A pleasant evening in Lisbon for the faithful, and at an exceedingly agreeable time for kick-off. Most thoughtful of Mr. E. Uropa, benefactor of this competition, to have at least one game coinciding with cocktail hour, or near as dammit. One’s beverage of choice at 6pm is currently that Italian delight the Negroni, a blend of gin, sweet vermouth, Campari & orange peel. It is traditionally accompanied by some hors d'oeuvres, olives perhaps, some charcuterie, perhaps an almond or two. Yesterday’s accompaniment was a few slices of Sebastian Coates, the headbutting mountebank, and a few smoked chunks of Lisbon pride. Let us not forget that they had not lost a competitive match here...
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