Portuguese Football History with Miguel Pereira
Football Travel by Outside Write
English - March 24, 2024 05:00 - 35 minutes - 65.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsSports Society & Culture Places & Travel laliga bundesliga football premierleague seriea soccer travel Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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My guest is Miguel Lourenço Pereira, who's written a number of football books, but his latest is his first in English, Bring Me That Horizon. It's all about getting to know Portugal through its football. We discuss Portugal's footballing roots and history under the long Salazar dictatorship and the role of football in its demise. We discuss the great players, like Eusébio and other stars from the African colonies, the great 'Golden Generation' Portuguese side of the 1990s and early 2000s, the Big Three, groundhopping, and more...