RIO DE JANEIRO, June 26 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's sporting press on Monday cheered Portugal's soccer team's victory over Holland in the 2006 Germany World Cup, which takes the team through to the quarter-final of the competition; their praise focused, Felipe Scolari, the team's Brazilian-born manager.

    "Felipe is the heart, the race, the tension and the victory," said the sports section of national daily, O Globo. As well as achieving their goal of reaching the quarter-finals the team can celebrate 31 victories in the last 47 games played under Scolari, the paper said.

    Estado do Sao Paulo said that the game was "Electrifying, nerve-wracking... the best game of the Germany World Cup so far."

    Meanwhile, the Folha de Sao Paulo said that the claws of the Scolari team crushed a weak orange -- referring to the color of Holland's soccer kit.

    "Frenzied, the Brazilian manager is vibrant to the end, yelling insults from the edge of the pitch, from where his Dutch opposite number Van Bastan sees the defeat with impassive features," the newspaper said.

    As well as cheering on Scolari, winning his 11th consecutive victory with the team, the Brazilian press cheered on the home team. Enditem