AsburySkinsFan Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Rogue Jedi said: Is this Portugal vs Morocco match worth watching or is Ronaldo gonna make minced meat of them? Pretty good match from what I’ve seen so far. Morocco has been a bit chippy with their fouls, but Portugal isn’t running over them. Only goal so far was Ronaldo on a free from the corner. Edited June 20, 2018 by AsburySkinsFan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsburySkinsFan Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Halftime. Morocco looks to be out-playing Portugal, but can’t convert. Even the announcers are saying Portugal has some stuff to figure out at half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsburySkinsFan Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Ronaldo shanks one over the net. REALLY?! Looked like something from my son’s club team rather than the best player in the world! How is that not on frame at the very least, and no BS that it bounced, that ball was almost stopped! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsburySkinsFan Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 NICE SAVE BY PORTUGAL!!! But man Morocco is out working them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsburySkinsFan Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Pepe screaming at his bench in that last series, apparently for changes to be made. Momentum and advantage Morocco in the 2nd half Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsburySkinsFan Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Moroccan set pieces are adding up. Portugal playing with no pace, Morocco attacking. ...and now another corner. Hard to imagine Portugal staying clean for 10+ minutes under this pressure and their inability to control. Free kick awarded top of box for Portugal to save a goal strike from Ronaldo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrFan Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Foul on Benatia during the first half ---> nothing Hand in the box by Pepe in the second half ---> nothing Screw the ones who are running the VAR and those lousy refs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsburySkinsFan Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Dammit Ronaldo! Stop selling the foul and get to the ball for the strike. Portugese subs nil effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinInsite Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Should be a yellow for simulation on CR7 Pepe is such an asshole 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsburySkinsFan Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 STHU PEPE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinInsite Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 That was it for Morocco, what a waste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsburySkinsFan Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Wow, Portugal escaped Morocco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsburySkinsFan Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 If Ronaldo is going to be the only option for Portugal then they are in trouble, because it’s only a matter of time before Pepe does something to cost the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPinstripe Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Morocco looked good. Multiple missed handballs on both teams throughout the game, was a little strange. 1 minute ago, AsburySkinsFan said: If Ronaldo is going to be the only option for Portugal then they are in trouble, because it’s only a matter of time before Pepe does something to cost the team. Its been like that for awhile though. Without Ronaldo Portugal to me just isnt that great. If they didnt have him I dont think they qualify for the WC the last couple of times or the Euros. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar78 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Didn't Portugal win the Euro final without him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPinstripe Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 11 minutes ago, Elessar78 said: Didn't Portugal win the Euro final without him? Sure, but they dont get there without Ronaldo in the first place getting them through qualifying and to the final. Do you really think Portugal would be ranked as high as they are, or have won the euros, if Ronaldo wasnt Portuguese? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar78 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Does anyone really put stock into FIFA rankings? Greece won it 2004. Denmark won it in 1992 without Michael Laudrup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berggy9598 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 1 minute ago, Elessar78 said: Does anyone really put stock into FIFA rankings? Greece won it 2004. Denmark won it in 1992 without Michael Laudrup. Too bad Ronaldo doesn't have a brother that's about as good as him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar78 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 5 minutes ago, Berggy9598 said: Too bad Ronaldo doesn't have a brother that's about as good as him. Brian was in his early 20s and not exactly carrying teams at that point. That squad wasn't seen as capable of winning the tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsburySkinsFan Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Ouch, keeper misjudged the cross and left Surez open on far post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPinstripe Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 (edited) 55 minutes ago, Elessar78 said: Does anyone really put stock into FIFA rankings? Greece won it 2004. Denmark won it in 1992 without Michael Laudrup. Regardless of the ranking, which may not be super accurate but still gives you a general idea, Portugal doesnt get to and win the Euros without Ronaldo and arent considered a big threat in the WC either. There is something about the tone of how the female announcer talks that I find incredibly irritating. I think its because she seems to end every sentence with her voice going up. Edited June 20, 2018 by MisterPinstripe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsburySkinsFan Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Nice defensive recovery by Uruguay there to avoid the 1v1! That hard tackle was dangerous though right at the top of the box, so hard keeping that tackle clean at that pace. 5 minutes ago, MisterPinstripe said: There is something about the tone of how the female announcer talks that I find incredibly irritating. I think its because she seems to end every sentence with her voice going up. It doesn’t help that she’s pretty critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinssRvA Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 1 minute ago, MisterPinstripe said: Regardless of the ranking, which may not be super accurate but still gives you a general idea, Portugal doesnt get to and win the Euros without Ronaldo and arent considered a big threat in the WC either. This goes for a lot of nations though. Only few countries in the world boast a dominant well rounded team. Take Lewa away from Poland. Ronaldo obviously. Messi even. There are only a few teams around that can get by without their superstar player: Germany, Spain, France...maybe Brazil. Maybe Belgium although losing Hazard or De Bruyne would really hurt. Without Ronaldo Portugal aren't top 10 in the world like they are ranked by Fifa. But he's a top 2 player of course there will be major fluctuation in the rankings due to his fitness. He changes matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPinstripe Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 (edited) 18 minutes ago, SkinssRvA said: This goes for a lot of nations though. Only few countries in the world boast a dominant well rounded team. Take Lewa away from Poland. Ronaldo obviously. Messi even. There are only a few teams around that can get by without their superstar player: Germany, Spain, France...maybe Brazil. Maybe Belgium although losing Hazard or De Bruyne would really hurt. Without Ronaldo Portugal aren't top 10 in the world like they are ranked by Fifa. But he's a top 2 player of course there will be major fluctuation in the rankings due to his fitness. He changes matches. Sure, but my comment was more in reply to Elessar78 saying that Portugal won the Euros without Ronaldo as he was injured in the first half. Argentina is a team that should be good without Messi as they still have a lot of good players, but they just cant seem to put it together. If a team sends 3 guys to cover Messi throughout a game Argentina has the players that should be able to take advantage, but for some reason they cant. The best teams in the world tend to have more than one player, Portugal to me is the exception to that. I wouldnt say Poland is much of a threat either WITH Lewa. Ronaldo makes Portugal an actual threat to win the WC when without him I dont think they even qualify. Uruguay has seemed rather toothless this tournament, not much of an attacking threat. At this point I would expect Russia to beat them based on the two games so far which is surprising. 28 minutes ago, AsburySkinsFan said: It doesn’t help that she’s pretty critical. Women! Amiright? Edited June 20, 2018 by MisterPinstripe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinssRvA Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 2 minutes ago, MisterPinstripe said: Sure, but my comment was more in reply to Elessar78 saying that Portugal won the Euros without Ronaldo as he was injured in the first half. Argentina is a team that should be good without Messi as they still have a lot of good players, but they just cant seem to put it together. If a team sends 3 guys to cover Messi throughout a game Argentina has the players that should be able to take advantage, but for some reason they cant. The best teams in the world tend to have more than one player, Portugal to me is the exception to that. I wouldnt say Poland is much of a threat either with Lewa. Uruguay has seemed rather toothless this tournament, not much of an attacking threat. At this point I would expect Russia to beat them based on the two games so far which is surprising. AHh I see. I think that's right. The main difference I see between Portugal and Argentina is Portugal as a team have basically accepted that they will play for Ronaldo. Ronaldo or bust. Argentina, because they have talented individuals outside of messi, expect messi to play with them. Every time messi misses a PK, FK, or has an error the other personalities on the team want to take it on their shoulders to help the team. They will take individual risks. However Portugal will play more at ease and search out Ronaldo because they simply understand he is their best option, always. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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