Portugal vs Iceland Live Streams and TV Channels

Country	Channels
United States	RTP Internacional »live stream, FoxSoccer.tv »live stream
Other Countries
Australia	RTP Internacional
Brazil	RTP Internacional
Canada	RTP Internacional
Costa Rica	ESPN DOS
Dominican Republic	ESPN DOS
El Salvador	ESPN DOS
Guatemala	ESPN DOS
Honduras	ESPN DOS
Mexico	ESPN DOS
Panama	ESPN DOS
Portugal	RTP 1
South Africa	RTP Internacional, SuperSport Maximo
Venezuela	RTP Internacional
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Portugal vs Iceland Delayed and Repeat Broadcasts

Country	Date/Time (US/Eastern)	Channel
Dominican Republic	Sat, Oct 08 6:00am	ESPN DOS
Ecuador	Mon, Oct 10 11:30am	ESPN Cono Norte
Guatemala	Sat, Oct 08 6:00am	ESPN DOS
Mexico	Sat, Oct 08 6:00am	ESPN DOS
Panama	Sat, Oct 08 6:00am	ESPN DOS
South Africa	Sat, Oct 08 11:00am	SuperSport 3
	Sat, Oct 08 14:40pm	SuperSport Maximo
	Sat, Oct 08 19:00pm	SuperSport Maximo
	Sun, Oct 09 10:10am	SuperSport Maximo
	Sun, Oct 09 13:05pm	SuperSport 3
	Sun, Oct 09 22:10pm	SuperSport 3
	Mon, Oct 10 2:50am	SuperSport Maximo
	Mon, Oct 10 14:30pm	SuperSport 7
	Tue, Oct 11 6:50am	SuperSport Maximo
	Tue, Oct 11 10:20am	SuperSport 3
	Wed, Oct 12 5:10am	SuperSport 3
Venezuela	Mon, Oct 10 11:30am	ESPN Venezuela
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Portugal vs Iceland Match Preview

For almost a year after Paulo Bento took over from Carlos Queiroz as the head coach of the Selecção things went swimmingly. The exciting and fast-passing football that has come to be associated with Portugal returned, positive results were immediate, and the players showed they were 100% behind the new man in the hot seat – in stark contrast to his predecessor, Queiroz, but that’s another story.

So it came as a huge surprise when one month ago Ricardo Carvalho, erstwhile considered the archetypal model profession, reacted to being dropped from the team by storming out of the training camp and promptly announcing his international retirement.

Mutual recriminations between Carvalho and Bento of ‘lack of respect’, ‘a deserter’ and ‘a mercenary’ brought an unedifying end to a brilliant international career. Bento has said Carvalho, holder of 75 caps for Portugal, during which time you could count the number of mistakes he made on one hand, will never play for the Selecção again while he is in charge.

All this means the string of injuries that have forced Fabio Coentrão, Pepe, Sílvio and Hugo Almeida out of the Iceland game, along with Danny’s withdrawal for personal reasons leaves Portugal a considerably weaker team than they were five short weeks ago.

Rolando will resume his former FC Porto partnership with Bruno Alves at the heart of the Portuguese defence, but the gap left by Coentrão’s withdrawal is more difficult to overcome, especially given that his natural replacement, Sílvio, is also ruled out. An adapted solution will therefore be employed by Bento, with one of Eliseu, Miguel Veloso or Ricardo Costa filling in. João Pereira will continue at right-back, given Bento’s perplexing decision to continue to ignore the resurgent José Bosingwa.

The only other doubt is who will play alongside Raúl Meireles and João Moutinho in midfield. Ruben Micael in the favourite having made a positive impact there in recent games. The forward line will consist of Ronaldo and Nani on the flanks, with Hélder Postiga in the centre.

Despite the re-jigging of what had become a settled side, Portugal would expect to get the better of Iceland, who have mustered just one win, against group whipping boys Cyprus, and four points from their seven games so far, especially as the islanders have injury problems of their own to contend with.

“We will approach this game as we have approached our previous four: needing the victory and nothing else,” said Bento. “We want to create good offensive dynamics and not allow the opponents to make use of their most dangerous weapons.”

Not that Bento is expecting an easy ride: “We’d do well to remember that we’ll be playing against a team that in the games away against Norway and Denmark only lost in the final minutes. We are optimistic and confident, but at the same time we have respect for our opponents who will create a lot of problems for us.”

Kick-off is at 9.00 pm local time at the Estádio do Dragão, Porto.

Portugal vs Iceland Match Report

Paulo Bento became the first manager in the history of the Selecção to win his first five competitive matches after a 5-3 victory over Iceland kept Portugal top of Group H.

The hosts looked to be cruising as two Nani goals and a Hélder Postiga strike put Portugal 3-0 up at half time, much to the delight of a good crowd enjoying themselves in Porto.

However, Iceland caused Portugal's defence problems all night, and got their rewards. Jonasson's two goals by midway through the second half raised the spectre of Portugal's chaotic 4-4 home draw against Cyprus earlier in the campaign.

But adapted left-back Eliseu calmed the supporters' nerves, first by setting up Joao Moutinho for a close-range finish then scoring the goal of the night himself with a wonderful curling shot into the far corner of the net.

There was still time for Sigurdsson to grab another goal for Iceland from the penalty spot.

Portugal now travel to Denmark needing a point to finish top of the group and guarantee qualification for Euro 2012. Paulo Bento knows his team will have to tighten up at the back in Copenhagen.

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