Different Portugal side tonight, they actually look half decent ??
2022 World Cup.
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Orikoru
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Slow motion replay made it look easy. ?
Swango1980
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Yes, but Messi will never be mates with Piers. You win some, and lose some
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See IF that's true that's amazing because he just plays for joy
Swango1980
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Well, may have been hasty in judging him. Ronaldo was down celebrating with team for 2nd goal
nickjdavis
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2 mins and 20 secs from the goal going in and kicking off again....add on the celebrations for the first goal and I reckon we've already got 5 mins of added time....lets see.
Yes, but Messi will never be mates with Piers. You win some, and lose some
I’m sure Messi is devastated
Swango1980
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Hmmm, goal scored at 32:35. Match kicked off again at 33:57.
That is 1 minute, 22 secs.
nickjdavis
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must have misreadh the clock!!!
pokerjoke
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You’re wrong though,he did smile and celebrate.
Unless you’re watching don’t listen to Chinese whispers
Not sure I’ve seen a better Portugal performance, they normally seem to grind it out.
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Entertaining game...but just had a text from a Swiss former colleague, who is spitting feathers!
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Pace of their counter attack has been key and that’s helped with Ronaldo not being there - the front three are fluid , lots of movement - Ronaldo will still provide goals and focal point at times but he doesn’t help bring out the best of others - especially Felix who is loving the space and freedom and again Fernandes always seems to play better when Ronaldo isn’t around
It’s a shame that the media can’t focus on the team as opposed to the ego
nickjdavis
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Portuguese manager has got that substitution all wrong.
The individual accolade that Ramos deserved for his hat trick was swamped by the cheers for Ronaldo coming on.
Manager should have brought Ramos off as a lone substitution with maybe 10 min to go so he got the cheers he deserved.
The individual accolade that Ramos deserved for his hat trick was swamped by the cheers for Ronaldo coming on.
Manager should have brought Ramos off as a lone substitution with maybe 10 min to go so he got the cheers he deserved.
YandaB
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Or perhaps he's trying to make sure he doesn't inherit some of the same ego?
Orikoru
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Feeling good about my little Portugal bet at 14-1 from a couple of weeks ago. ?
Swango1980
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Ironic, as the first paragraph of your post was about Ronaldo
clubchamp98
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The one thing I never understand in this situation is the keeper always goes down at the knees .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.
Losing height is the worst thing you can do.
It must be a reflex thing as you say expecting him to go across him.
Like Seaman in the Ryan Giggs one he went down to lower his hands I think.
Portugal lad did hit it well but keepers are always blamed at the near post.
Swango1980
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It'll be so they can spring upwards, or sideways, to hopefully make a save. It is an athletic position. If they stayed tall with straighter legs, they would be less explosive.
The last goal was a weird one from the goalkeeper though. Seemed to get completely wrong footed, even though there was no deflection
SwingsitlikeHogan
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He was covering his near post ?
