I really don't care if Ronaldo gets 1 goal in this world cup, I just want Portugal to win the cup even if it means he gets carried by Bruno and Co
He's spent about half of his career carrying his teammates, it's his time to be carried
๐จ๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐: FIFA Referees Committee president Pierluigi Collina was reportedly considering an internal review of Szymon Marciniak's performance during Argentina's 3-0 victory over Algeria. However, according to emerging claims, the proposed investigation was halted after FIFA president Gianni Infantino became aware of the matter. ๐ณ๐
Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha has been the highest-rated player on the pitch at half-time against Spain.
Heโs faced 13 shots and made 4 saves ๐งค
At 40 years old ๐คฏ
I know this might sound harsh, but that was genuinely one of the biggest managerial disasterclasses I've ever seen.
This man called up 4 wingers and 3 strikers, only to bench all of them and start the opening World Cup game with a 5-3-2 that he hadn't used even once during the friendlies. He benched all of his forwards and lined up with 5 defenders and 5 midfielders against Sweden.
It gets worse. He played a defensive full-back who is basically a hybrid CB profile like Kounde for example and he played him as a wing-back, used our backup left-back, who arguably didn't even deserve a call-up, as a left centre-back, and after going 2-0 down by halftime, he didn't make a single substitution until the 72nd minute.
And when the changes finally came, they somehow made even less sense.
He brought on a central midfielder to play wing-back, and a left winger to play on the right, and then took off both of his defensive midfielders for an attacking midfielder and a striker. We literally finished the game with a double pivot made up of two number 10s.
I'm serious when I say this is the kind of squad management you wouldn't even see in FIFA Career Mode.
We've faced teams like England, Belgium, France, and Spain at World Cups before. We've always been underdogs. Yet somehow, our biggest defeat in World Cup history came against Sweden.
That alone should tell you everything you need to know about how badly this game was handled.
I know most of you probably don't care about Tunisia's tactical disasters, but I just needed to get this off my chest.
The fact that Japan scored from a corner just makes me laugh man. The size difference between them and the Dutch was ridiculous but they still managed to do it.
Gotta love football man
CURACAO SCORE THEIR FIRST EVER WORLD CUP GOAL AND IT'S AN ABSOLUTE BEAUTY!
THE SMALLEST NATION TO EVER QUALIFY HAVE SCORED AGAINST THE FOUR TIME WORLD CHAMPIONS ๐จ๐ผ๐ฅ