🚨Jürgen Klopp on Portugal’s performance against DR Congo:
🗣️ “Look, everybody wants to talk about Cristiano Ronaldo.
His age.
Whether he should start.
Whether he should play ninety minutes.
For me, that is not the biggest problem Portugal have right now.
The bigger issue is the team around him.
I watched the game and I saw a lot of talented players, very good players, but not enough intensity, not enough sacrifice, and not enough urgency.
International football is different from club football.
You cannot just rely on technical quality.
You have to fight.
You have to run.
You have to suffer together.
The best teams in this World Cup are doing exactly that.
I did not see enough of it from Portugal.
People talk about this midfield like it is the best in the tournament because of what these players do for their clubs.
But football is not won on reputation.
It is won through collective effort.
Against DR Congo, there was too much comfortable football.
Too many safe passes.
Too much waiting for somebody else to make something happen.
If Cristiano Ronaldo was getting chance after chance and missing them, then okay, we can have that conversation.
But when your forwards are not getting proper service, when your attacking players are isolated, then the problem is much bigger than one player.
Portugal have enough quality to go far in this tournament.
But quality alone is never enough.
You need hunger.
You need intensity.
You need a team willing to do the dirty work for each other.
And right now, that is what I think Portugal are missing.”
{@BBCSport }
The media is running the exact same script they used at the 2022 World Cup before the game against Morocco, recycling narratives because it is easier to scapegoat Ronaldo than to read a tactical board.
They claim he needs to step aside, yet they never name who is actually ready to step up and carry the tactical weight.
Ronaldo should step aside for who? Goncalo ramos? That played yesterday game and had two touches?
They quickly forget that when Portugal’s back was against the wall in the Nations League, who rallied them? it was CR7 who dragged them forward. He scored against Spain from a cross that we couldn’t get from yesterday game.
The draw against DR Congo wasn't a striker problem; it was a structural failure.
The midfield choked the supply line, stringing together empty sideways passes instead of dropping vertical balls into the box. I no even undertand if some of Una no dey watch ball.
When the delivery actually functions, Ronaldo commands the attention of multiple center backs, destabilizing the defensive shape and carving open spaces for the wingers to exploit.
That’s what Leao, Neto and Even Bruno should have capitalized on, but no they wanted to be Tiki Taka boys. And since when did Portugal started passing ball? Portugal has always been an amazing counter attack team.
But regardless, Write off the squad if you want, but this team will adjust against Uzbekistan. Then more relaxed against Columbia.
The path hasn't changed Ronaldo is still lifting the World Cup.
I saw you win
I saw you lose
I saw you draw
I saw you score a lot of goals
I saw you miss a lot of goals
I saw you comeback
I saw you get comeback
I saw you winning trophies
I saw you losing trophies
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But I will never, ever stop supporting this beautiful footballer that you are, See you in the next game.
Portugal I will support you to the very end. Cristiano Ronaldo I love you to the very end
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