Football
Men's Competition:
- Afonso Martins, Litos, Dani, Kenedy, Emílio Peixe, Hugo Porfírio, José Dominguez, Calado, José Vidigal, Andrade, Nuno Afonso, Nuno Gomes, Nuno Espírito Santo, Paulo Alves, Costinha, Beto, Rui Bento and Rui Jorge — 4th
-
- Group stage (A) — 5 pts (→ 2nd, 1 scored goal less than Argentina)
-
- July 20 | Washington D.C. — Tunisia (→ won by 2-0; goals by: Afonso Agra)
- July 22 | Washington D.C. — Argentina (→ draw 1-1; goals by: Nuno Ribeiro)
- July 24 | Washington D.C. — United States (→ draw 1-1; goals by: Paulo Alves)
- Quarter-finals
-
- July 27 | Miami, Florida — France (→ won by 2-1; goals by: Nuno Rocha, José Silva)
- Semi-finals
-
- July 30 | Athens, Georgia — Argentina (→ lost by 2-0)
- Bronze medal match
-
- August 2 | Athens, Georgia — Brazil (→ lost by 5-0)
Read more about this topic: Portugal At The 1996 Summer Olympics
Famous quotes containing the word football:
“Idon’t enjoy getting knocked about on a football field for other people’s amusement. I enjoy it if I’m being paid a lot for it.”
—David Storey (b. 1933)
“In this dream that dogs me I am part
Of a silent crowd walking under a wall,
Leaving a football match, perhaps, or a pit,
All moving the same way.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)
“People stress the violence. That’s the smallest part of it. Football is brutal only from a distance. In the middle of it there’s a calm, a tranquility. The players accept pain. There’s a sense of order even at the end of a running play with bodies stewn everywhere. When the systems interlock, there’s a satisfaction to the game that can’t be duplicated. There’s a harmony.”
—Don Delillo (b. 1926)