Renato came in for Bernardo on that side at half time and it didn't help. William-Danilo pivot will get the blame but if we play Moutinho or Renato instead of one of them then we'd be even more exposed. I honestly don't think we have the players to play in a way that massively protects our fullbacks that can't defend while still being a threat going forward. The only way I can think would be playing them as wingbacks with 3 CBs but we only have 3 centrebacks in the squad and two of them are 38...
Lindelöf was ace so far, and Shaw looked solid, but apart from them, yeah.
Ooh forgot she plays for Sweden.
Germany beating Portugal it's a strange result?
The FBs clearly struggling to contain Kimmich and Gosens, i think what Santos should do is to change the formation into 3-5-2 solidified the defense with back 3 and tasked the FBs to focus on Germany flanks. Changing players without changing the tactic will do nothing imho.
Renato from the start definitely would've helped. The problem with Portugal was the 2 DMs are both central, so neither can help out out on the flank. You need at least one box to box midfielder covering the flanks against wingbacks, ideally 2. France had Rabiot and Pogba covering the sides, alongside Griezzman dropping back.
Agreed, it was a systematic issue more than a player issue, I think. Goosens was good, sure, but would expect any decent attacking WB to find success against a defense like that. TAA would probably finish the game on a hattrick.
I'm not a fan of Semedo but I don't go with the majority who blame him, Germany played with high wings and so they played with 5 in front against 4. So they had there 1+ so you have to put high pressure that if they play the ball long it isn't without pressure on the player who plays the long ball. This defeat is totally on the coach. Midfield had to put pressure high and not low like they did.
And one of those 38 year olds is Jose Fonte who is utter trash.
Yeah today was probably his best performance out of these 5 games. Against Lahm he always was completely useless.
Nice
Pogba has been excellent for France so far.
You didn't pronounce it correctly
Yep, be interesting to see how they progress now.
I expect a goalless draw in France - Portugal and a win in the other game. France second and in probably the easier table side and Portugal probably one of the best thirds. They have the advantage that they know if the result is enough because their group finishes the group stage.
Of course it was easier to stop Ronaldo then when we had 0 offensive threats aside from him and you had a better team in every single part of the pitch Ronaldo vs Lahm in Madrid vs Bayern always went very differently than Portugal vs Germany for obvious reasons.
Absolutely, forgot about him
I think Palhinha can be a solution as he covers more ground than William and Danilo combined despite not being as good on the ball. Renato to close off the right wing means no Bernardo who gives us quality in possession but I think that could work too. Bruno needs to step the feck up too, both offensively and defensively. Changing his role in midfield is crucial, I'd even think about playing him out wide as it's clearly not working with him in the middle.
I'll give you 16/4 on that, send me your bet.
Pogba and Lindelof have won MOTM once already.
I hope you learned how to pronounce Montcuq.
Could work, Portugal played similarly in the last Euros if I remember properly with Nani playing the Jota position. 4 in midfield packing it and hitting on the breaks.
. Bizarre.