Completed in 2004, the first match in the "Stadium of the Dragon" was in June 2004 a UEFA Group match v Greece which was lost 1-2.
Bobby Robson managed at Porto and had huge success winning two Portuguese league titles, 2 cups and a super-cup between 1993-6, when illness took him away from the front line.
While there he influenced the careers of Mourinho, Villas-Boas and Guardiola. He was more than a manager to Porto, a man who brought the community together. of course he did the same in Newcastle and a pre-season commemorative match between the two clubs was played in 2018 to celebrate 125 years of football at both clubs.
The stadium has a number of uses including as a race track.
As favourites to win the Nations League final, Ronaldo is the main man playing for hosts Portugal. He has won the Balon d'Or and is supported by Joao Felix, the exciting Benfica teenager, with Patricio, Neves, Moutinho and Jota from Wolves and Silva of Man City. Fernando Santos led his squad to the European Championship victory in France last time out and they are favourites to win this tournament now. Yes here's Cristiano's TWO busts....you can understand why they had a second one commissioned.
The Switzerland team, includes Premier League players, Schar of Newcastle, Shaquiri of Liverpool and Xhaka of Arsenal.
55 European teams started the campaign which is played every two years, creating a competitive tournament for European teams between FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championships. It replaces meaningless friendly internationals played by European nations between the two major tournaments. So far so good.
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