PORTUGAL VS MOROCCO 2018 FIFA World Cup Group Stage [R]

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  1. nbstriker8

    nbstriker8 Moderator
    Staff Member

    Dec 10, 2008
    new beige
    Club:
    SL Benfica
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Pepe is so effing soft
     
  2. SCP_16

    SCP_16 Member+

    Aug 8, 2004
    Bay Area
    Club:
    Sporting CP Lisbon
    Nat'l Team:
    Portugal
    Five minutes!?!? For what!?!?
     
  3. CristianoQuaresma

    Jun 14, 2016
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Terrible, terrible display... But the 3 points is all that matter.
     
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  4. nbstriker8

    nbstriker8 Moderator
    Staff Member

    Dec 10, 2008
    new beige
    Club:
    SL Benfica
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That's it, really. Played like utter crap.

    Play this way against Russia or Uruguay and we're in trouble.
     
  5. Ramos77

    Ramos77 Member

    Benfica
    Portugal
    Jun 24, 2017
    Lucky, super super lucky
     
  6. OndaVerde

    OndaVerde Member+

    Sporting
    Portugal
    Feb 18, 2016
    Eu vou lá estar
    Club:
    Sporting CP Lisbon
    Easily
     
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  7. CristianoQuaresma

    Jun 14, 2016
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    A LOT has to be changed... That was the worst display I've seen this young team come up with.

    Quite unbelievable that talented players like Bernardo Silva, Guedes, Guerreiro, etc all have a stinker during the World Cup and get dominated by Morocco.

    Morocco played with so much heart and passion, they were obviously desperate... But there are no excuses for us here.

    Santos has a LOT to think about. We cannot simply rely on Ronaldo to score for us to get through, this is crazy.

    3 points in the bag, that's the silver lining.
     
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  8. coelho

    coelho Member

    May 12, 2016
    Club:
    SL Benfica
    Wow Morroco is an excellent team. Just no real finishers but that was one hell of a performance, and one hell of a terrible performance by Portugal. Everytime we got the ball we got dispossessed. I cant remember a game like this before.
     
  9. trebaruna

    trebaruna Member

    Jun 13, 2017
    Los Angeles
    Portugal continues on the euro2016 vibe. They're not going to rush forward, don't expect that it's just not going to happen. Not because Portugal doesn't have the quality for it, but it's a tactical option. Everything considered, Morocco had more ball but seldom created goal chances. Portugal is going to get another round of hate after that.
     
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  10. dipluso

    dipluso Member+

    Jul 19, 2005
    CT
    Very simple analysis. We played like dog s6it and got incredibly lucky.
    Morocco is a very good team - there's a reason they are the African champs.
    They should feel aggrieved that they lost both games.
    Patricio and Pepe best out there. William next.
    J Mario probably played himself of the lineup for the rest of the Cup. But Bruno Fernandes did not cover himself in roses either.
    And will the real Bernardo Silva show up at some point?
     
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  11. HandofAbel

    HandofAbel Member

    Liverpool FC
    Portugal
    Jun 19, 2017
    eu estou aqui
    Nat'l Team:
    Portugal
    Might’ve been the most disjointed and directionless performance in a competitive match under Santos.

    Besides some obvious good/bad performers, Cedric had an excellent game.
     
  12. nbstriker8

    nbstriker8 Moderator
    Staff Member

    Dec 10, 2008
    new beige
    Club:
    SL Benfica
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I don't think we played well against Spain, and I don't think we played well against Morocco.

    But we have 4 points and a tie against Iran will likely see us through.
     
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  13. figo_forever

    figo_forever Member

    Mar 29, 2011
    Cape Town
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    Portugal
    No heart. That was the difference for me today. No heart. Embarrassing. I actually feel for the Moroccans. Worst performance I’ve seen of any country in the WC so far.
     
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  14. iggymcfly

    iggymcfly Member

    Jun 20, 2014
    Three points are three points, that’s the important thing, but yeah we definitely need to make some changes before the Iran match.
     
  15. GoodDead

    GoodDead Moderator
    Staff Member

    Aug 8, 2004
    Toronto Canada
    Club:
    Sporting Braga
    Nat'l Team:
    Portugal
    I dont want to hear anything about "expecting points" or "thrashing" or "dominating" vs Iran

    We were flat out lucky today. We should have lost. This was the worst game we ever won. The players looked like the win was in the bag and were out for a fun stroll. Pathetic attitude.
     
  16. figueira

    figueira Member

    Feb 8, 2007
    NJ
    Nat'l Team:
    Portugal
    The way we played I'm not even sure that's possible.
     
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  17. JoseEmidio

    JoseEmidio Member+

    Dec 6, 2009
    London
    Club:
    SL Benfica
    Nat'l Team:
    Portugal
    Me too for most of the second half I was half watching half flinching.
     
  18. figo_forever

    figo_forever Member

    Mar 29, 2011
    Cape Town
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    Portugal
    Where are you Ruben Neves.
     
  19. GoodDead

    GoodDead Moderator
    Staff Member

    Aug 8, 2004
    Toronto Canada
    Club:
    Sporting Braga
    Nat'l Team:
    Portugal
    We were way worse in the second stop your ridiculous posturing.
     
  20. Joao Bibliotecario

    Jun 24, 2014
    Brooklyn, NY
    Nat'l Team:
    Portugal
    Hey I've been wrong plenty but I do believe that.
     
  21. Lafleur

    Lafleur Member

    Jun 23, 2012
    I think Portugal scoring too early made them suffer.

    They were swarmed like bees and perhaps were shocked by their opponent's determination but I have no idea why they would be.
     
  22. Lisboa<3

    Lisboa<3 Member

    Jun 21, 2012
    That was horrible and painful to watch.
     
  23. Joao Bibliotecario

    Jun 24, 2014
    Brooklyn, NY
    Nat'l Team:
    Portugal
    Possession and accuracy will end it for us if it doesn't improve.

    Rui and Ronaldo are in top form, and we have luck which is the residue of design this tournament. I would like to see another scoring threat emerge.
     
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  24. Nani_17

    Nani_17 Member+

    Nov 3, 2011
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Worst winning performance I have ever seen, but I know this team well enough to know how quickly they can change for the better. I'd love to know why they played with such slow ball movement. Looked like our guys played in 110 degree weather while Morocco played on a beautiful spring day with everyone on cocaine.

    I'll let you guys resume your end of the world comments, but things change quickly and my confidence leading into this WC has not changed. We just troll our way along.
     
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  25. AlexJones19

    AlexJones19 Member

    Aug 2, 2015
    Club:
    Sporting CP Lisbon
    End of the day we were dreadful but we won. I've go faith in Santos so i know despite the three points he can see how poorly we played. So at the end of the day we've got three points and there will be changes for the next game. Win win
     
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