Topic: ⚽ UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany ⚽ - Qualifiers - page 404. (Read 46401 times)

Well this gives me a lot to think about, above all it makes me very curious that they could establish themselves with the Portuguese team, I'm anxious to know if Mou will be in the ranks of the Portuguese team, it would be the best thing they could decide, also when Fernando Santos when he arrived in Portugal received him saying goodbye to the national team thanks to the fact that he did not include CR7 in the national team, I think he deserved it very well here, it will be interesting for a good team that Mou put together if he is to be the new coach of Portugal, it would be excellent if they did in the Euro as in the Copa América, which invites countries from other confederations.

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Regarding Portugal, a question arises when I read this, I hope it is not true:

Cristiano Ronaldo to retire? Portugal captain makes decision after FIFA World Cup 2022 exit: Report


Source: https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/football/cristiano-ronaldo-to-retire-portugal-captain-aims-to-be-part-of-uefa-euro-2024-report-101670942728682.html

Playing under the current coach is not an ideal scenario for Ronaldo. If Fernando Santos continues as the coach, then I don't think that Ronaldo should remain active in international football anymore. He humiliated and insulted him during Qatar 2022 and never faced any consequence for his actions. The reason why Portugal lost to Morocco is solely due to blunders from Santos. And despite all that, he was badmouthing Ronaldo whenever he got a chance. I understand that CR7 is keen to play along with his son in Euro 2024 and FIFA 2026, but if he continues to get insulted, then there is no point. 

That would be a reasonable attitude but humans can be very unreasonable at times, what you are describing is just the way things work everywhere, with new generations taking over the older generations which in return they will be overtaken by newer generations as well, but this can be very difficult for some people to accept, in fact in other sports many star players retire before they are benched as their pride does not allow them to accept this new reality, so either Ronaldo accepts that being benched is now a possibility at Portugal or he retires from his national team.

I also agree with you, and in fact CR7 is not resting, he is already training in the Real Madrid field, because since he left on very good terms with Florentino Pérez, he has the right to train in the Madrid campus, I think that or these things Florentino is not like that monster as many describe him, to give one of the greatest the opportunity to train and get better every day using the facilities is something unique and I admire that CR7 can continue doing this, I think that when the "bicho "He starts training like this because he wants to shut up many mouths, and he wants to do the best he can for his next club.


Personally, I think that I should let CR7 play for Portugal and possibly take him to the next World Cup, compared to other players I know that CR7 performs, but for now I think it is because of the loss of his daughter, it is something very It is hard to lose a child, and that is why his performance has dropped significantly, but since the World Cup ended he has been training at the Real Madrid Stadium, but this means that many more and good things could happen for CR7, I think he deserves the opportunity of his life, Fernando Santos is a person who wanted to stand out and what he did was to earn a dismissal in the worst way, he disappointed an entire country, a star can never be left on the bench.

I couldn't find anything wrong with Ronaldo in his group stage matches. But for some unknown reason, the Portuguese coach (Fernando Santos) refused to include him in the starting XI for the PQF match against Switzerland. That match turned out well for Portugal, but the same tactic didn't worked well against Morocco in their quarter-final match. I still believe that Portugal could have won the match against Morocco and set up encounter with France in the semi-final. It was a big blunder from Santos to keep Ronaldo in bench.

Normally there would not even have been a place on the reserve bench for Ronaldo, but it is and remains Ronaldo. yet I wonder what the ultimate reason was that he was not allowed to play at the final World Cup. Would it be his age or the lack of game rhythm? He personally ensured that Portugal became European champion in 2016, which would never have been possible without his presence. But, of course, the best is finished with Ronaldo. Maybe he will get a chance in the qualifiers. The coach probably thought it was too dangerous to let him play right at the World Cup. After all, he has also made very few playing minutes at United, and that is something you need as a player to be successful. He seems to want to continue, but a World Cup in 3.5 years may be too much of a good thing.

you are right that young players will replace old players, this is not Ronaldo's problem why not play maybe because his performance has decreased compared to young players, old players like Ronaldo and other old players should also be aware of that and be prepared to be replaced, as before of course ronaldo used to be a young player replacing previous players who were retired and old, so i think people need to face the reality of that even though it's bitter

I don’t understand why people blame the coach when Ronaldo is to be blamed, he scheduled an controversial interview right at the start of the World Cup which created unnecessary distraction for Portugal player’s.

Furthermore during the tournament he decided to undermine the coach, and if you’ll remember Portugal did play well without him hence I don’t blame the coach and I personally feel that Ronaldo has only himself to be blamed for being benched because he once again tried to prioritise himself ahead of his country.

I think the reason why Ronaldo didn't play all the World Cup games from the start, in the knockout stages, and why his career with the Portuguese national team is probably over for good, is much simpler.
Ronaldo today is simply not the player he was a few years ago, a top player who makes a difference in the match with his goals and actions.
The biggest problem is that he is not ready to accept this and in doing so he destroyed the team unity in Manchester United and Portugal, which directly hurt their results, considering that much more was written about a disgruntled Ronaldo than about the teams he plays for.
Considering everything that happened in Qatar, it is very likely that Ronaldo will never play for Portugal again, and that we will not see him at the next European Championship in 2024. His football career is most likely over and all that is left for him is to go to a well-paid football pension to Saudi Arabia.

