RichardTheFirst
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Joined: 10/17/2001 From: Algés, Lisbon - Portugal Status: offline
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Originally posted by choco: Hej, Janusz (Czesc Ci) it's perfectly understable why RichardTheFirst wish not to compare Portugal with Spain, it's for us like somebody wish to compare Poland with CCCP, Slovian people, mixed history but definitivly not the same...
Well, Portugal is the 2nd older country in Europe, we are independant since the beginning of the XII century. If you take into consideration that there was only 60 years (1580-1640) we lost our independence to Spain because our king die being the descendant a spanish (in 1640 we had a popular revolution against the spanish and expeled them) that every attempt Spain made in history for invasion was violently repeled; that we have a different language and a very strong national identity; very hardly one can consider that Portugal and Spain have a mixed history.
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Originally posted by choco: Oh and Richard : We already were at the 3rd place two times, so U r kind to let us the 3rd place but we'll prefer... the only good place of the WCup : The First...
Right, Poland always have been very tough in the final phase. Portugal have a third place too in the 1966 Cup in England, with Eusébio's fab team and everybody said we deserved to win. OK then, I wouldn't mind if we go both to the finals
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