project. The Portugal kit is usual predominantly red colour, somethimes with green or red short. Here I pushed the limit and tried with green short and socks. The shirt is red (a bit darker shade) with red collar and trims. On the front of the shirt is a green horizontal band that continue on the lower part of the back.
A variant with white short, for games vs teams wearing dark colour short (Argentina, Germany).The away kit is all white with green features all over. The name, numbers and logos are red.
A variant for games vs teams wearing white short as France or Italy.

Benfica fantasy kits

Full name: Sport Lisboa e Benfica
City: Lisbon
League: Portuguese Liga
Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Fouded: 1904
Shirt sponsor: tmn, meo, Sagres
Kit manufacturer: adidas

With their kits I complete the trio of the most important portuguese clubs. It is a remake of one oldest kit, I actualized sponsor logos in rest I kept the original design.
Initially the away kit was white and black, but I changed it into white and red, to use the black for the third one.
An all black third kit suitable for games against red and white teams.

FC Porto fantasy kits

Full name: Futebol Clube do Porto
City: Porto
League: Portuguese Liga
Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Fouded: 1893
Shirt sponsor: tmn, meo, Super Bock
Kit manufacturer: Nike

Futebol Clube do Porto is the current champion of the Portuguese League. I add a change to the traditional design, the dark blue short, in rest I respect their blue-white striped shirt and white socks.
Change home version with dark blue socks.
The away kit is all orange, may be used with dark blue shorts and socks. Suitable for games against teams wearing striped shirts.
A third kit all white, for European cups suitable for games against FC Barcelona, Basel.

Sporting Portugal Lisbon fantasy kits

Full name: Sporting Clube de Portugal
City: Lisbon
League: Portuguese Liga
Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Fouded: 1906
Shirt sponsor: tmn, meo, Super Bock
Kit manufacturer: Puma

This is the remake of an oldest version of the Sporting Portugal kit. On the shirt I had corrected only the stripes, the short was changed entirely (the back panel is from the Gremio kit). On the socks I made the stripes a little thicker to follow the shirts stripes. The sponsors were actualised also.
The home kit with white short.The away kit is all white whit green puma stripes on the sleeves. About Vitalis on the back I'm not 100% sure (I did not see yet the away kit in the domestic league).
For the third kit I choosed black instead of yellow, obtaining a more elegant kit.

Deco admits Chelsea offer

Portuguese star Deco broke his silence last night to admit that Chelsea are openly pursuing him.

But the talented player insisted that nothing will be finalised until he has met Barcelona officials.

"I already knew about the interest from Chelsea, and other teams. I still need to speak to FC Barcelona," said Deco.

"However, I am going to have news. I knew that Barcelona wanted rid of me, Ronaldinho and Samuel Eto'o. I have to respect the decision, move on and think about my own career."