Swango1980
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I'm awaiting a Piers Morgan tweet to slag off the Portuguese coach now
2022 World Cup.
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Swinglowandslow
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noted. Querying how that can be? Regardless of all the off pitch stuff, how can they not start him?
Showing him who’s boss, do you reckon?
Swango1980
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Who knows. The manager thought he was good enough to start, supposedly, in games up to now. Or, maybe he wanted an excuse to drop him? His reaction after being benched last game may have given him that excuse.
Didn't he throw, another, hissy fit when subbed the other day? The coach didn’t appreciate it so perhaps it is as you suggest.
fundy
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Bunkermagnet
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I had heard on the radio that the Portugal camp was not a happy place, and you know who was the main cause.
pokerjoke
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Imagine the Portuguese 1-0 down with 15 minutes to go and the coach brings him on and he’s scores the equaliser.
They then go onto win
Who looks stupid then.
Or they are winning and he brings him on just to waste time? Piers will be beside himself.
They then go onto win
Who looks stupid then.
Or they are winning and he brings him on just to waste time? Piers will be beside himself.
clubchamp98
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Yes that’s hard to digestive.
Anyone else thinking we should just save time and go straight to penalties?
fundy
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seems an ok decision now 
Well that aged well ?
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I guess Ronaldo ran down the line to celebrate with the others?
Swango1980
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Portugal just scored. Camera goes to Ronaldo, he looks fed up.
clubchamp98
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The lad replacing Ronaldo has just justified the coach’s decision.
Keeper should not get beat there.
Keeper should not get beat there.
Orikoru
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That will have been engineered by TV though let's be honest. I'm sure he celebrated with the others when it hit the net.
Swango1980
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That may well be true
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That sums up Ronaldo in one minute
The bloke cares for one person. Ronaldo. (Not even the real Ronaldo)
That's why for me Messi will always be better as he plays for the team
Hell even neymar does
His face when bale scored in champ league final and not him
Priceless and classless
Imurg
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Apparently Messi didn't even know it was his 1000th game the other day....
No keeper is saving that, it’s past him before he knows what’s happened.
Swango1980
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Are you hinting the famous cliche "keeper should not get beat at near post"? So, anytime in history they get beat at near post, it is automatically the keepers fault?
The keeper is relatively small anyway, for a keeper. But, in fairness the shot was absolutely rifled into top corner from close range. I suspect keeper was in a better position to cover the most likely shot, and covering more angles generally. Not that I am a goalkeeping coach, but his positioning didn't seem overly awful.
