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[rolaholic]

rolaholic Portugal looked unconvincing against Hungary and downright dreadful against Germany…personally, it’s tough for me to still mention them among the likes of France and the other favorites

They did but the fact that they're in the group of death gives them a little leeway to me, those Hungary games in front of 65k+ home fans are proving to be tough on everyone.

They played ****house footy on their way to winning in 2016 so it doesn't always have to be pretty to be effective

Real interested in seeing how they look against France on Wednesday, should be a good gauge of where they stand right now.

I might be getting fooled because of all the quality they have but I feel like they could be real formidable if Santos tinkered a bit with his set up.

Sanches needs to be starting and hopefully not as a part of a holding mid pivot like they've been playing.

 

[Beans]

rolaholic Portugal looked unconvincing against Hungary and downright dreadful against Germany…personally, it’s tough for me to still mention them among the likes of France and the other favorites

I think this team has evolved beyond the abilities of Santos. It’s one thing to have a team that needs to rely heavy on their shape/defensive ability and hurt opponents on the counter, however they have the talent now to being a free flowing team who utilizes all of their weapons. I think the writing on the wall was there at the last World Cup, they should be looking at a more attacking minded manager.

 

[luisfigo]

Speaking of santos and his lineup selection here is the expected starting XI vs franca

Our
Father Who Art In
Heaven Hallowed Be Thy
Name Ronaldo

 

[AZwildcats]

Suarez

 

[El Argentino]

No Cancelo is hurting Portugal massively. All of Germany's goals can be attributed to Nelson Semedo being absolute shiite.

 

[Bosa]

 

[Beans]

No Cancelo is hurting Portugal massively. All of Germany's goals can be attributed to Nelson Semedo being absolute shiite.

Feel like playing two def mids doesn’t help either

Why not play that wonder kid mendes Coupé It

 

[Coupé It]

Speaking of santos and his lineup selection here is the expected starting XI vs franca

Our
Father Who Art In
Heaven Hallowed Be Thy
Name Ronaldo

I’m praying for our defensive positioning and fullbacks way more

 

[Coupé It]

Why not play that wonder kid mendes Coupé It

He’s hurt. But even if he wasn’t hurt I don’t think Santos would play a LB at RB. When we lost Cancelo I knew this was a wrap. I said we were finished.

 

[Coupé It]

Portugal’s future in this tournament is down to Diogo Dalot……..we’re finished.

 

[Bosa]

I would like to see what felix does too

 

[Coupé It]

 

[Bosa]

In for Argentina

 

[Bosa]

Kun missed a open goll

 

[Bosa]

Love the Argentina very offensive lineup. Papu with the dance celebration lmao

 

[Bantz Lord T]

It’s criminal that we haven’t put Messi and Papu on the field together more often

 

[Bosa]

Paraguay been playing extra dirty since min 1

 

[Bantz Lord T]

Paraguay been playing extra dirty since min 1

Except for Brazil, that’s how everyone plays us in the Copa America/WC qualifiers

 

[HNL HI]

No Cancelo is hurting Portugal massively. All of Germany's goals can be attributed to Nelson Semedo being absolute shiite.

needed Semedo playing like this

 

[Bosa]

Own gol lmao. Messi almost header
Edit offsides

 

[fluid hips]

Just tuned in to the Argentina game

 

[haicheo]

They all count the same fam…

Your take is still trash though, ending Juve’s dominance was no small feat. AC Milan, Napoli, and Atalanta are also quality opponents. Almost everyone is in agreement that the overall quality of the league as a whole has improved.

It’s been Juve +19 for nearly a Decade. Sure the quality improved a smidgen but how many times has an Italian team looked good enough to conquer Europe besides Juve in that time period?
You see Inter winning the UCL this upcoming year? Out in the round of 16? Milan? Atalanta?

yikes.

 

[Belgium]

 

[AZwildcats]

Must be a nightmare for CBs. Too strong to grapple with, too fast to stand off

 

[Sinner]

Footy's coming home as a blonde!