SEMTEX Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 I like how we're all ignoring the fact that Portugal battered Iceland and would've won that game 9 out of 10 times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TenkoDaLuz Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 I like how we're all ignoring the fact that Portugal battered Iceland and would've won that game 9 out of 10 times. I don't have that opinion tbh. Portugal was ridiculous in the 2nd half. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 http://i.imgur.com/neMyhpc.png Ronaldo should really have had a hat-trick but missed all 3 (tough volley over shoulder in the first half, header in the first half & header in the 2nd). Nani missed a couple of great chances too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TenkoDaLuz Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 http://i.imgur.com/neMyhpc.png Ronaldo should really have had a hat-trick but missed all 3 (tough volley over shoulder in the first half, header in the first half & header in the 2nd). Nani missed a couple of great chances too Yes but if Ronaldo had score how could he smile ironically at the horizon? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 I still maintain that a Portugal without Ronaldo and Nani = A team that could actually do things. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Very similar to England the other night though less conservative. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 I actually thought Portugal played some really nice stuff, just couldn't put it away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TenkoDaLuz Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 I still maintain that a Portugal without Ronaldo and Nani = A team that could actually do things. General opinion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixx Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 I actually thought Portugal played some really nice stuff, just couldn't put it away. I thought so as well. I've seen Iceland play a lot better against big teams than they did yesterday e.g against Holland home and away and Turkey. The midfield got ripped apart time and time again and were ultimately saved with last ditch defending from either the two centre backs or the GK. Normally Iceland does a better job of defending higher up the pitch and maintains the ball better. Usually we don't have to rely on siege defending like yesterday which resulted in probably the most stressful game I've ever seen. Nonetheless a great result and a huge boost for the next two games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Think Iceland were shambolic in the first half moreso than Portugal being good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 I actually thought Portugal played some really nice stuff, just couldn't put it away. Agree. They will far better than I expected. Or Iceland were far worse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozy Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 I still maintain that a Portugal without Ronaldo and Nani = A team that could actually do things. Not when those replacements are a mixture of Eder, Helder Postiga, Hugo Almeida, Quaresma, etc. Portugal remind me a bit of 2014 England in that the players are either too old or too young. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sturla Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 The Icelandic fans singing before the match yesterday: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 It's like that theory where if every single person in China jumped at the same time, it would topple the world out of orbit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc4eva Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 The Icelandic fans singing before the match yesterday: Fantastic that, fuck CR7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 I still maintain that a Portugal without Ronaldo and Nani = A team that could actually do things. Not when those replacements are a mixture of Eder, Helder Postiga, Hugo Almeida, Quaresma, etc. Portugal remind me a bit of 2014 England in that the players are either too old or too young. Watched a Ronaldo and Nani-less Portugal run riot over Norway before the Euros started. They're clearly hindered by the two as they're "bigger" than the team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Anyone could run riot over Norway Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Aye, Wales would be better off without Bale and all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Aye, Wales would be better off without Bale and all. But Bale isn't massively greedy to the detriment of his team, Ronaldo is at times. He took ten shots yesterday nearly all of them in poor positions and only one on target. About four of those were free kicks where he could have got the ball in the box instead Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4 Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Bale is the anti Ronaldo on the international stage. So not a good example at all. You can tell Ronaldo can barely be bothered to celebrate, had yesterday's goal happened in a Real match he would have been walking back to the half way line. He's the captain though, which he probably demands to be mainly for image purposes, so he went into the group celebration but he was grumpy as fuck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Anyone could run riot over Norway Our B-team run riot over Iceland five days after Portugal raped us. It's a decent comparison due to that fact. It's not just this one match where they have looked a lot better without Ronaldo either. Wales need Bale, because Bale is a team player. He heightens the ability of mediocre players around him, Ronaldo doesn't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Anyone could run riot over Norway Our B-team run riot over Iceland five days after Portugal raped us. It's a decent comparison due to that fact. Iceland were playing their B team too in that game. In fact only 3 Iceland players that started that match started yesterday Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Anyone could run riot over Norway Our B-team run riot over Iceland five days after Portugal raped us. It's a decent comparison due to that fact. Iceland were playing their B team too in that game. In fact only 3 Iceland players that started that match started yesterday How does that in any way change my point, though? Given that Portugal, in that sense, also played their B-side since Ronaldo and Nani weren't part of the squad at the time? Look at all the other matches Portugal have played without both, or just without Ronaldo. It's an entirely different, effective, team that plays for eachother and not just for one guy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozy Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Who would they play instead of Ronaldo and Nani? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Who would they play instead of Ronaldo and Nani? Renato Sanchez and Rafa Silva tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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