Liga Sagres round up
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- Created: Tuesday, 07 April 2009 12:28
- Written by Ian Shine
Portugal is one of the most unequal countries in the world, where the rich are obscene and the poor have to survive on a minimum wage of €450 a month.
Nowhere is this inequality more evident than in the Liga Sagres, with the top teams playing in state of the art 50,000 seater stadia while the league’s lower sides play at grounds that would barely pass muster in the conference.
Estrela Amdora’s Estádio José Gomes reputedly holds 12,000, but it doesn’t look like it could and it very rarely holds more than 1,000. Even this weekend’s local derby with Benfica saw only 3,000 fans show up, a piss poor figure considering the grounds are only about two kilometres apart.
Witness Barry Ferguson and Alan McGregor sneakily flicking V-signs at the cameras during Scotland’s World Cup qualifier against Iceland on Wednesday.
Alan Shearer’s decision to take the reins at Newcastle makes him the 7th member of England’s Euro96 squad to step up into management. Unfortunately for the Toon the omens aren’t good. Every other member of Terry Venables’ squad to try their hand at management has found the going pretty tough at the top.
Crucial International fixtures were being