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Portugal entered the competition as the defending champions, after winning the previous tournament. They reached the final, where a record attendance of 127,000 witnessed the hosts defeat Portuguese-speaking rival Brazil 4–2 on penalties to secure their second consecutive title.
14 June – Opening of 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship. The tournament was hosted by Portugal and was played across 5 cities. Portugal U-20 team were the defending champions. 24 June – São João Bridge is opened. 30 June – Portugal wins the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship, defeating Brazil in a final played at Estádio da Luz, in
23-01-1991 1992 EURO Q: Greece 3 – 2 Portugal: Olympic Stadium, Athens: Stefanos Borbokis 7' Stelios Manolas 68' Panagiotis Tsalouchidis 84' 18' Rui Águas 61' Paulo Futre: Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Carlo Longhi
Portugal won consecutive FIFA Youth Championships in 1989 and 1991. Subsequently, Portugal's senior team reached the semi-finals of Euro 2000 and were runners-up at Euro 2004 on home soil. They were also 2006 FIFA World Cup semi-finalists. [57] [58] [59] Some critics have written that this generation underachieved at international level.
Then Brazil lost 1–3 to Hungary at Goodison Park, in Garrincha's last ever international match, which was the only time Garrincha lost a match with the Brazil national team; he did not play in the last match of the first round against Portugal. Brazil were eliminated in the first round. [citation needed]
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Brazilian Three time Formula One World Champion, Ayrton Senna is killed in a crash during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. 1 July: Brazil introduces its new currency, the Real. [257] 17 July: Brazil wins the 1994 FIFA World Cup, defeating Italy by 3–2 in penalties (full-time 0–0). 1995: 1 January: Fernando Henrique Cardoso becomes President ...
Portugal was drawn in Group I for UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying with Albania, Armenia, Denmark, and Serbia. Portugal started off with a 1–0 loss to Albania, which resulted in Paulo Bento being dismissed, and veteran of all three of the major clubs in Primeira Liga, Fernando Santos, being brought in as his replacement. Under Santos, Portugal would ...