World Football Quest

One of the oldest (if not the the oldest of all) nations in Europe, considering its name and frontiers, Portugal it's a great resume of a lot of different european cultures of many different ages. Just like Spain, Portugal has been inhabited by cultures from different places, that have made a culture very diverse in almost every aspect you can see, like music, architecture, cuisine, art...

Portuguese football has some resemblances with Spanish one, maybe with a lower level if we talk about the local leagues, but very similar between the National Teams. Portugal has always had great teams, with many great players, some of them some of the best of football history, like Eusebio, Futre, Figo, Pauleta and Cristiano Ronaldo. Unfortunately for them, those impressive teams have never been realy powerfull once they got out of the theory, as their best performance ever has been a 3rd place in 1966 World Cup and the long time remembered 2nd place in the 2004 Eurocup against Greece.

The shirt here is the home design of 2008, when they were eliminated by Germany on the quarter finals. This is a XL size, very big for me, but as it came from ebay for just 10€ I'm happy to have it anyway. I would have liked that it has the number 7 and Ronaldo on the back, since as I'm a Real Madrid fan it's not difficult to know what player I would like the most of that team.