Road to Russia (Rumo à Rússia) 2018

Yeah I agree, they would stop changing the Portugal kits so much. I wish they were treated like Italy, Holland, France, Brazil, etc. which they have minor tweaks but the design and color scheme doesn't change much. Just give me the red jersey with green shorts or socks and call it a day. As well as white and blue for the away kits. Leave the experimenting to a 3rd kit if they want to add that.

 

I agree, it shouldn't be that difficult. I know they're going to change the kits every two years, but they can still have some consistency. The white and blue away kits from 2014 were such a clean, classic look. And because Portugal's home kit is red, it rarely has to wear its away kit anyway, and if it's a dark kit it often can't wear it. Just make it white with green or blue touches and call it a day.

The same site that has the other stuff I posted has the anthem jacket to go with Portugal's away kit. This works better than the red one for me, but there's about a 97% chance I'd immediately stain this if I bought it. That's a lot of white:

 

I disagree, I think Asia, Concacaf and Africa have all gone backwards. This is coming from an Australian, it seemed like the gap was closing but I actually thib in the last 4 years Europe has gone to another level and the last 8 years has seen the reemergence of Comebol with 7 legitimately strong sides who would compete with any team in the world and the vitrine sides are still high quality.

I can't see any team from any other confederation apart from Europe and South America being in the quarter finals next year. Only way is if the draw open up for them.

Having watched Saudi Arabia play 2 games against Australia and Against Japan they are technically very good but there tactical discipline is shocking and are easily wound up by the most innocuous incident. Really ordinary side and qualified due to Australias terrible second half of the qualifying campaign. Australia is also not very good so we're dealing with very ordinary sides here indeed

 

William Carvalho is seriously one of the best players in the world at the moment.

I was concerned 18 months ago that he was going backwards but this calendar year and in particular the start of this season has seen him play to such a high level and most importantly consistancy. He's sporting deep lying playmaker like Pirlo was for Juve and Italy. If sporting wins the title this year(Jesus that hurts to say) it will be largely down to him. He creates time and space for the Fernandss and Martins of this world to shine. He made Juves midfield look really ordinary today, I can't help but think Danilo Pareira should play as the CDM to allow William to roam around, im starting to feel he is wasted being anchored to shielding our slow ageing CBs. Very excited to watch this guy play next year

Ruben Dias surprised the hell out of me this morning, I honestly though he was an average prospect but I have to say Rui Vitoria does have an eye for unsuspecting talent from the reserves eg Nelsinho. He completely shut down Lukaku which for me is very impressive considering how physically imporsing he is. One performance doesn't really solidify him as a good prospect but with the stocks looking slim at the moment performances like this get you excited.

 

i too was surprised by Ruben played well

 

When was the last time he played on the team? I always liked him as the RB because with Raphaël Guerreiro/Coentrão at LB you can start an attack from either side. All three are great passers in my opinion. You might lose a little bit of defense but man, with those guys as you outside Fullbacks, you have a chance to have some nice play to the mids and forwards. That will be tough for ANY team to defend.

 

Sounds like nike dropped the cross from the Portugal design

Here are latest pics

Looks much better !
http://www.footyheadlines.com/2017/09/portugal-2018-world-cup-kit.html?m=1

 

Looks a lot like the 2008 kit iirc

 

Advertisement at its finest.

They leaked the early design to see initial reactions in their target markets and realized they were universally hated.

Now if they only brought back green shorts....

 

This great news. If it ain’t broke, then don’t fix it.

 

William Carvalho and Coentrao missing Sportings match vs Juventus.

 

Not surprising. We need to test new players, especially in central defense.

 

i like it good to test some new faces

 

Roflmao. So much salt!



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