Portugal are playing like FAVOURITES

England fans are being told that the players are struggling physically so they can’t play at the desired intensity. Did they watch 41-year-old Pepe play last night?
Today, Marcus, Jim and Vish are here to wave a sad goodbye to 2pm kick-offs, they served us well! They also show concern that Belgium seem to have hit their straps at Euro 2024. Plus, the lads are joined by Andy to question him on whether he ran on the pitch during Turkey vs Portugal.
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[@gajogrande]

Pepe and Ronaldo playing at 41 and 39 makes me believe the Mediterranean diet might be great for you after all.

[@APGMs]

Not a Mediterranean country unfortunately champ

[@joaoalmendra65]

You're right about the diet . Spot on

[@gajogrande]

@@APGMs “The Mediterranean Diet, classified as World Heritage by UNESCO, is part of the identity of the Portuguese gastronomy” Fish, olive oil and oranges. Can’t get more Portuguese than that, mate.

[@gabrielsimoes325]

​@@APGMsPortugal belongs to the biogeographical Mediterranean Basin and is considered a Mediterranean country because of the characteristics that the territory possesses even though it is not bathed by the Mediterranean sea

[@ruiferro4160]

​@@APGMs Look it up. mediterranean diet is the only one in Portugal.

[@bconni2]

pound for pound, Portugal is the greatest nation in the history of the competition.

[@luisrocha8779]

Pepe was the man of the match!

[@ninanano]

Roberto Martínez said in a press conference that it was a matter of them getting used to it and gaining rhythm as the competition progressed. I hope this game was a sign that they’re finally mentally and physically in the competition. For Portugal, I’ve noticed, after growing with and observing the last 2 generations, that quality isn’t a problem. It’s really about everyone being on the same page. It’s not that there were misunderstandings and bad relationships in the group (cough, like England), but the factor that helps them the most is camaraderie, as well as good leadership, mostly from the coach. They need a figure they respect leading the group and Martínez seems to have that respect, they seem happy that he’s the coach. Of course, there’s a set of players that can make magic together and he needs to get those starting XI’s right.

[@HomemdaFaina]

And not a single name was pronounced correctly. It's not PéPé, just Pepe (like Pep). Also, portuguese are not spanish. It's not mendez, ramoz, etc. Maybe we should start pronouncing english names as if they were welsh or irish.

[@goncalo9]

🙏🏻👊🏻

[@optimisation5893]

Don't worry, Sooner or later they will be speaking Arabic and then they will be able to correctly pronounce all our names!

[@jrton1366]

Do you think Portuguese people pronounce English names correctly?! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 ask one of them to pronounce George. You are welcome to pronounce them however you like. We aren't sensitive about it.

[@goncalo9]

@@jrton1366 you re so fucking wrong. We are maybe the best country to speak foreign languages cause we dont have any natural accent. If you hear a portuguese speaking english you can never tell he is portuguese. I can assure you that. Just listen to Rúben Dias conference for exemple before Turkey’s match. You have no idea about my country

[@Ux_change]

loved to listen to this podcast.. you guys sound so easy going and very down to earth . and articulate quite well your point of views. congrats.

[@joaosousa4946]

Lovely commentary ignore the hate comments, I can assure you there is loads of us loving it. Top notch lads

[@ricardoetmatos]

Palhinha not Paulinho

[@peyxx]

para os estrangeiros juntar lh com nh é um autentico trava-linguas hahaha atropelam a palavra e está feito🤣

[@pedrolopes6071]

Ja ouvi "Pálnia"... não tá mau 😂

[@ninanano]

Que mania de assassinarem qualquer nome que não seja inglês, a meu ver era só meterem a Siri ou o tradutor a pronunciar o nome e imitarem, e escreviam a fonética nos seus apontamentos.

