Portugal were lucky af against Columbia to only get a point. By far they were the better team and Columbia had a goal disallowed in the last minute by a toes distance for offside. Columbia still won the group but it should’ve been 3 wins not two.
Despite having world class players in their squad, Portugal will not go far. The manager’s unwillingness to drop a 41 year old Ronaldo, when there are better strikers than him, that were playing regularly for their clubs at the top level. Yet Ronaldo was scoring goals in the Saudi Bush league, I can’t see Ronaldo scoring many goals against the top teams. In his prime he was phenomenal, even 5-6 year ago he was still good, but not any more. Although his speeds still there somewhat, top defenders will find it easy to shut him down. The Ronaldo from 20+years ago would’ve terrorised them. We’re in a different age.
Ronaldo coming off the bench would’ve been far more beneficial to their team.