🚨Roy Keane on Portugal being held by Congo
🗣️ “I think some people expected Portugal to walk onto the pitch and score three or four goals automatically. That’s not how football works, especially at a World Cup.
What surprises me is that this isn’t what any of us expected. The whole world is disappointed with that midfield performance.
We know Bruno Fernandes is a player who usually creates chances, but today he created almost nothing. Vitinha was nowhere to be found as well, and that’s unacceptable from a trio many people called the best midfield in this tournament.
They dominated possession, but possession alone means nothing if you don’t create real danger.
One thing I noticed is that Portugal played a lot like PSG today. With Vitinha, João Neves and Nuno Mendes in the team, they controlled the ball but lacked quality and width in attack.
I see a lot of criticism aimed at Cristiano Ronaldo, but remove him and put someone else there, and Portugal probably look even worse.”