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**Lemmy** · 18-03-2004, 03:17 PM

Portugal have reached an agreement with Sporting Clube de Portugal to use the SuperLiga team's academy as their training base during UEFA EURO 2004™.

Agreement signed
The agreement was signed today at a ceremony attended by Gilberto Madaíl, Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) president and chairman of the board of Euro 2004, S.A., and national coach Luiz Felipe Scolari. Also in attendance were Sporting president António Dias da Cunha and academy director Pedro Mil-Homens.

Academy details
The academy complex, situated on the south bank of the Tejo river, has five 110m x 70m grass pitches, a 60m x 40m artificial pitch, and a 60m x 40m indoor pitch. Scolari, who led his native Brazil to victory at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, was enthusiastic about the set-up, saying: "This venue has everything we need for Portugal to do the job everybody wants us to do.

'Excellent location'
"The training centre is in an excellent location. We can work in privacy every hour of the day with individual plans for each player." However, Scolari has elected to use a resort near Óbidos for Portugal's pre-tournament training camp.
http://www.euro2004.com/competitions/EURO/news/Kind=1/newsId=155020.html

Apparently this is a state of the art training facility, which will be good for Portugal :thumbsup:

18-03-2004, 03:17 PM	#327 (permalink)
Lemmy Moderator Favourite Team: Porto, DC United, Fulham Lemmy is Online Mood: Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Washington, D.C. Posts: 4,740 vCash: 857 Rep: Rep Points: 385	National team to practice in Sporting's academy Portugal have reached an agreement with Sporting Clube de Portugal to use the SuperLiga team's academy as their training base during UEFA EURO 2004™. Agreement signed The agreement was signed today at a ceremony attended by Gilberto Madaíl, Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) president and chairman of the board of Euro 2004, S.A., and national coach Luiz Felipe Scolari. Also in attendance were Sporting president António Dias da Cunha and academy director Pedro Mil-Homens. Academy details The academy complex, situated on the south bank of the Tejo river, has five 110m x 70m grass pitches, a 60m x 40m artificial pitch, and a 60m x 40m indoor pitch. Scolari, who led his native Brazil to victory at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, was enthusiastic about the set-up, saying: "This venue has everything we need for Portugal to do the job everybody wants us to do. 'Excellent location' "The training centre is in an excellent location. We can work in privacy every hour of the day with individual plans for each player." However, Scolari has elected to use a resort near Óbidos for Portugal's pre-tournament training camp. http://www.euro2004.com/competitions/EURO/news/Kind=1/newsId=155020.html Apparently this is a state of the art training facility, which will be good for Portugal :thumbsup: __________________