an absolute disgrace... ronaldo is fkin done..... FINISHED. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH santos out!!!!!....... first sub of the game is for joao Mario? common man I'm speechless.
When uruguay loses despite to a bigger nation you can see the pain and disbelief in their players eyes. When we lose to anyone it's all just sulking. We had a window after the 2016 euro to change the mentality... It kinda carried up until the nations league in 2019 but that was more luck of the draw. 2018 was a huge let down we should have at the very least lost to France in the qfs but not even that. In reality we should have won the group and took a stroll to face France in the final but we couldn't put Iran away... Seriously? ... That was the first and only signal needed to get rid of Santos. Thank you move on... Nope we threw away the next Nations league playing like chickens to a weak France, we threw away the euro playing defense after going up vs Germany and being to scsred to take it to France and ultimately lose to a nation that we never lose to and who by all accounts were having their asses handed to them so bad that they had no gas vs Italy the next game... So no trigger to get rid of Santos... We lose to Serbia...at home... No problem. We almost get eliminated by turkey because we tutrled in the last 20 mins for no reason... No problem. And now today. The most beatable spain I can remember in the last 22+ years and we lose at home? Embarrassing
Euro 2012 Semi final where we lost in PK's, playing infinitely better and PB as coach of all people. Santos=out.
Yeah that's why we lost. Banning macaco and anyone from portugal ultras maming braga and a portugal home game the most quiet its ever been had nothing to do with it?
Imagine if meireles' pass to Ronaldo at the end wasn't botched? we would have won in regulation... And today? Spain with no where near that team and us with improvements all around? The difference a manager makes
Yeah, not to make this a Uruguay 'love fest' or anything, because they are very much beatable, but I really do admire their attitude. Those guys will go through a brick wall to represent their tiny nation. Is why you hardly ever see a Uruguay international refuse a call-up due to a small injury, tiredness, etc , no matter how insignificant the game is. I have known a few Uruguayans , and they are similar to the make-up of their team, that charrua, or 'fire in belly' thing was no joke, very proud people. Never give up. The Balkans mentality of South America...lol. Portugal will have their hands full once again BUT I still think Portugal will beat them on talent alone this time, or at least i am hoping that is the case. Give me the Uruguayan mentality , with Portuguese players, holy, we winning the World Cup ! Haha.
The reason we suck is the following: 1. The coach has zero charisma or personality. The players must have zero motivation or drive playing for this dude 2. Playing one of the worlds best midfielders as a winger 3. Ronaldo is absolute trash. I would rather even have Paulinho or Cavaleiro out there 4. Bruno William Neves has got to be one of the slowest and unathletic midfields i have ever seen. How are we supposed to win the midfield battle with these clowns playing. Its obvious that the best midfield is Palhinha Bernardo and Vitinha/Nunes. This is our best team, and by far Costa cancelo pepe dias mendes Palhinha Vitinha Rafa Bernardo Leao Ramos Even alterations such as Nunes instead of Vitinha, or Bernardo instead of vitinha with Felix in the CAM position instead would be acceptable. Anyways, today was the wakeup call. He will play the exact same shit tactics and lineups at the world cup. Hopefully Ghana hammers us in game one so this moron can stop this two dm bullshit
The Germany game at the Euros should have been the wake-up call. Then the Serbia game should have been the wake-up call. Now I still doubt this will be the wake-up call.
I disagree about the two DMs, really they should have won today. I don't love the idea of it but it does allow you then to have 4 attacking players ahead of them. And william is a great short passer of the ball, and neves a great long passer with great long distance shooting on net. They really aren't true defensive midfielders. I Hate that we lost but in today's game when you have all attacking players it never seems to get you far. You need two strong midfielders who are good defensively. If it were two costinhas, or two petits, or even two Palhinha I could understand, but neither William or neves are True defensive mids like that. I'd love to see Neves with Renato, or neves Palhinha. Ronaldo is my goat but boy oh boy you gotta take him off in the 70th when his legs are absolutely dead. It's criminal Santos doesn't substitute him. U either start him and take him off between the 60th and 70th. Or you bring him on off the bench. He can't be played for 90 minutes anymore, that's unacceptable.
Sack Santos and bring in Andre. It's probably why Andre isn't signing any long term deals with clubs. He is keeping his eye on the Red & Green.
[B24] Fernando Santos: “This elimination doesn't pinch me at all. [...] I have a contract until 2024.” Deal with it
It is sad to see CR out there . Not even a shadow of himself . His heart is in it and he wants to perform for the country he dearly loves but he has gone from GOAT playing Portugal to now being a weight in the team . The drive that made him great now hinder him from realizing his time is over
I hope Fernando Gomes is paying attention to Benfica. More possession, less fouls. Time to hire a German. What's that saying? If you can't beat them, join them. Put Roger Schmidt in charge of that game last night and we win easily. He will be available once Santos' contract is up. Roger Schmidt is going to know lots about Portuguese players once his contract is up in 2024. I would be shocked if he wasn't a candidate in a few years.
Florentino is elite, been instrumental in the undefeated run of Benfica! Would rather have him starting than William and Danilo anyday... Palhinha is miles better than William, Danilo & Neves
Hopefully Moutinho and Andre Silva are called next time! 2024, deal with it boyos. We played fantastic, Ronaldo usually scores those chances. That was the difference! Have some respect for the only campeao in our history! Do any of you low iq cucks have an engineering degree? Exactly. Fernando the Chad 1-0 Bigsoccer Virgins
Palhinha is at peak age in football. He has more years on Florentino. Florentino is young and still developing, he is not far off from JP in terms of ability. Potential is sky high. We don't call Florentino 'The Octopus' for no reason.
As soon William went of we lost. replaced with Mario and Vitinha who could not win the balls in the air or tackle Palhinha should of come on.
Ya as much as I like how Florentino has played, Palhinha is a more experienced and at the top of his game . Florentino will get there and I think he has a higher ceiling of development but not ready for pressures of WC imo
I was ok with Vitinha coming on but not a fan of Mario coming on . Mario is not the kind of player that does well coming off the bench . For sure Palhinha should have come on at that point . Dumb ass coach . That being said, I think we lost because our idiot coach would not allow Cancelo or Mendes to fully attack . At one point Mendes went through three guys then instead of continuing , he stopped and passed off and returned to defensive positioning . Our coach had a Ferrari but drives like he had a Toyota . We are wasting this era of deep talent pool on this fool
Good point about Cancelo and the wing backs. Cancelo has his wings clipped when playing for Portugal in that formation. I fear that Ronaldo is causing the same issues in this team as he did with United before he got dropped. He threw his armband again like a little boy after the game. As a captain Figo>Ronaldo We need a foreign coach and the FPF need a clean out with younger blood.