Patricio was blatantly time wasting just before extra time expired against France and the ref called the game as soon as he booted the ball when he should have added extra time for Patricio's time wasting. That is just one example. but i noticed other things as well throughout the tournament. The refs had clear instructions and to be honest, i love it. Each fifa president always has a side, better it be on ours for once than have it be blatantly against us like in Euro 2004.
Patricio wasn't time wasting. You see much worse in any Portuguese league game lol. Portugal is the main faviorite for the CC , the betting sites all give us the shortest odds. Never seen this before in any tournament . You know what that means . Prepare yourselves for a giant cagao
Honestly, i feel if Pepe gets healthy and remains fit (he trained today with the ball which is great news), then this is a team who should win this tournament. I say this with all due respect to the other nations, but, the biggest competition is Germany (even with a back up squad) and Chile. We would not meet either untill the final. In regards to betting sites, i am considering a small wager of a few hundred $$ on Portugal to win for a nice return.
Right when Patricio kicked that ball and the whistle blew, Infantino's face popped up into my head and i let out a grin. Let's not lie to ourselves, we have Infantino pocketed. He gives the refs instructions not to help us blatantly, but subtly. Which is perfect. I don't think we will need a hand in this tournament. This is just a wonderful opportunity for CR7 to add a FIFA trophy to his museum one year after winning the EURO. We're not going to lose. We're even better than last year. In a wierd way, this trophy is more prestigious than the world cup due to its nature in being so hard to qualify for.
If the refs were helping us we would have been awarded penalties against Poland and Wales which I remember we had potential grounds for (can't remember if it was Wales or Croatia actually ) Also no card for taking cr7 out of the final is still ridiculous. The confederations cup is harder to qualify for but it is a short tournament , 5 games max. Germany isn't bringing their best team. Honestly if Portugal doesn't win it is a cagao. Actually it's harder to qualify for if you do it by way of being European or world champions. Teams like Mexico , New Zealand /Australia, and Argentina / Brazil have it easy. Oh wait that cagao Messi still could not win a copa America when Brazil has been the worst it's ever been for the past 8 years LOL I think Russia and Mexico will give us trouble . New Zealand is also the type of team to complicate things for us . We should definitely make it out of the group tho. A game against chile in a knockout would be tough. Germany would still be a challenge , they bringing a young team but they are capable .
I agree, there is no option here but to win. I don't see any other outcome where CR7 doesn't put this trophy in his museum to be honest. We'll win.
Very much so. That German team could end up being better than your first choice squad too. Some insane depth.
I'm expecting a cagao against Mexico Portugal never wins opening games in tournaments. Our success rate is probably below 20 percent
My predictions Portugal 1-1 Mexico Portugal 0-0 Russia Portugal 6-0 New Zealand Semi finale Portugal 1-1 Germany (5-3 PK) Final Portugal 0-0 Chile (4-2 PK) Portugal campeao da taca confederacões
I think Portugal will score more than that. I can't see a scenario where CR7 doesn't get at least two hat-trick's to be honest. He's going to stamp out the year at this tournament so don't expect him to just sit idly by. This (again) is the year of the super sexy Portuguese play-boy.
Nah... Appreciate that you think that though. I honestly have no idea what to expect from Germany this tournament. Some good talent on the squad, but Löw has been sounding like winning isn't even really a priority. Says there's going to be lots of rotation, characterizes it as more of a "try out" than a tournament. Wouldn't be surprised if we're strong, but also wouldn't be surprised if we're pretty disappointing. Hopefully the players are hungry and want to impress. Argentina was a tough nut to crack in '14. Sabella did well to secure them defensively.
To be fair, it's not like the team was a scoring juggernaut in the Euro. I'd expect Santos to be pragmatic and lean towards defence again.
I was being sarcastic. It was a dig at @nbstriker8 because he loves Messi & Argentina. Possible but on paper we're simply better than we were at the euro, it all comes down to who Santos starts. Bernardo Silva shockingly did not see any playing time against Latvia which worries me in offensive terms.
Silva might be a better fit as a supersub to break open a game in Santos' mind. Portugal is at its best when it is a stout counter team IMO, and Bernardo might not jive with that ethos.
Portugal never wins when it rains the same day in Toronto for some reason and its expected to pour on Sunday. You can all thank my cousin for that jinx.
You are right but in qualifying for euro 2016 Portugal was winnning games by one goal always. Since the euro we have been pounding teams in qualifying The main reason imo is the rise of Andre silva. He has adapted to santos team like a glove and developed great chemistry with ronaldo
It's true , It was raining in Toronto during the euro 2004 final and I remember on other occasions (think the loss to USA in 2002 And the 4-0 loss to Germany in 2014)
Like I said midfield spots are competitive now Not long ago meireles and veloso were locks to start. They couldn't get near the team today . It's on Bernardo to show he deserves to start . He hasn't done much so far other than a goal against Andorra .