Portugal Soccer

As had been rumored, news began pouring out surrounding the move of coach of Portugal’s national team, Luiz Felipe Scolari’s move to Chelsea. As most of us expected, the primary difference keeping Scolari from signing with the National soccer squad again came down to money. Scolari also happened to mention that he did not want to coach for much more than 4-5 years. It has yet to be seen how this will effect the Portugal soccer team in the UEFA Euro 2008 matches. I don’t give much credence to reports that it was what took the team off task versus Switzerland today, but if Portugal loses in the quarterfinals with a half-hearted effort, one has to wonder…