Indeed. Ronaldo is still the best Portugal player, no other players who have the role as well as Ronaldo in the squad. Even he sits on the bench, he still contributes to give the motivation to the players on the field. He is a captain and he is the role model of Portugal national team.

Ronaldo plays as a CF, his replacement should be Felix, Goncalo Ramos, and Andre Silva. Rafael Leao, Bruno Fernandes, and Bernardo Silva won't look forward to replace Ronaldo because they are in different position. They are young players but they don't have enough the mentality as the champion without Ronaldo.

From what I heard on TV, the reason the coach from Portugal chose to leave Ronaldo on the bench was because in one of the games the coach substituted Ronaldo, and when Ronaldo was arriving to sit on the bench he complained to the coach for having substituted him, and coach of portugal did not like that attitude of ronaldo and for that reason he started not to put ronaldo to play 90 minutes, and of course that affected the team a lot, and something very visible, in that part the coach of portugal made a lot of mistakes, probably the coach of Portugal

it started from the idea that if ronaldo is not playing at manchester united and has had good results, then if he does the same thing with portugal keeping ronaldo on the bench then they would have good results, and that resulted in the game in which portugal won by 6 - 1 against Switzerland, so the coach of portugal kept the same 11 to play against marricos who had good defense and studied the opponents well, this was the biggest mistake of the coach of portugal, he got carried away by anger and didn't think straight and lost the game

Numbers 1 and 2 from the groups qualify in my opinion. So teams don't have to worry about that. I do think it is difficult for players to charge for these types of matches. It has even been suggested that the lesser countries should not participate in the qualification because they have no chance of qualifying anyway. But teams like the Netherlands and Belgium will still have a very bad aftertaste of the last world championship. I also don't know what the situation is with Russia, whether they will be disappointed again at the European Championship. Italy is the reigning champion, but it will be a long and difficult road to match that title again for this team. And in Belgium, a number of players seem to stop.

The biggest problem that Ronaldo has is not that he no longer plays at the level he did a year or two ago, but that he doesn't realize it and ultimately demands that he has to play.
In this way, he got into a conflict with the coach of Manchester United, and then into a conflict with the coach of Portugal.
I think it is obvious that the conflict between the coach Portugal and Ronaldo has destroyed the unity in the Portuguese team and reduced their chances to make a good result in this World Cup.
I even think that without Ronaldo they would have achieved a much better result in Qatar.
The Portuguese team is still very good, they no longer depend on Ronaldo and they can still make good results in the next competitions.

i totally agree with you, i've been arguing with some friends about how much Ronaldo's performance dropped and he's not the same effective player anymore, the fact that he played in all matches is good enough for him and his age, he's not as effective as he was and a lot of people don't want that to happen that's why its hard for them to accept the fact that he's reaching the end of his career, Portugal still has a decent team though but i don't expect a lot from them in the 2024 Euro.

While the present is important Portugal needs to also think about the future, Ronaldo is 37 years old and he will be 41 during the next world cup, can Ronaldo keep his current level or even increase it at such age during the next world cup to be disputed at 2026? If the answer is no then it could be a good idea to give priority to the younger players which will make it to the next world cup, even if for some fans Ronaldo is still the best player Portugal can put on the field.

I don't sure with Cristiano Ronaldo opportunity participant in UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany trough he still not get new club right now, Portugal has many young player from João Félix, Rafael Leão and Bernardo Silva, then what for expecting with Cristiano Ronaldo after has underperformance in World Cup 2022?

Ronaldo still have highest values for media and sponsorship but I am little disagree if Portugal need him due many young and potential player list having right now. Still depending with new Portugal manager, like with Cristiano Ronaldo or not? he has potential return to Portugal national team in Euro 2024 but have more contribution for his new team later.

I disagree with your first sentence. Luck has a part to play in football, no matter how good a team is. A team can be very good and unlucky. We've see situations where a team play so well, dominant the match but they were always unlucky when it comes to scoring. It happened in the Argentina vs Saudi Arabia game. Argentina were really unlucky in that game and the Saudis capitalized on that.

Do not forget Bruno Fernandes as well, he is also quite good. It is not about being the best player, it's about being the best fit as well. One on one maybe he would beat anyone else, he could be a lot better but when you put him at striker and play, and remove lets say Bruno or Silva, then you would end up with a worse team than put someone else at striker and put back Silva or Bruno.

This isn't because they are better players, of course they are not but they are better fit for the team. Ronaldo, for whatever reason it is, does not fit with the teams he plays for now, and causes trouble more than he helps with his talents and maybe it's a personal thing, but it has been an issue.

Portugal's performance in yesterday's world cup match was very clear, that the performance of the Portuguese team was quite reduced without Ronaldo, there are many young players in the Portuguese team, and their potential has not been able to replace Ronaldo's good performance, in fact the attack from Portugal will be better if Ronaldo is sent to the field for a long time.

I don't know about the upcoming Euro 2024, Ronaldo is one of the best Portuguese players, if Ronaldo does get called up at Euro 2024 it looks like he will stay on the bench for his Coach Fernando Santos.

I'm not so sure. He is a great player but younger players are coming and they will probably take up his spot soon. He is 37 now and in two years it's questionable how will he perform.