[@maus5514]

eles nem se dao ao trabalho...nem imaginam as vezes que eles enganam no nomes portugueses ou nem conseguem pronunciar...eles adoram diminutivos. e o Pais dos "acrynoms"

[@Mcm4]

You guys. They murder every name. Listen to how they say "ehm bayhpayuh" for Mbappé

[@dariomestre4814]

Lets bring the hopes down for portugal, we dont do well with a full ego

[@maus5514]

what Portugal team and Nation needs is a tipical confidence boost, we need a nation psicological support, I believe that after the dictature we got so much post traumatic effects on a Nation wide scale...this is why you can see the old Generation being super negative at almost anything...but the trend is changing with the new Generation hopefully...Lets boost positivity not with confidence I do belive the team (excluding Cr7) a believe that we can do it, and also a recover of the fighthing spirit we can see that once issues happen in the national team, fingers start being pointed at everyone,.. this is clearly the basis of failure... just see how some other nations react to having a goal scored...this is what we need to..I though that wining a Euro would help boost this, and you can see there is a slight change but the inerent finger pointing seems to sometimes still be there...once you get outsiders the group affecting it,..this is when we start losing...once again is all down to the mind, we have the quality we just need the power mind games which we only have one person that can teach it in huge amounts and this is Ronaldo!

[@dariomestre4814]

@@maus5514 true but also if you look at Euro 2016 we were playing shit, drew every single match and we won haha everytime we are confident, we play too safe and we end up losing, like georgia, we could have won that easily, but we always underestimate small teams.

[@nonono8788]

Everyone's getting the assist wrong. Ronaldo would've also broken a record had he scored, arguably a more important one - the player to score in the most Euro tournaments ever. He did it to show Bruno Fernandes how it's done in that situation. Earlier in the game Bruno failed to assist Ronaldo in an equally good position and missed his shot. The celebration tells you everything you need to know: Ronaldo turns his back to Bruno and cheers with the rest of the team, while Bruno runs back to them and immediately approaches Ronaldo, and you can see it in their faces: Bruno is both thanking the assist and apologising for earlier, Ronaldo definitely tells him in that quick hug. And they're talking it off again moments later when the celebrations die down. I'm not saying this because I like Ronaldo or dislike Bruno, quite the opposite. But that is the power dynamics in the Portuguese team, and that's how Ronaldo's mind works.

[@rodrigocordeiro_]

yeah ur kinda delusional ig

[@nonono8788]

@@rodrigocordeiro_ yeah I'm being delusional, not the people saying he did the assist for an assist record... when scoring would've produced a scoring record. He did it because it was the smart thing to do, and sure, I'm speculating the rest. Based on their visible, documented reactions.

[@ashishthomas298]

I respect your opinion and think it's actually right but the reason for ronaldo to turn back after the assist to Bruno is to check the lines refree decision regarding the authenticity of the goal. He is not sure if he is onside at the time he received the pass.

[@nonono8788]

@@ashishthomas298 That is also true, but as soon as he confirms the assistant referee isn't flagging an offside, he turns to the other players, and waits for Bruno to get to him before they even exchange a look - portuguese broadcasters even mention Ronaldo's friendly-but-stern look at that point, and immediately mention Bruno's missed opportunity and how it may have influenced Ronaldo's decision - he does love some "moral" high ground. Their time together at United left some scars and I don't think Ronaldo will ever lose an opportunity to pull rank on him - Bruno on the other hand, I believe, will be a lot less selfish going forward in the tournament.

[@jeanjacqueslundi3502]

As a portuguese, ,yes you are delusional. A lot is written online by Ronaldo fans about the national team that is complete BS. There are people out there that have no idea just how friendly they are with one another. Ronaldo himself came public last tournament when he left Utd sayin his relationship with Bruno is, and I quote "Excellent".....and he's not the type to just say that kind of thing. If you see how they hugged in the goal celebration you'll see that too. People are reading waaaay too much into Ronaldo giving an assist. If they actualled watch Portugal matches where (surprise surprise) Bruno and Ronaldo have played together FOR YEARS....they'd not read into these stupid things.

