Nuno Mendes is a generational talent. You gotta be insanely good to leave your mark on a game like that as a defender.
lol you guys are hilarious. Keeping Martinez on because Portugal won the nations league is like one of the big 3 keeping a manager on because they won the taca da liga despite playing like shit and crashing out of everything else that actually matters. Portugal won despite him, not because of him.
Sorry but give me a break. He had the team drastically underperforming at the Euro. He's worse than Santos. On paper, losing to France on pens in the QF seems decent, but they played terribly and he was directly responsible for much of it. Needed a late winner against Czechia because he waited the entire game to make the obvious changes that needed to be made, lost to Georgia of all teams, had his job saved by Diogo Costa when they had to scrape by Slovenia on penalties, first time Portugal went 3 games at a tournament without scoring a goal, didn't have the stones to make the necessary decisions like dropping Ronaldo or at least trying something different in attack when things obviously aren't working. Even now during this supposed triumphant Nations League victory, it was marked by his glorious decision to not play the CL-winning midfield together for a single second and waste one of them at RB. This guy is going to hamper Portugal at the World Cup. And honestly, I don't consider beating this Germany team to be some landmark achievement. People are getting caught up in the fact that Portugal usually loses to them, but the reality is they're easily the better team and should be beating them regardless. A good manager could have had Portugal doing what Spain did at the Euro too.
he's what people think/thought Alphonse Davies is/was. for whatever reason there haven't been a lot of quality fullbacks in the last 5 years. My definition of world class means you are top 2 in your position meaning you get into a world 11 A or B team but he's maybe the first LB to be world class in a way that even matters since Marcello. At least on current form we will see if it lasts.
the catch 22 of winning the nations league is that it gives ammo to the internal politics that favour Portugals senators. I also don't like Martinez. I think come the world cup if he is starting all 3 of Ronaldo Bruno Bernardo there will be the same issues as the Euros. The team won because Vitinha and Mendes they would have played even better if Joa Neves was out there. You can play one of Bruno or Bernardo and Ronaldo will obviously play but none of the 3 are the reason they won and playing all 3 has its limits. There aren't clear favourites for this world cup. The small details will matter.
One thing I will give Martinez credit for, he's been a lot better with his subs and in-game changes lately. But part of that was correcting obvious mistakes like playing Neves at RB.
Totally agree Martinez is garbage and should be canned regardless of yesterday's outcome. Playing Joao Neves at RB Calling up and subbing in Ruben Neves or anyone else who plays in Saudi Arabia for that matter Ronaldo getting damn near 90 minutes for whatever reason Joao Felix called up? Why? This team should be getting younger. Dudes like Mora, Pote, Quenda, Neves, Vitinha, Araujo, Ramos, etc. should all be getting more minutes.
One of the big Problems with Martinez is he's fixated on starting Bernardo and Bruno at the same time. WCQ better start with Neves Vitinha and work the rest of the attack out even if it means dropping one of Bruno or Bernardo. I think Bruno would be much better as a sub if we need desperation goals as he shoots and tries Hollywood passes anyway which may be a good thing down a goal but not when you are trying to maintain possession and not concede. Martinez also needs to figure out who will CB with Dias as Inacio and Silva are liabilities. Not sure about Veiga at this point.
He's a good tactician and in game manager for sure. The challenge he has is making tough decisions and not losing the room. Or making the easy decisions and wasting a genuine opportunity to win a world cup.
Ramos that’s on the bench for PSG who comes no for 5 or 10 mins from the end and sometimes does not see any minutes
Is it just me or I barely see why Bernado warrants a start for Portugal all the time. He just isn't or maybe isn't used like his City profile. What does Pote have to do to get a shot?
I answered what was asked honestly. I wasn't even talking specifically about hero, I was talking about everyone in Saudi Arabia who mysteriously still play for Portugal. That being said, the absolutely irony of you saying this when you're the kid that got so offended and triggered and are too stupid to process your emotions to the point where you literally want someone to kill themselves because they don't want to join you in a dick sucking competition. I would say you need therapy, but your obvious below average intelligence, stunted development, and the fact that you are so quick to anger all lead me to believe you can't afford it.
Just watched the first half again, we were lucky not to be 2-0 down. Tt was obvious that Spain were targeting the left side and specifically Neves who isn't a natural right back. Second half was more balanced, but this is why Martinez loses in big games (i don't consider anything other than a Euro or WC a big game) It is clear that either Fernandes or Silva needs to make way for Joao Neves in the midfield, and by playing both in the MF, Vitinha isn't able to get forward and dictate like he does for PSG. This team isn't balanced and on another day we would have lost this game because of the fact he doesn't have a set starting 11 yet, and doesn't have the balls to drop Silva or Fernandes. I would lean to drop Silva as all he does is run, that's not good enough anymore. He has also had a poor season. I realise the players wanted to win this tournament, but the pressure isn't the same as a WC or Euro final so it's not really a good test of where we're at.
Respectfully we dominated most of both games, Germany and Spain.. Germany's lone goal was pathetic clear interference, both of Spain's "goals" were complete toilet dumpster garbage as we are use to.. Offsides and or trash "rebound" tap ins... Nuno Mendes literally put LaMid Yamal in his pocket the entire game..
[QUOTE=" This team isn't balanced and on another day we would have lost this game because of the fact he doesn't have a set starting 11 yet, and doesn't have the balls to drop Silva or Fernandes. I would lean to drop Silva as all he does is run, that's not good enough anymore. He has also had a poor season. [/QUOTE] if all bernardo does is run, then give me bernardo. he has world class fist touch and can dribble.... give me that all day over someone who doesn't run..... has a mediocre first touch and just yells at officials all game when things arent going his way. easy choice, a Bernardo Neves Vitinha midfield would DOMINATE 95% of the worlds national teams.... if we get down a goal and need someone to take a long range shot or try a ambitious long ball throw on bruno, no problem. Long story short a vitinha neves midfield is mandatory. If Martinez doesn't know who to drop then flip a coin it doesn't matter.
The same Ramos that was injured for the start of his career at PSG but still managed to score 10 goals and get 13 assists on 12 starts and 22 total appearances in Ligue 1 alone. He had 3 goals and 1 assist in 12 appearances in the Champions League, and 18 goals and 6 assists in 41 appearances this season. What's your point? Dude was subbed in at the 88th minute. What did you expect? Dude buried his PK, which more than clowns like FAILix can say (Euro 2024 miss).
Longest leash ever for a mediocre ass player. I don't get it. He doesn't fit in this team. Be a Jorge Mendes client Be a Benfica player It's one or the other. Unfortunately, he's neither. He also hasn't been fit all season.
After Ronaldo scored the goal, he was gesturing with his finger, like a symbol 1, it was not exactly a shhhhhh with finger on the lips. Any idea what that was all about? Was that related to something Yamal said or did?
To me it meant "1 chance". Give me just 1 chance and I'll score. Yamal has nothing to do with that gesture. If anything after the match Cris emplored with the media to leave Yamal alone and let him grow.