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4th June 2008, 12:49pm
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#1 | | Sidney D'Rock
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| Porto Thrown Out Of Champions League
For bribing referees, or attempting to bribe them during their 2003-04 run.
Interesting to see how this pans out.
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4th June 2008, 12:50pm
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#2 | | Whoa Black Jesus
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| Re: Porto Thrown Out Of Champions League
We go up one pot in the seedings I think. | |
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4th June 2008, 12:55pm
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#3 | | Registered User
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| Re: Porto Thrown Out Of Champions League
wasn't that the year they won the thing? | |
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4th June 2008, 1:07pm
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#4 | | Registered User
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| Re: Porto Thrown Out Of Champions League
Aye, surely that was the year that Mourinho was winning stuff?
This may explain why at his press conference at Inter that he was saying to just call him Mourinho and not "The Special One" any more. Cheating FUCK. Take it off them for that year and his record looks less impressive.
Won the UEFA Cup, and the diddy Portugese League. Went to Chelsea and spent about Ł200m or thereabouts to win the league twice, the Carling Cup and the FA Cup. Not so fucking special now, cunto. | |
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4th June 2008, 1:12pm
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#5 | | Disgustingly Endearing
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| Re: Porto Thrown Out Of Champions League
Fucksake.
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4th June 2008, 1:15pm
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#6 | | Whoa Black Jesus
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| Re: Porto Thrown Out Of Champions League
Was Mourinho personally bribing the refs?
No, I don't believe he was. | |
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4th June 2008, 1:19pm
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#7 | | Registered User
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| Re: Porto Thrown Out Of Champions League
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Originally Posted by Zippy  Was Mourinho personally bribing the refs?
No, I don't believe he was. | It's a lot easier to win things when the referee is on your side, I'd imagine. | |
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4th June 2008, 1:30pm
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#8 | | Whoa Black Jesus
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| Re: Porto Thrown Out Of Champions League
That's a far cry from saying he's a cheat though. | |
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4th June 2008, 1:31pm
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#9 | | Registered User
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| Re: Porto Thrown Out Of Champions League
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Portuguese champions Porto have been excluded from next season's Champions League over alleged bribery of referees in the 2003/04 season.
The allegations relate to Porto's 2-0 win against Estrela da Amadora and their 0-0 draw with Beira Mar.
Porto won their domestic title and the Champions League in 2003/04 under their former coach Jose Mourinho, who has not been mentioned in any allegations.
The club has already confirmed it will appeal against Uefa's decision.
Their appeal must be made within three days, according to the rules of Uefa's appeals body.
Porto won their domestic title in the 2003-04 season by eight points from Benfica.
Meanwhile, club president Jorge Pinto da Costa is to go to trial in a civil lawsuit by Porto prosecutors after he was accused of bribing the referee of the Beira Mar v Porto game.
| so they bribed refs to beat some diddy teams and still couldn't even win! | |
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4th June 2008, 1:52pm
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#10 | | Kurwa
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| Re: Porto Thrown Out Of Champions League
They haven't been found guilty of bribing refs yet. The Portuguese FA have decided, from looking at the evidence in the criminal case, they are guilty before waiting for a judgement.
Bit harsh.
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4th June 2008, 1:54pm
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#11 | | Disgustingly Endearing
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| Re: Porto Thrown Out Of Champions League
I find it very hard to believe that of all the games they had that season, that those were the games that they had to bribe the ref.
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4th June 2008, 1:59pm
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#12 | | Whoa Black Jesus
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| Re: Porto Thrown Out Of Champions League
And just as hard to believe that Mourinho bribed anyone. | |
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4th June 2008, 2:02pm
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#13 | | Sidney D'Rock
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| Re: Porto Thrown Out Of Champions League
Did anyone read about the Olympic sprinter who is handing back his gold medals because they're "tainted". Another member of his team ran the race whilst on performance enhancing drugs?
Just because one member of the team is cheating, doesn't mean others are.
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4th June 2008, 2:06pm
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#14 | | Kurwa
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| Re: Porto Thrown Out Of Champions League
But if that one guy was cheating then it gives the whole team an unfair advantage
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4th June 2008, 2:07pm
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#15 | | Sidney D'Rock
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| Re: Porto Thrown Out Of Champions League
Im not disputing that.
I'm just suggesting that it's not a given, that Mourinho is involved.
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