[@jakecush16]

Lads just so you know since you were trying to pronounce Turkey correctly, Pepe is actually pronounced Pep, as in 'Pep Guardiola'. Just the one syllable Edit: as some helpful people have pointed out, I am a bit wrong on this one. It does have a second syllable but with a closed e. I should have said it was closer to Pep than Pepe. Obrigado

[@diogopcastelos]

It's SLIGHTLY different. Not the same. And it's 2 syllables, just that the final "e" is nearly silent

[@renatopereira2315]

Actually wrong. It is in fact NOT like Pep Guardiola. The final "e" is supposed to be pronounced but like a closed vowel as opposed to the first "e" in Pepe which is supposed to be open.

[@ninanano]

@@renatopereira2315 not wrong. It only depends on accent.

[@jakecush16]

@@diogopcastelos i know that but for easiness purposes may as well say one haha

[@jakecush16]

@@renatopereira2315 I know but the end result is basically the same for an english speaker

[@joaoalmendra65]

😂loved it. Hilarious 😂 !

[@cmarq817]

Please pronounce the Portuguese names correctly. Your Pepe sounds like “pepper” 😂

[@Ak47vsColt]

Finally a podcast without all the rough speaking twats talking nonsense. Have no idea where you lads came from but thank you (:

[@jor.mungan]

Turns out the first invader kid was also (German-)Turkish. It wouldn't surprise me if most of them are Turkish actually. There was a Turkish supporter German TV interviewed before the game clad in red-white, showing proudly his CR7 underwear. 😂

[@brunopaulino1623]

There is a lot of portuguese imigrants in Germany also

[@abetoperez3969]

I love thé show but suggesting that Ronaldo paid a steward to tackle Ramos so that he can keep his place is just an opinion based on hate & jealousy for him as a person. That’s an idea not worthy to be recorded. That’s not criticism it’s hate. Peace ✌️

[@gajogrande]

I think it was a joke mate. I laughed.

[@ThatGuy-187]

I haven't gotten to that part yet, but it's clearly a joke.

[@joaoalmendra65]

Its a joke mate . Lighten up !

[@Azureconnoisseur]

Its clearly a joke😂

[@maus5514]

the problem with this type of jokes is that it portrays the tipical shit image that some angloxasonic media portrays of him,... we get it he did the wink .😅, but can you get over it by now please 😂, this ideia that he is a selfish guy despite being for several years the highest personality to donate in sports to charity, is clear work to support children and many charities the work he does to support blood giving the support for tackling high comsumption of sugar drinks such as the coca cola moment.. please stop joking or portraying this image that is not true all despite one incident...he is an example in terms that anyone from below from nothing can reach the highest level all done to commitement to hard work,... he is an example.. and by they way jokes are as allways a start to somthing... such as shit jokes about a person with some handicap.. jokes are ok but insisting on this caracther that was sold and we consistently see this portray by the Anglo media.. come on....stop it! We know what your doing..move on...for fuck sake

[@cobrakai83]

Are we going to start saying ENGLANDIA? Why are the names of all these countries having to be updated? PANDERING.

[@Frpar123]

To pronounce them correctly? That seems to be fair. The portuguese spell of the noun Turkiye (= Turquia) is fairly accurate. Why shouldn't brits and others do the same, instead of thinking about a familiar bird whenever the country is mentioned?

[@Rancid-wd3ty]

England are favourites surely, Southgates boys are setting Germany alight with their fluent tactical footballing ingenuity under the genius which is the great Southgate

[@bluesharkpoker]

🤣 hilarious

[@Navpo01]

England are not 😂😂😂😂

[@bluesharkpoker]

I dunno why but "the great Southgate" gives me "The Great Gatsby" vibes ^^

[@VautourDX]

That pronunciation of Turkey is so aloof.

[@fabiocustodio1542]

😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😅😅😢😅😅😂😂😂

[@TheCAPTAINDESTROYER]

You boys know about as much about football as my goldfish. Dead goldfish.

[@AllCarsUnited]

Says the drunk looking British guy 😂

[@bconni2]

by the looks of you, i'm not surprised your gold fish are dead

[@GaryMoloney-q2f]

Less comedy would be good

[@benzo9059]

This podcast has gone totally over your head, you seem oblivious of the type of show it is. Just listen to something else, you sound like a Talksport sort of fella.